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

By Kyle Munzenrieder (MiamiNewTimes.com) --  Oh, those poor, poor white folks, always the victims of racism. Just ask Ohio State linebacker Tyler Moeller. He's busy whining about being called a "cracker" by University of Florida players during the Gator Bowl. "They're classless. That's the way I'd put it," Moeller told the Buckeye Sports Bulletin, according to Yahoo! Sports. "I've never seen more people swing at our players and call us racial slurs. I've never been called a 'cracker' ... Read More

By Bill Livingston (The Plain Dealer) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Braxton Miller stood under center, on the edge of the Florida red zone, in the last half-minute of the first half Monday. The Gators crept toward the line of scrimmage, moving within chomping range, showing blitz, showing "block us if you can" to Ohio State. Time and again, the Buckeyes couldn't. That was how the curtain rang down on the dismal show that was a scandal-plagued 6-7 season. ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Florida's special teams came up big in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, scoring twice as the Gators beat Ohio State 24-17 on Monday in a game between Urban Meyer's old team and his future one. Andre Debose returned a kickoff 99 yards -- the longest scoring play in bowl history -- and Chris Rainey blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown. The speedsters helped the Gators (7-6) avoid their first ... Read More

By: AP via WashingtonPost.com -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida will be without starting right tackle Matt Patchan against Ohio State in the Gator Bowl. Coach Will Muschamp says Patchan injured his upper back during practice and has been ruled out for Monday’s game. Xavier Nixon, who has struggled all season and was eventually benched, likely will move back into the starting lineup against the Buckeyes. The Gators also could be without guard Dan Wenger, who has missed practice with an ankle ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises  (The Plain Dealer) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- This is a long way from 41-14. Florida's win over Ohio State in the BCS National Championship game on Jan. 8, 2007, seems more like 50 years ago than five the way the 2011 seasons transpired for the 6-6 Buckeyes and 6-6 Gators. "That just made us want to get to Florida faster," Gators' fifth-year senior Chris Rainey, then a Florida recruit, said of the lopsided final in the Arizona. ... Read More

From : AP via NBC4i.com -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Ohio State and Florida have been two of college football's most consistent programs in recent years. Conference championships, big-time bowl games, national titles, the Buckeyes and Gators have experienced it all. This year proved much different for two of the country's power programs. New coaches, personnel issues and losing streaks left Ohio State and Florida with their worst seasons in decades and landed them in the Gator Bowl. One of the two ... Read More

By Bill Livingston (The Plain Dealer) --  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The quarterback of the future at Ohio State, Braxton Miller, succeeds Terrelle Pryor, who traded his own wider horizons for cash and tattoos gained in scandal. In the Gator Bowl Monday against Florida, Miller becomes the first Ohio State freshman quarterback to start a bowl game since Art Schlichter in the 1978 Gator Bowl. Pryor ran by far the most plays at quarterback as a freshman in the Fiesta ... Read More

By: AP via SpringfieldNewsSun.com -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ohio State tight end Jake Stoneburner, who is tied for the team lead with seven touchdowns, has returned to practice following knee surgery and could play against Florida in the Gator Bowl. Interim coach Luke Fickell says Stoneburner had surgery following a 40-34 loss at Michigan in late November. Fickell says Stoneburner won't be able to play much Monday because "he's not in the shape to get back in ... Read More

By Rachel George (OrlandoSentinel.com) -- JACKSONVILLE — With both Florida and Ohio State unable to sell out their allotment of Gator Bowl tickets, the crowd is unlikely to be at capacity for the first time in four seasons. Rick Catlett, Gator Bowl president, said Saturday afternoon that the two schools returned about half of their tickets. Florida received 15,000 and sold 8,000, according to a UF spokesman. Ohio State sold more than 7,000 and returned approximately 5,000, said an OSU ... Read More