It appears as if everyone's question is finally answered. Ohio State and Michigan will split into separate divisions.  OSU's student newspaper, The Lantern, is reporting the split  but notes that both teams will still play each other in the final week of the regular season after the Big Ten expands to 12 teams.  OSU athletic director Gene Smith told The Lantern shortly before an announcement show Wednesday night on the Big Ten Network. Reporter Zack Meisel also writes that speculation that ... Read More

By: Zack Meisel (TheLantern.com) -- Nike unveiled the designs Monday for the Pro Combat uniforms that Ohio State will wear against Michigan on Nov. 27, the second consecutive year OSU will don the retro jerseys against its rival. The Buckeyes are one of 10 teams to take part in the series. OSU's uniforms will honor the 1942 team, which won the national title. The scarlet jerseys will have a camouflage base layer to reflect World War II and an American flag ... Read More

By: Zack Meisel (TheLantern.com) -- A team usually knows when everything has come together. The stars line up, as the adage goes. But it’s a tricky proposition in college football, a team needing the perfect blend of experience and talent to have everything lined up to challenge for a national championship. On March 19, 2008, when quarterback Terrelle Pryor opted for the cap sporting the giant, red “O,” the Buckeyes envisioned his junior season as that defining peak of opportunity. After all, ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (Toledo Blade) -- COLUMBUS - For any commander, those guys guarding the perimeter are critically important to the entire operation. They are the sentries out on the frontier, essentially alone on an island. In football, that's the cornerbacks. They are the one man to beat for offenses attempting to strike quickly and take the least-impeded route to the end zone. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel has put his trust in seniors Chimdi Chekwa and Devon Torrence to protect the outer limits ... Read More

From: SportingNews.com -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said fans clamoring for Michigan and Ohio State to be placed in the same division in 2011—and keep the traditional season-ending spot on the schedule—might not be focusing on the big picture. "I do believe that one of the things people have lost track of in all of the noise is that if Michigan and Ohio State are in the same division, Michigan and Ohio State will never again play for the Big Ten championship—we ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN) -- For years, we heard that Michigan and Ohio State never would regularly play The Game after Thanksgiving. That will change this fall. When the Big Ten added Nebraska in June and a divisional split seemed imminent, most folks (including me) thought there was little chance the Wolverines and the Buckeyes would end up on opposite sides of the league. This, too, has changed as we anxiously wait the division pairings to be announced. If you're ... Read More

By: Tim Gardner (USAToday.com) -- When Ohio State took the field against archrival Michigan last year, the Buckeyes looked a little different. Not in their play, but in the 1940s throwback uniforms they wore for the big game. Expect to see a different brand of Buckeyes again this year when Michigan pays a visit to the Horseshoe in Columbus, Ohio. On Sept. 1, Nike will officially unveil alternate uniforms that 10 teams -- including Ohio State -- will wear for one game this season. The Buckeyes will ... Read More

By John Kampf (News-Herald.com) -- Ohio State and Colorado are working to solidify an agreement to play each other in the 2011 football season. OSU athletic director Gene Smith commented on the rumor of the two schools setting up a game. "We are trying to finalize an agreement on a game for 2011," Smith said. "We hope to have an announcement on that within the next month. As everyone knows, both schools are working their conference schedules for 2011." The Buckeyes ... Read More

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- The Big Ten's expansion and realignment causes scheduling challenges, especially when it comes to the Ohio State Buckeyes vs. the Michigan Wolverines. How would you feel about the teams playing more than once a year, as would happen if they both made the new Big Ten championship game? Vote in the poll now posted in the Starting Blocks blog. Today's guest, Plain Dealer Ohio State reporter Doug Lesmerises, blogged Monday about OSU-Michigan and the case ... Read More

By: Daniel Dinunzio (BleacherReport.com) -- This is the year for the Buckeyes.  If you look at the competition and the way the schedule sets up for Jim Tressel and Ohio State, they have a favorable lineup that could earn them a spot in Glendale, Arizona in early January. Terrell Pryor is starting to become a dual-threat quarterback who is equally effective throwing the ball in the pocket as he is tucking it and running.  Coming in as a true ... Read More

By Zack Meisel (TheLantern.com) -- The media predicted Ohio State will notch its sixth consecutive Big Ten title when they ranked the Buckeyes No. 1 in the conference preseason poll at the annual Big Ten meetings in Chicago on Monday. Along with choosing OSU as the team to beat, the media tabbed Buckeye quarterback Terrelle Pryor as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. The junior led OSU to a 26-17 Rose Bowl victory over Oregon, a game in which he ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel travels to a lot of places to find talented players, and to meet quality people who are interested in supporting the Buckeyes. Those endeavors keep bringing him back to northwest Ohio. Tressel, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, and their wives were in Toledo Wednesday night for a fund-raising scholarship dinner, and Tressel said the passion for the Buckeyes he encountered at the even is part of ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Imagine Ohio State vs. Nebraska at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Dec. 3, 2011, in the inaugural Big Ten Championship game. David Gilbert, president of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, can see it. We don't go after an event if we don't believe it belongs in Cleveland," Gilbert said this week. The Big Ten hasn't even officially announced that it definitely will create a football championship game, so the conference certainly hasn't ... Read More