From: ProFootballWeekly.com -- The Cardinals agreed to terms on a five-year contract with first-round RB Beanie Wells late Friday night. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. One of Wells’ agents, Adam Heller, confirmed the deal Saturday morning and said the fifth year was a club option. Wells' goal of overtaking second-year pro Tim Hightower for the starting RB job suffered a setback in his first practice, when he rolled his left leg in a collision with teammate Jason Banks. Wells was taken ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- Ohio State's Jim Tressel and all of the Big Ten football coaches are speaking today at the conference's media day in Chicago. About the situation at running back, where the Buckeyes must replace Chris "Beanie" Wells, Tressel said in part: We feel real good about Boom Herron. Danny Herron is a tough kid, a good ball-carrier, excellent pass protector, is solid in the passing game. We'd like to think that Brandon Saine, another young man that had a real solid freshman year ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Shaun King of ESPN's College Football Live was quoted as saying that QB Terrelle Pryor was an "alpha-athlete," and a recent piece of news might have just confirmed it. Strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter deemed Pryor as the fastest Buckeye with a reported 40-yard dash time of 4.33. That is not a misprint. // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - After humbling losses in high-profile bowl games the past three years, it seemed like the only consensus reached about Ohio State was that its national reputation had been sullied, its armor chinked and its complexion pock-marked and blemished. Buckeye football had been deflated, the media saturation bombing contended, over and over, ad nauseam. But as the 2009 preseason predictions, rankings and polls continue to be rolled out, it looks like not everyone guzzled that Kool-Aid. Ohio State ... Read More

By: Josh Langenbacher (AltoonaMirror.com) -- UNIVERSITY PARK - When Penn State finished off Ohio State, 13-6, at Ohio Stadium last season, the victory touched off an emotional scene as defensive tackle Jared Odrick and another teammate joined forces for a chest bump at the Horseshoe's 50-yard line. Captains A.Q. Shipley and Anthony Scirrotto slapped hands with the Penn State contingent that comprised part of the 105,711 in attendance that night, then hugged before heading into the locker room. Afterward, as the Nittany Lions thrust themselves ... Read More

By: JOHN VARGO (TribToday.com) -- YOUNGSTOWN - Dan Herron stood in front of the kneeling campers, each taking a knee and intently listening to the soft-spoken Ohio State University redshirt sophomore tailback. The 5-foot-9, 193-pound Warren G. Harding graduate, wearing a gray Ohio State shirt and a backwards black Major League Baseball cap with an embossed, reddish New York Yankees logo above the bill, told the campers - ranging from elementary school to high school - the importance of being successful ... Read More

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- An 83-19 record and one national championship in eight years coaching football at Ohio State. Prior to that, a 135-57-2 record in 15 years at Youngstown State, including four Division I-AA national titles. That's what Jim Tressel, the Ohio State football coach, has done. It's enough to have a book written about him. Marietta Times sports editor Ron Johnston writes a review of the book "More Than A Coach," written about Tressel by David Lee Morgan, Jr. of the Akron Beacon ... Read More

By: JOHN VARGO (Tribune Chronicle) -- Dan Herron quickly makes his presence known at an Ohio State University football practice. His 5-foot, 10-inch 193-pound frame catches a couple of eyes, more so when he dons the gray helmet with a scarlet and white stripe across the dome. Then, he slips on a red or white jersey bulked up with shoulder pads. Herron turns his head as a coach or teammate shouts, "Boom." "It came from when I was in little league football," said the ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Walking through the local mall here in the Columbus suburbs today and I saw the new Ohio State jerseys for the first time. Each year, there are five or six numbers put out before the season, representing the best guess at the Buckeyes the fans are most interested in. Last year, it was Beanie Wells (28), James Laurinaitis (33), Malcolm Jenkins (2), Brian Robiskie (80), Todd Boeckman (17) and Marcus Freeman (1). As the year went ... Read More

By: Kyle Strittholt (BleacherReport.com) -- Last season there was one Buckeye player that was certainly a problem for opposing defenses, and his name was Chris "Beanie" Wells. This season would be Beanie's senior season, but he decided to go straight to the NFL and make his millions. Without Wells, it is easy to think that the Buckeyes won't be as effective in the running game, but that is not the case for this season. Dan Herron had a very productive season last year, rushing ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Ohio State incoming freshman running back Jaamal Berry had a drug charge in Florida reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor in court today, which should bode well for his future as a Buckeye. Berry was arrested on June 11 in Miami and charged with possession of marijuana. The amount alleged to be in Berry's possessions, 28 grams, led to the felony charge before it was reduced. According to the Miami Herald, neither Berry nor his ... Read More

By: Corey Taylor  (BleacherReport.com) -- The Scarlett and Grey have been getting overlooked and have begun to be tainted with overrated chants over the past couple seasons. Indeed the Buckeyes have faltered when being put in the national spotlight. Some wonder if Jim Tressel is caving. Others speculate that the talent is not as talented as the other elite teams in college football. The Buckeyes will have a much different look coming into this season. With the multi-talented Terrelle Pryor calling the shots for ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Any fan of college football cannot deny that Jim Tressel has returned Ohio State football to the powerhouse program status that has not been there since the Woody Hayes era. He brought the Buckeyes their first national title since the Hayes era. He made Ohio State the most dominant team in the Big Ten consistently during his tenure. He has brought excitement back to Columbus and even created a cult following. He has even popularized the sweater vest, something thought ... Read More