By: Stewart Mandel (SI.com) -- The marriage between Ohio State and Terrelle Pryor began with such promise. The nation's most gifted high school quarterback joining forces with the reigning powerhouse of the Big Ten? What could possibly go wrong? It turns out, just about everything. It's been a rough week for the Buckeyes' presumed savior. Ohio State fans are apoplectic following the sophomore's nightmarish four-turnover performance in a 26-18 loss at 1-5 Purdue last weekend. Many are ready to throw in the towel and declare ... Read More

By: Steve Kaczynski (labownstown.com) -- It never fails to amaze me how fickle people can be when it comes to college football.  This week Ohio State will face USC, but if you believe everything you hear, the game is already over.  Pundits in Columbus and around the nation alike have already buried the Buckeyes, crowning USC as winners in a blowout victory. Ohio State fans: WHERE HAS YOUR SWAGGER GONE?  Just two years ago, the Buckeyes were world beaters and the confidence of Buckeye ... Read More

By: Mike Castiglione (SeattlePI.com) -- Ohio State continued its dominance of the Big Ten in 2008, capturing a fourth straight league title and solidifying its stance as one of the elite football programs in the nation. All things considered, it was quite an accomplishment when you consider the Buckeyes' embarrassing 35-3 loss to USC in the third week of the season. While many pundits wrote OSU off following that showing, the Buckeyes knew they were a better football ... Read More

By: Kevin Paul (ChicagoNow.com) -- One of the most hyped up games of the upcoming college football season is now just less than a month away. Yes, football fans, grab those foam fingers, wash that jersey, and fill that fridge with cold ones, because Ohio State and USC are meeting at "The 'Shoe" on September 12th. While many prognosticators see the Trojans rolling through Columbus with reckless abandon, this writer sees it a little differently - and there are a few reasons why Ohio State ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Breaking down the best 20 Ohio State players on the roster right now as the Buckeyes prepare to report for preseason camp on Sunday. No. 16: Junior receiver Dane Sanzenbacher He's back as Ohio State's leading receiver after catching 21 passes for 272 yards last season. The No. 3 receiver, he wasn't on the field even half as much as top two receivers Brian Robiskie and Brian Hartline. And you can't tell yet what kind of load ... Read More

By: Greg Cooksey (BleacherReport.com) -- It is just a little more then a week left before Jim Tressel and company hit the practice field for fall practice . With the old faces that you have become familiar with over the past few years now gone, you may wondering who it will be to step up and fill the roles left by others. So in this very first edition of Bucket Full Of Buckeyes we will give you some names that you can look for came Saturday this ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Who are the best 20 players on Ohio State's roster right now? This is a venture with no right answers, but I think it's an interesting way to evaluate just how the 2009 Buckeyes are going to come together. A year ago, this was a much easier list to make. Starting with Beanie Wells, Malcolm Jenkins and James Laurinaitis and running through veterans like Marcus Freeman, Brian Robiskie, Brian Hartline, Donald Washington, Alex Boone, etc., you had a ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- CHICAGO -- Ohio State senior tight end Jake Ballard didn't have to search for the subtle signs showing Terrelle Pryor's growth as a leader this summer. Pryor made it plainly obvious during 7-on-7 workouts. If a Buckeyes receiver dropped a pass, Pryor let him have it. "If you drop one or two balls, he's going to try and get you out of there and put somebody else in," Ballard said. "If it hit your hands, he's going to take ... Read More

By: JON SPENCER (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- LEXINGTON -- Leave it to a Michigan Wolverine to bend the rules. Even though he didn't meet the age requirement, Dominik Crawford, 5, of Madison Township, participated in Friday's session of the two-day Lexington All-American Youth Football Camp masquerad-ing as Lex star and Michigan recruit Courtney Avery. A basketball commitment kept Avery from attending the camp, but his stand-in got plenty of attention. Crawford was decked out in an oversized blue Michigan jersey with "C. Avery" taped ... Read More

By: Jeremy Jeffries (BleacherReport.com) -- You are not going to hear names like Brian Robiskie, Brian Hartline, Teddy Ginn or Anthony Gonzalez. For the first time in quite a few years the Ohio State Buckeyes will be starting the season without a legitimate star at wide receiver. The Buckeyes have always had great receivers names like Carter, Glenn, Galloway, Boston, Jenkins, Germany, Gamble, Holmes, and the before mentioned Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez. The 2009 Ohio State Buckeye receivers have not yet made ... Read More

By: Matt Hinton (Yahoo.com) -- One of the themes of the last couple weeks is contenders, and what makes (or breaks) a team's shot at No. 1, and as I indicated in premature assessment of Ohio State, OSU -- a ubiquitous contender the last four years -- looks like a definite "break." This has much less to do with the Buckeyes' recent failures in their biggest games (though they've become too obvious for even an OSU defender to overlook) than with the much ... Read More

 By: Jon Moffett (Vindy.com) -- Brian Hartline and Brian Robiskie signed autographs for fans at the Eastwood Mall in Niles. NILES — Brian Hartline and Brian Robiskie have made a career out of catching a football. Now, the former Ohio State Buckeye wide receivers hope to catch on in the NFL. Both were selected in last month’s NFL Draft. Robiskie was selected in the second round by the Cleveland Browns. Hartline was the fourth-round pick of the Miami Dolphins. The rookie receivers participated in an autograph signing ... Read More

By: Ken Bradley (Sporting News) -- When Terrelle Pryor committed to Ohio State last year, big things immediately were expected from the dual-threat quarterback from Pennsylvania. It didn't take long for him to become the Buckeyes' starter. He ran for 631 yards and threw for 1,311 while completing 60.6 percent of his pass attempts. Despite that success, concern lingers: Can a running quarterback be successful throwing the ball? He answered that question in OSU's spring game, completing 13 of 18 passes for 191 ... Read More