From: AP via northcoatnow.com -- COLUMBUS — Not long after No. 3 Ohio State hung a 64-49 shiner on No. 20 Michigan on Sunday, coach Thad Matta was asked how pleased he was to reach the midpoint of the Big Ten season with at least a share of the lead. “It beats second, I do know that,” he said. Trouble is, the Buckeyes (19-3, 7-2) know that most of their work is ahead of them. All of their remaining nine games will be ... Read More

From: HuskerExtra.com -- Ohio State, with all its football tradition, is just two hours down the road from Greg McMullen's hometown of Akron. The Horseshoe. Ohio State vs. Michigan. A bunch of Big Ten championships. Ohio State was the first program to offer a scholarship to McMullen, a four-star defensive end who moves surprisingly well for someone who is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds. McMullen was only a sophomore and Jim Tressel was still coach when the offer came. McMullen came to Lincoln for a football ... Read More

By Michael Chung (BleacherReport.com) --  It was November 20, 2011. Ohio State had been marred in a recruiting "crisis of confidence." The once-prominent B1G team, who had a fence around Ohio, was lacking in star power from their home state, let alone nationally. Bill Kurelic believed Ohio State was not in the top 20 nationally. But things have changed and have changed in a hurry. The number one player in the state of Ohio, Adolphus Washington, committed to play ... Read More

By: Jeff Bell (BizJournals.com) -- Not even the misdeeds of Jim Tressel, Terrelle Pryor and company could keep the turnstiles from humming at Ohio Stadium this past season as the Buckeyes posted a slight increase in attendance. A new analysis by SportsBusiness Journal, a sister publication of Columbus Business First, shows Ohio State had average home-game attendance of 105,231, up 0.05 percent from 2010. That means an extra 53 fans per game were sandwiched into the ’Shoe during a season ... Read More

By: AP via nola.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio  — The newest member of Ohio State's alumni association shouldn't have any problem paying the annual dues. Urban Meyer, who picked up his master's degree in 1988 from Ohio State, has coached all over the country — as a head coach at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida, and also at Illinois State, Colorado State and Notre Dame. But he's finally working where he picked up a diploma — and where he gets $4 million ... Read More

By: Tyler Waddell (BleacherReport.com) -- The NFL playoffs are well underway and a champion will be crowned in just a few short weeks. That means the 2012 draft is creeping up on us, with April knocking at the door. Ohio State had its fair share of negativity this season, failing to finish with a winning record after falling short in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl. Still, the prolific program will hold its head up high when several Buckeyes are selected in the draft. OSU will ... Read More

By Michael Periatt (TheLantern.com) -- With a $4 million per year salary, new Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer is the highest paid coach in the Big Ten conference, but OSU is spending millions on Meyer's assistants as well. The combined salaries for the assistant coaches Meyer has hired is just under $3.5 million, and some positions have yet to be filled. During Meyer's introductory press conference Nov. 28, he said assembling a top-quality staff was a priority. "In 2005 … I think ... Read More

From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - Braxton Miller was honored today by the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) as its 2011 National Freshman Performer of the Year. Recipients of the CFPA awards are chosen based on the extent they increase the overall effectiveness of their team. It is the fourth significant award won by Miller, the freshman quarterback from Huber Heights, Ohio, this season. He has previously been named the Big Ten Conference's Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the ... Read More

From: MarionStar.com -- CINCINNATI - Adolphus Washington's stature as one of the nation's top high school athletes was evident in Florida during a prominent basketball tournament in mid-December. While Cincinnati Taft was playing in the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Washington, who has verbally committed to Ohio State for football, encountered plenty of fans who sought autographs and took pictures with the 6-foot-4, 260-pound standout. Washington didn't seek the extra attention from the fans of ... Read More

By Pat Brennan (TheLantern.com) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You could use three words to describe the now-departed Ohio State football senior class: good, bad and ugly. For several Buckeye seniors, whose legacy to OSU football might be in question, Monday's season-ending 24-17 loss to Florida in the 2012 Gator Bowl, was an opportunity to reflect on the highs, the lows and the forgettable moments of their OSU careers. Several players, including senior center Michael Brewster, pointed to back-to-back Bowl ... Read More