By: Robert D. Cobb (RantSports.com) -- Cleveland, Ohio – According to a FOX 8 Cleveland news report, former Ohio State Buckeye and 2006 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Troy Smith was arrested in Cleveland. Smith, a Cleveland, Ohio native and former standout at Cleveland high school powerhouse, Glenville, was a NFL quarterback with the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers was arrested Friday night for a traffic violation. Reports would further state that Smith had an outstanding warrant for driving under ... Read More

By Garry Smits (Jacksonville.com) --As it turns out, an Ohio State coach will once again guide the Buckeyes in his final game in Jacksonville. But interim coach Luke Fickell won’t be leaving under the same circumstances that marked the end of Woody Hayes’ career when a punch he threw at Clemson linebacker Charlie Baumann late in the 1978 Gator Bowl resulted in Hayes’ firing the next day. “We’re going to write a new history of Ohio State in the Gator Bowl,” ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jared Sullinger's dive in the second half Thursday landed just short of the Ohio State bench. His shot blocked by Miami's Julian Mavunga, not for the first time, Sullinger tried in vain to track down the loose ball in the scramble and wound up on his stomach. As Miami (Ohio) took off down the court, Sullinger was still getting to his feet. By the time the RedHawks missed in ... Read More

From: ESPN.com -- Ohio State probably could have gotten by this week without a banged-up Jared Sullinger. The star forward, though, doesn't want to miss any time with Big Ten play approaching. The second-ranked Buckeyes play their final non-conference game Thursday night when they meet Miami of Ohio at Nationwide Arena.Ohio State (11-1) didn't have Sullinger healthy in three of its last four games before the sophomore returned Tuesday night against Lamar. He missed a 64-35 win over Texas-Pan American ... Read More

By Kyle Meinke (annarbor.com) --Remember when Brady Hoke was last summer's recruiting darling? That is fading into a distant memory, thanks to the Big Ten's newest coach. Urban Meyer was hired at Ohio State three weeks ago, and began his tenure with such a recruiting flurry that the Buckeyes' class shot up to No. 5 in the nation this week, according to Scout. Texas remains No. 1 overall and Michigan is holding steady at No. 2 on the strength of Hoke's hot summer, which ... Read More

By: Adam Wells (BleacherReport.com) -- When Urban Meyer signed on to become Ohio State's head coach, I can't imagine that he was aware of the NCAA slapping more sanctions on the program that include a one-year bowl ban and the loss of more scholarships. But even with that setback, the Buckeyes will still rule the roost in the Big Ten. High school football players want national exposure and an opportunity to play in BCS games because it will ... Read More

From: AP via FoxNews.com -- For players breaking rules and having its coach conceal those infractions, Ohio State ended up with a one-year bowl ban, the loss of nine scholarships over three years and a new coach with two national championship rings. "I feel closure, yes," Ohio State President Gordon Gee said Tuesday night, hours after the NCAA announced it sanctions against Ohio State. "I feel very much closure. I'm disappointed on the one hand but on the other ... Read More

By: Bruce Hooley (FoxSportsOhio.com) -- A former colleague of Jim Tressel once told a story about the disgraced coaching icon before he grew into the sweater-vested poster boy for much of what’s wrong with big-time college football. Seems Tressel repeatedly called the same play from the booth snap after snap until finally questioned about his repetitive strategy by the head coach down on the sideline. “I’ll stop doing it when it stops working,” Tressel supposedly said. Old habits apparently die hard, ... Read More

Thayer Evans (FoxSports.com) -- The Ohio State University still doesn’t get it. That’s the only way to explain athletic director Gene Smith’s asinine response Tuesday to the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions slapping the Buckeyes with a one-year post-season ban, the loss of nine scholarships over the next three years and three years of probation along with other penalties for football players receiving more than $16,400 in impermissible benefits. “We are surprised and disappointed with the NCAA’s decision,” Smith ... Read More

By: Gregg Doyal (CBSSports.com) -- When Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith pulled Urban Meyer out of a hat, I thought he had saved his job. More to the point, I thought he should have saved his job. That was a huge hire, the perfect hire, and for being able to pull off that coup, Smith deserved to stay. Until Tuesday. And now I'm back to where I've been for the last year, wondering how the hell Gene Smith still has ... Read More