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

From: BleacherReport.com -- The 2002 national championship game is controversial because Ohio State won by a referee’s bad call.  Not a missed call, a bad call. It came four seconds after the game ended, while the Hurricanes were celebrating victory.  If it were a blatant penalty in a big game, a flag would have been thrown immediately. Miami fans agree it was a bad call.  Ohio State fans rationalize that the referees missed a call earlier in the ... Read More

By: Jeremy Whitt (BleacherReport.com) -- SATIRE — Maybe it's the years of winning, maybe it's the lack of a MLB or an NFL franchise in C-bus, whatever it may be, there's certainly a fever amongst Buckeye football fans that surpasses the norm.  Just ask my fiance'.  The added sports package on cable, the hat collection, the jersey's, the stone outside the door that reads 'Buckeye Country', the bickering over wedding dates because they conflict with certain Ohio ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Nebraska's in. So where do the Cornhuskers fit? Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said there were three factors that would determine how the 12-team conference breaks into two six-team divisions for the 2011 season. He's got people working on it. Here's a suggestion, following the three Delany factors: competitive balance, rivalries and geography. Here's my reasoning: 1. Competitive balance is the first factor, so split the four programs that have been clearly above the ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Expansion fever seems to finally be finding its footing, as Nebraska will in all likelihood find a home in the Big Ten. With the Huskers being one of possibly a handful of teams about to join the Big Ten Conference, one thing that is being largely overlooked is the effect this process has on the rivalries in the conference. The most specific of these might be the greatest rivalry in college football if not sports: Ohio ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Columbus – With 36 sports and a $128 million budget for the next fiscal year, Ohio State has the largest, and one of the healthiest, athletic departments in the country. One of a handful of self-sustaining college athletic departments, Ohio State will turn a slight profit this year, just over $20,000, after losing money a year ago. At the moment, Athletic Director Gene Smith said the department is in the midst of ... Read More

By: Will Frasure (BleacherReport.com) -- Terrelle Pryor’s Rose Bowl performance against the Oregon Ducks looked eerily similar to that of another former Buckeye QB in a BCS bowl game. In 2006, Troy Smith led a bludgeoning over the Notre Dame defense, throwing for 342 yards en route to a 34-20 victory over the Irish. Momentum from the game carried over into the next season—Smith led Ohio State to the national title game and took ... Read More

The September 18 meeting between Ohio State and Ohio University will kickoff at noon the Big Ten Conference announced today. The game will be the seventh meeting between in-state rivals and will be played at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The teams last met two years ago, with the Buckeyes making a second half comeback to defeat the Bobcats. The Buckeyes have won all six previous meetings with the Bobcats. Five other 2010 Ohio State games ... Read More

By: Andy Katz (ESPN.com) -- The NCAA's deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft was pushed up five weeks from its usual spot in mid-June. Thus, so too was our post-deadline top 25. This is what we know about the 2010-11 season: There won't be a truly great team. Sound familiar? It was true last season. And because of that, Duke has a chance to repeat as national champions. Not losing anyone early to the NBA draft after winning a national ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The 2010-11 Big Ten bowl lineup is now set, with the Insight Bowl moving up in the pecking order and three new games -- Gator, Texas, Dallas Football Classic -- coming aboard. A ton of things can happen between now and Sept. 2, but there's no harm in taking a look at which teams likely will be packing their bags in late December or early January, and which teams will be staying home. The ... Read More

From: FoxSports.com via AP -- ST. LOUIS -- Ohio State has one of the best players in the country in Evan Turner. Tennessee has what seems like an endless supply of nasty, stingy defenders. No secret who's going to win that battle. Brian Williams scored the go-ahead basket on a tip-in with 32 seconds left, and J.P. Prince was relentless on Turner, blocking a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer Friday night to lead Tennessee past Ohio State 76-73 and into the NCAA tournament's round of ... Read More

By: By Blake Oestriecher (TigerWeekly.com) -- Of the 4.8 million people who filled out brackets on ESPN's NCAA Tournament Challenge, zero were perfect after the first round. It's really a testament to the balance in this year's tournament. There are no truly great teams in the field, but plenty of really good ones and even more that have flown under the radar on the way to setting up a Sweet 16 that could be a classic. Midwest: Tennessee vs. Ohio St. - In Tennessee's third Sweet ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- The Big Ten takes heat whenever its teams take the field or the court. Both football and basketball get criticized for not being flashy enough, especially by the media. Well, the Big Ten says keep your flash, they will keep the wins. Ohio State, Purdue, and Michigan State are the three remaining Big Ten teams left in the NCAA tournament. These teams were also the Big Ten regular season champions, showing this is no fluke they all have survived. ... Read More