By: Michael Duchesne (The Lantern.com) -- Anything worth having is worth waiting for. That old maxim applies to both Carlos Hyde’s yearlong wait to take the field with his Ohio State football teammates and also to the wait Buckeye fans have endured to see him suit up. Because when he does suit up, Carlos Hyde is impressive indeed. At an imposing 6-feet-1-inch and 230 pounds, Hyde is the type of big, physical back that gives opposing defensive coordinators fits, as well as any defensive backs unlucky ... Read More

By: Doug DiLill (TheLantern.com) -- The Buckeyes added 19 players in the 2010 recruiting class, but none might excite the fans as much as Roderick Smith. The Big Ten is a conference that has traditionally been centered around powerful running games. With Smith, Ohio State should continue that trend. The 6-foot-3-inch, 220 pound running back from Fort Wayne, Ind. has many fans dreaming of another Chris “Beanie” Wells. Wells led the Buckeyes to two Big Ten Championships in his time as a starter at OSU, and ... Read More

By: Mike Tokito (OregonLive.com) -- When Beanie Wells left Ohio State after his junior year last season, it seemed to open the door for his backup, Dan Herron, to slide into the featured runner role. But an ankle injury has kept Herron, a sophomore, from carrying the full load. That, in turn, opened the door for junior Brandon Saine. Now Ohio State goes into its Rose Bowl matchup with both ready go against Oregon. "We love the fact if those two guys are healthy, ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - The clearly defined low-water mark in the 2009 season for the Ohio State Buckeyes was game seven, a 26-18 loss at Purdue. The Buckeyes rushed the ball 28 times in that game for a meager 66 yards - 2.4 yards per carry - an almost certain formula for defeat. As it prepares for the Jan. 1 meeting with Oregon in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State wants to put that performance deeper and deeper into ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Well, Buckeye Nation, Ohio State now has an opponent in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl: the Pac-10 Champion Oregon Ducks. Chip Kelly's bunch is riding a huge wave of momentum after big wins over Cal, USC, and Oregon State to win the Pac-10. And the Ducks offense is a force to be reckoned with, with weapons at every position including the potent Jeremiah Masoli at the trigger and two talented backs in LaMichael James and Legarrette Blount. Not to mention that ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- ANN ARBOR – The Ohio State Buckeyes feasted on five Michigan turnovers and beat their rivals for a sixth straight time here Saturday afternoon. No. 9 Ohio State pounded out a 21-10 win over the Wolverines by relying on strong defense and a power running game that accounted for 251 yards. The victory give Rose Bowl bound Ohio State (10-2, 7-1) a fifth straight Big Ten title, and the 2009 crown outright. The Buckeyes’ defense got the game’s first ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- As they do every season, Ohio State fans had plenty of burning questions about a Buckeyes running back this fall. Jaamal Berry. They wondered when Berry would see the field, how his injured hamstring was progressing and whether head coach Jim Tressel would end up redshirting the highly touted freshman from Miami. These questions peppered Tressel at his weekly news conference and filled up my inbox. As the wait for Berry continued, it was clear that many Buckeye fans had ... Read More

By: Bill Blanton (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- “Tressel Ball” is alive and well in Columbus. If Ohio State fans had any doubts, those were put to rest on Saturday afternoon in a 27-24 overtime victory over Iowa. The victory clinches a share of the Big Ten Championship for Ohio State (9-2, 6-1) and will send the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 13 years. "None of our kids have gone to the Rose Bowl. I haven't been there in 25 years. I was ... Read More

By: Bill Lubinger (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State clinched its fifth straight Big 10 title and first trip to the Rose Bowl in 13 years, winning, 27-24, on Devin Barclay's 39-yard field goal in overtime before an announced crowd of 105,455 Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State (9-2, 6-1), ranked 10th in the country, had blown a 24-10 fourth-quarter lead as 15th-ranked Iowa (9-2, 5-2) -- which started the season with nine straight wins for the first time in school ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It's almost unfair to Iowa to talk about quarterback ankle injuries. The Hawkeyes' Ricky Stanzi is out for this game after having surgery on his injured right ankle. Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor is just taking fewer practice snaps with lingering pain in his left ankle from the New Mexico State game two weeks ago. "It's hurting, but there's always something in the back of your head saying keep going," Pryor said Wednesday. "It ... Read More

By: Bill Blanton (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- For two season’s, Ohio State Buckeye fans have been waiting for Terrelle Pryor to live up to his No. 1 high school player ranking. He finally did Saturday afternoon 120 miles from his hometown in Jeanette, Pa. leading the Buckeyes past Penn State 24-7. No. 16 Ohio State (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) delivered a stellar defensive performance getting excellent penetration from their defensive line keeping Daryll Clark in check all day long. Cameron Heyward was the disruptor for the ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- It's hard to believe that the 2009 college football season is nearing its ending so soon. We've seen so many exciting moments this season. But for the Ohio State Buckeyes, the end means the hardest part of the schedule by far. The month of November begins with a trip up to Happy Valley to play No. 11 Penn State, then a home game the next week against No. 4 Iowa (using BCS standings). The end isn't much easier, as they ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) - - Columbus -- Ohio State's offensive-line injuries are migrating. The Buckeyes have moved their tackles in and out of the lineup this season with ankle injuries, flu battles and knee problems, but guards Justin Boren and Bryant Browning and center Mike Brewster had started together through eight games on the line's interior. No more. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Thursday that junior left guard Boren will miss Saturday's game against New Mexico State with a foot ... Read More