From: BleacherReport.com -- The 2002 national championship game is controversial because Ohio State won by a referee’s bad call.  Not a missed call, a bad call. It came four seconds after the game ended, while the Hurricanes were celebrating victory.  If it were a blatant penalty in a big game, a flag would have been thrown immediately. Miami fans agree it was a bad call.  Ohio State fans rationalize that the referees missed a call earlier in the ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Nebraska's in. So where do the Cornhuskers fit? Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said there were three factors that would determine how the 12-team conference breaks into two six-team divisions for the 2011 season. He's got people working on it. Here's a suggestion, following the three Delany factors: competitive balance, rivalries and geography. Here's my reasoning: 1. Competitive balance is the first factor, so split the four programs that have been clearly above the ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Expansion fever seems to finally be finding its footing, as Nebraska will in all likelihood find a home in the Big Ten. With the Huskers being one of possibly a handful of teams about to join the Big Ten Conference, one thing that is being largely overlooked is the effect this process has on the rivalries in the conference. The most specific of these might be the greatest rivalry in college football if not sports: Ohio ... Read More

By Marc Pendleton (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- Several outlets are reporting that Wayne High School quarterback Braxton Miller will verbally commit on Thursday, June 3. The 6-foot-2, 190-pounder is among the nation’s most sought-after recruits. Among the BCS powers that have reportedly made offers to him are Ohio State, USC, Alabama, Cincinnati, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Tennesse, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Florida. In 24 career games with the Warriors, Miller has completed 225 of 408 passes for 22 touchdowns ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The 2010-11 Big Ten bowl lineup is now set, with the Insight Bowl moving up in the pecking order and three new games -- Gator, Texas, Dallas Football Classic -- coming aboard. A ton of things can happen between now and Sept. 2, but there's no harm in taking a look at which teams likely will be packing their bags in late December or early January, and which teams will be staying home. The ... Read More

From: BallStateSports.com -- Ball State steps out of Mid-American Conference play Wednesday evening as it travels to Big Ten foe Ohio State for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch at Jim Davis Stadium ... The Cardinals enter the contest with a 24-23 overall record and sit alone atop of the MAC standings with a 15-6 record ... BSU has won all seven of its MAC weekend series, including taking two out of three at Western Michigan in a ... Read More

From: MansfieldNewsJournal.com -- ASHLAND -- Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel will receive the Ashland University Gridiron Club 2010 Sportsman of the Year Award and be the featured speaker at a dinner on Wednesday at AU's John C. Myers Convocation Center. This is the second consecutive year the Gridiron Club has had this fundraiser. Illinois football coach Ron Zook, a Loudonville native, was last year's honoree. Proceeds from the dinner will be used to support the football program and athletic facilities on campus. The evening ... Read More

From:  BigTenNetwork.com -- IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Even though Melanie Nichols struggled on Sunday, the No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes found a way to pull through and defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes 6-5 in nine innings. Nichols allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings, but the bullpen allowed no runs and the offense banged out 10 hits to pick up the slack and secure the win for the Buckeyes (33-12). Even though Nichols was battered by the Hawkeyes (23-19), she still ... Read More

From: StyleBlips.com -- Ohio State defensive end Lawrence Wilson (6-4, 272) made a visit to Halas Hall this week, according to a source. Wilson is projected as a late-round pick or could sign as an undrafted free agent. keep an eye on Lawrence Wilson - Once considered a ferocious defensive end prospect, Wilson's career has been derailed by season-ending injuries each of the last two years. A broken leg that required a steel rod and a torn ACL ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- Ohio State coach Thad Matta kicked open the door of the gym during a 6 a.m. practice and told Evan Turner: "You either grow up or you go home. I don't care which one it is. Here's the door. It's open, you can leave." Telling the story Friday, one from Turner's freshman season, Matta's ending was obvious. Seated at the head table near Oscar Robertson, accepting a college basketball national player of the year award ... Read More

By: Dave Biddle (ESPN.com) -- He is one of the fastest-rising prospects in the country. He may be the best cornerback in the Midwest. Doran Grant (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) is collecting scholarship offers daily. As of press time, the Under Armour All-American had more than 30, including Arizona, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Iowa, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, USC, West Virginia and Wisconsin. As a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) in 2009, Grant had 40 ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Looking back at David Lighty and ahead to Tennessee: * Thad Matta can't say enough good things about David Lighty. He may wind up as one of Matta's all-time favorites. He is still peeved that Lighty wasn't on the Big Ten's All-Defensive team, and he talked about what a great job Lighty did Sunday guarding bigger Georgia Tech players after Ohio State's 75-66 win. "He's the best defender in college basketball," Matta said. "He can guard any position ... Read More

By: Yannis Koutroupis (HoopsWorld.com) -- Ohio State came into the season without much fanfare, expected to duke it out with the like of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois for third place in the Big Ten, behind Michigan State and Purdue. Thanks, in large part, to the spectacular play of Evan Turner, Ohio State finished the season tied for first. And Turner was just getting started. In the conference tournament and in Sunday's second round win over Georgia ... Read More