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 (Toledo Blade via Ohio.com) -- COLUMBUS: The clearly defined low-water mark in the 2009 season for the Ohio State Buckeyes was a 26-18 loss at Purdue in their seventh game. 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 farther and farther ... 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: Bill Blanton (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Six is the magic number for Ohio State in the Jim Tressel era. Six represents how many times in a row OSU has beaten Michigan. Six also represents the number of Big Ten Championships Tressel has won in his nine seasons of coaching at The Ohio State University. The Buckeyes (10-2, 7-1) captured the outright Big Ten Championship with a 21-10 hard fought battle over the Michigan Wolverines. The win is the Buckeyes’ sixth in a row ... Read More

By: Zack Meisel (TheLantrern.com) -- Ohio State piled up 251 yards on the ground, forced five Wolverine turnovers, and left the blue-clad members of a crowd of 110,922 disappointed for the sixth consecutive season, as the Buckeyes beat Michigan 21-10 at The Big House. As a result, OSU clinched an outright Big Ten championship, while Michigan will spend bowl season at home for the second consecutive season. Michigan needed a victory to gain bowl eligibility, but took the wrong route toward an upset, committing five ... Read More

From: WXYZ.com -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Terrelle Pryor is thankful he chose to play at Ohio State, instead of for Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines. Pryor threw a touchdown for the final score in the third quarter and avoided making many mistakes to help the ninth-ranked Buckeyes beat Michigan 21-10 Saturday for its sixth straight win in the series and an outright Big Ten title. "I'm glad I'm on this side," Pryor said. Ohio State (10-2, 7-1) has won five straight conference championships ... 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: Rusty Miller (AP via RecordPub.com) -- COLUMBUS — Ohio State is 40-8 over the past four seasons, a record that might have most fans of the 15th-ranked Buckeyes flush with confidence heading into Saturday’s game at No. 11 Penn State. It shouldn’t. The last six times the Buckeyes have played a team as good or better based on rankings, they’ve lost. No one has to tell the players, either. “I haven’t led us to a big win yet,” said quarterback Terrelle Pryor, a central figure ... Read More