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: Pat McManamon (FOXSportsOhio.com) -- A wise man once explained that while poverty is an injustice, the NCAA is simply inexplicable. It wasn’t Confucius who said it, but it was Confucian in its simple logic. Because the NCAA makes a habit of baffling, incoherent, near-absurd rulings, and it makes them with all the pomposity of a British know-it-all traipsing through Australia in the penal colony days. It’s even easy to imagine NCAA suits making the decisions with the same Derby ... Read More

From: Vindy.com -- COLUMBUS - Despite playing in just six of Ohio State’s 12 games this season, Warren Harding High graduate Daniel “Boom” Herron was named the Buckeyes’ most valuable player at Sunday’s annual team banquet. Herron, a senior RB who was suspended for the first five weeks for OSU’s tattoo-for-memorabilia scandal and suspeneded another for overpayment from a booster, rushed for 596 yards and three TDs over the final six weeks. Herron was also named one of ... Read More

By John Kampf (News-Herald.com) -- "I will never lose to those scrubs again." OSU defensive back Bradley Roby via Twitter, @BradRoby25 "It was a big, nutty game. We were trying to make sure we'd bring back the pants." OSU linebacker Ryan Shazier "I thought he had it. Maybe the wind took it." OSU QB Braxton Miller, on his late pass to DeVier Posey "Right now, Coach Fick is in charge." OSU defensive end John Simon, when asked of the coaching situation at Ohio ... Read More

By: Zac Jackson (Yardbarker.com) -- There's a big game in Ann Arbor on Saturday, and for the first time since 2004, Ohio State is the underdog. Below are three reasons the Buckeyes can beat Michigan -- and three reasons they can't. 1. All that's swirling around the program should galvanize and energize the Buckeyes Luke Fickell knows these could be his last days on the job at Ohio State, but he had all the right answers this week when talking about this game. ... Read More

From: AlongTheOlentangy.com -- It's been a year of opposites for Michigan and Ohio State. In Brady Hoke's first season as the Wolverines head coach, he's flipped their fortunes around from the Rich Rodriguez-era. Michigan stands at 9-3, already guaranteed their best record since 2007. Jim Tressel, the bane of Michigan's existence, was forcibly retired following a messy NCAA scandal. Luke Fickell, his earnest replacement, struggled to maintain the past decade's success and has endured heated criticism ... Read More

By John Kampf (News-Herald.com) — 10. The voices have been heard loud and clear for, oh, three months now. Ohio State fans want to see more from the Buckeyes' offense. They're tired of predictable runs, a non-existent passing game and last weekend's out-of-nowhere Wildcat formation that had Jordan Hall, Dan Herron and Carlos Hyde all taking snaps from center Mike Brewster at some point. 9. But that is going to be the Buckeyes' best shot of beating ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) - - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The idea that Ohio State can lose every game but beat Michigan, and that's all that anyone cares about or remembers -- the Buckeyes are hoping to find out if that's true. Ohio State (6-5, 3-4 Big Ten) enters Michigan week as up to an 8.5-point underdog, trying to save a winning regular season while the Wolverines (9-2, 5-2) are looking to put themselves in great position to ... Read More

By: AP via HuffingtonPost.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 21 Penn State won for the first time since coach Joe Paterno was fired, with Stephfon Green running for two touchdowns and the Nittany Lions' solid defense holding Ohio State scoreless in the second half of a 20-14 victory Saturday. Penn State (9-2, 6-1) earned a share of the Big Ten's Leaders Division title and set up a division title game next week at Wisconsin. The winner will play ... Read More

From: FoxSportsOhio.com -- KEYS TO THE GAME: -- For Penn State: Forget emotions and get back to basics. Penn State must convert third downs against a tough Ohio State defense and finish off its scoring chances. The defense needs to corral Buckeye RBs Dan Herron and Carlos Hyde and force QB Braxton Miller to beat them with his arm. -- For Ohio State: Create turnovers. The Buckeyes will have to pressure the Penn State quarterbacks and force a ... Read More