By: Tom Dienhart via BTN.com --  It’s time to turn our attention to Ohio State, as I take a closer look at the 2012 football schedule for the Buckeyes. My previous schedule analysis posts are still available as we’ve now covered Illinois through Ohio State. The rest come out this week. Agree or disagree with any of my assessments? Come tell me in the comments section, or find me on Twitter and Facebook. Toughest non-conference game: In recent years, the Buckeyes played one ... 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 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 Kyle Meinke (annarbor.com) --Remember when Brady Hoke was last summer's recruiting darling? That is fading into a distant memory, thanks to the Big Ten's newest coach. Urban Meyer was hired at Ohio State three weeks ago, and began his tenure with such a recruiting flurry that the Buckeyes' class shot up to No. 5 in the nation this week, according to Scout. Texas remains No. 1 overall and Michigan is holding steady at No. 2 on the strength of Hoke's hot summer, which ... Read More

By: AP via Bloomberg.com -- WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.  — E'Twaun Moore scored a career-high 38 points to lead No. 11 Purdue past No. 2 Ohio State 76-63 on Sunday, capping a week that saw the top four teams in the AP Top 25 lose a game. Moore tied a career high with seven 3-pointers. He surpassed 2,000 points during a flurry of 13 in the final 3:49 of the first half, becoming the fifth player in school history to ... Read More

From: ESPN.com -- There's no question among the coaches who vote: Ohio State is No. 1. The Buckeyes drew all 31 first-place votes in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll released Monday. Pittsburgh vaulted to second from fourth as Duke also jumped two spots to third. The Blue Devils were followed by San Diego State and Connecticut. The Panthers will be tested Monday night when they host No. 14 Notre Dame (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). Kansas dropped to sixth after a loss to Texas, ranked eighth. The ... Read More

By: Harry King (TheCabin.net) -- LITTLE ROCK — Cam Newton, the man in Vegas said, is what Terrelle Pryor was supposed to be. He meant that Pryor had not lived up to advance billing as an unstoppable dual threat quarterback who was to put Ohio State on his shoulders and deliver the Buckeyes to the mountaintop. Labeling Pryor a disappointment requires that the one passing judgment ignore Ohio State’s 31-5 record and three straight BCS bowl games, including the Jan. 4 ... Read More

From: CrunchSports.com -- The Ohio State Buckeyes are now considered the favorite to win this season's NCAAF national championship game as Ohio State won a big game last weekend and now appear to have a clear schedule for about 4 weeks.  The Buckeyes are not the number 1 in the nation in either poll but they are number 1 according to betting odds as we update the futures odds to win the BCS National Championship for the top ... Read More

From: USAToday.com -- In its annual "College Football Pigskin Preview" edition, Playboy magazine has picked the Ohio State Buckeyes to win the BCS national championship over the Texas Longhorns. The drugs online without prescription magazine's preview edition, which hits newsstands on Friday, also lists its Top 25 teams (more on that below) and its annual preseason All America Team. If you are a fan of the Buckeyes, act quickly because we expect newsstands in Columbus, Ohio, to sell out rather ... Read More

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- One of the most volatile periods in NCAA history continues, with the movement of prominent football and men's basketball programs from powerhouse conferences in the spotlight. Nebraska and Colorado will leave the Big 12: Nebraska to join the Big Ten; Colorado joining the PAC-10. A "Goodbye Big 12" vigil continues, apparently. Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are all but set to leave the league for the PAC-10, and Texas A&M might jump in, too. ... Read More