By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- As soon as he decided to become a Buckeye, Christian Bryant went to work. On Tuesday, the Glenville defensive back gave his oral commitment to Ohio State and started calling Cincinnati-area linebacker Jordan Hicks, the next major in-state recruit he wanted to see join him in Columbus. Bryant said Hicks never called him back. As anticipated, Hicks announced at a news conference at West Chester Lakota West High School on Friday that ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Linebacker Jordan Hicks, rated as the No. 1 football recruit in Ohio, will announce his college choice on Friday at 12:30 p.m. at Lakota West High School outside Cincinnati. Hicks has narrowed his choices to Ohio State, Texas and Florida and the general feeling among recruiting analysts is that Hicks is headed for Texas, a school he has followed as a fan. But he would be a big get for the Buckeyes, who have a 2010 class that ... Read More

By: Aaron Green (TheLantern.com) -- High School McDonald’s All-American, Big Ten Champion, NCAA Basketball Runner-Up and Ohio State Alumnus are all titles held by former Buckeye Ivan Harris. NBA player is one he hopes to soon add to the list. “Playing in the NBA is my dream,” Harris said. “Hopefully I’ll get the shot at a 10-day contract to see what it’s like.” Harris is currently playing in the NBA Developmental League with the Erie Bayhawks. The NBA D-League is a lower-level league for basketball ... Read More

From: AP via SI.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Mark Titus seldom even gets into a game for No. 21 Ohio State. Incredibly, that hasn't kept him from becoming one of the most popular and famous college basketball players in the nation. How many stars have a blog that has had more than 2.1 million visits? How many guys scoring 20 points a game have produced a video called "The Rainmaker'' for NBA scouts that has gotten more than 115,000 hits on YouTube.com in ... Read More

By Braden Gall (AthlonSports.com) -- With less than two weeks until National Signing Day 2010, Athlon takes an in-depth look at the top 10 uncommitted prospects left on the board (number is AC100 rank): 1. Seantrel Henderson, OL (St. Paul, Minn.) Henderson’s hold on the No. 1 slot in the Athlon Consensus 100 has loosened quite a bit over the last few weeks. Ronald Powell (Rancho Verde, Calif.) made a huge statement with his performance in the U.S. Army Bowl and has closed the gap ... Read More

By: Eamonn Brennan (ESPN.com) -- Saddle Up is a quick preview of the basketball your TV wants you to watch tonight. Here's Tuesday night's rundown. No. 2 Kentucky at Florida, ESPN, 9 p.m. ET: ESPN resident bracketologist Joe Lunardi (perhaps you've heard of him?) sees big implications in Tuesday night's pair of ESPN games. Can you blame him? We'll get to Ohio State-Purdue in a minute, but Florida has a major opportunity. It gets the Kentucky Wildcats, unbeaten and riding high, ... Read More

By: Jim Naveau (RecoredPub.com)-- COLUMBUS — The standards have been set so high in Ohio State football that it seems like there are only two kinds of off-seasons anymore. There are the off-seasons where people talk about winning a national championship. And then there are off-seasons where people really, seriously talk about winning a national championship. Call them a Category One off-season and a Category Two off-season. With the possibility of as many as 16 starters returning from the OSU team that beat Oregon 26-17 in ... Read More

By: JOHN P. WISE (NYTimes.com) -- Oregon and Ohio State each enjoyed great college football seasons. I did, too. That’s what you do when you’re an out-of-work news veteran; you reach into your bag of tricks and re-visit that great idea you had when you finished college 15 years ago. You launch a Web site, call it onegreatseason.com, then spend an entire season on the road, covering college football. I hit up 15 big games over 15 weeks, a completely independent, one-man band. I planned ... Read More

From: Vindy.com -- Three conference teams are ranked, including Ohio State. Mcclatchey-tribune Big Ten basketball is back — conference games start Tuesday night with Purdue at Iowa and Penn State at Minnesota — and that leads to the annual holiday season question: How good is the Big Ten? “I think our league has done a good job, but not a great one,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “There are some games a couple teams would like to have back. There were a couple of games we surprised ... Read More

By: John Kampf (News-Herald.com) -- COLUMBUS — It's been a while since members of Ohio State's football team ended a season with smiles on their faces. With practices ramping back up this week in preparation for a Rose Bowl matchup with Oregon on New Year's Day, that is the goal — to end the season on a winning note for the first time since a 34-20 win over Notre Dame in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. "Just to go out on top and be in ... Read More

By: Eric Fortney (Examiner.com) -- As a team Ohio State played well enough this year to earn a berth to its first Rose Bowl since 1996 but according to the AP, the Buckeyes lacked the individual performances to warrant one single All-American. The Buckeyes finished the season at 10-2, winning the Big Ten Conference title for the fifth straight time, yet this Ohio State team seemed to be short on the star power of past versions. Terrelle Pryor was the pre-season Big Ten offensive player ... Read More

By: Bill Kurelic (ESPN.com) -- A number of Jim Tressel's 13 verbal commitments will make their official visits to Ohio State this weekend. But more important will be the prospects making official visits who have yet to select a college. Three of the top-10 undecided prospects in the Buckeye State will be in Columbus this weekend, including offensive lineman Matt James (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) and defensive back teammates Latwan Anderson and Christian Bryant (Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville). Plus, quarterback Verlon Reed (Columbus, Ohio/Marion Franklin) and ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- With Alabama upsetting number one Florida, a few changes took place in the top 10 of the AP and USA Today polls, including the Gators falling to the no. 5 spot.  Alabama slid into the top spot followed by Texas, TCU and Cincinnatti.  The top eight in each poll are mirror images of each other with Boise State coming in at six followed by Oregon then Ohio State. The Buckeyes season ended two weeks ago with a victory ... Read More