By: Rusty Miller (AP via RecordPub.com) -- COLUMBUS — Ohio State is 40-8 over the past four seasons, a record that might have most fans of the 15th-ranked Buckeyes flush with confidence heading into Saturday’s game at No. 11 Penn State. It shouldn’t. The last six times the Buckeyes have played a team as good or better based on rankings, they’ve lost. No one has to tell the players, either. “I haven’t led us to a big win yet,” said quarterback Terrelle Pryor, a central figure ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- It's hard to believe that the 2009 college football season is nearing its ending so soon. We've seen so many exciting moments this season. But for the Ohio State Buckeyes, the end means the hardest part of the schedule by far. The month of November begins with a trip up to Happy Valley to play No. 11 Penn State, then a home game the next week against No. 4 Iowa (using BCS standings). The end isn't much easier, as they ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Week six of the NCAA football polls were released and The Ohio State Buckeyes moved to the number 7 slot in both the AP and USA Today polls.  Last week the Buckeyes were 9/8 including being leapfrogged by unbeaten Cincinnati.  The Bearcats were idle Saturday and Ohio State defeated  Winsconsin and handed the Badgers their first loss 31-13 at The Shoe in Columbus.  OSU impoved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten. Florida seemed to have little ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- The latest AP & USA Today Polls were released today with the top four spots remaining unchanged.  The Florida Gators claimed the top spot again in each poll while Texas, Alabama and LSU close behind.  Virgina Tech, even with one loss, jumped over undefeated Boise State and ended up this week at number five.  The Ohio State Buckeyes left Indiana with a 33-14 thumping of the Hoosiers in Big Ten action, and moved up from 9 last ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Another crazy week in college football is behind us, and not without major changes in the latest AP and USA Today polls.  The top three spots remained the same in both polls with the Florida Gators holding on tight to the number one spot.  Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was released from University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Sunday morning after being held overnight for precautionary reasons. Tebo, who left Saturday's 41-7 win at Kentucky after a second-half blow ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Jim Tressel doesn't believe his offense needs to change. Tressel always tweaks his system to fit his personnel, but when I tried to ask about considering a shift in philosophy - maybe away from his plan to win the field position battle and rely on his special teams in an offense that is less wide-open than other systems - he said he wasn't going to change to Navy's triple option or anything like that. Eventually, he basically said ... Read More

By: Chris Brown (Yahoo Sports) -- There's no sugar-coating this: Jim Tressel and his staff were outcoached against Southern Cal and Pete Carroll, . Again. Particularly on offense, Ohio State's gameplan against the Trojans was utter rubbish, and it failed to meet the number one requirement of every gameplan: put your players in position to succeed. When I watched the game live, I was struck by what I considered poor playcalling and mediocre execution. But after watching the game again in detail, going over ... Read More

By: Tom Grant (BleacherReport.com) -- Since I first became a Buckeye in 2004 there has always been rumblings about Jim Tressel's job following a loss—from that Justin Zwick led defeat at Northwestern to last Saturday's defeat at the hands of the Trojans. Ohio State fans are passionate, committed to victory, and still hold the rule of hot tempered of Woody Hayes as the golden age of Ohio State football. Spitting, snarling, and screaming along the sidelines, Woody Hayes seemed to be a college rendition ... Read More

By: Steve Kaczynski (labownstown.com) -- It never fails to amaze me how fickle people can be when it comes to college football.  This week Ohio State will face USC, but if you believe everything you hear, the game is already over.  Pundits in Columbus and around the nation alike have already buried the Buckeyes, crowning USC as winners in a blowout victory. Ohio State fans: WHERE HAS YOUR SWAGGER GONE?  Just two years ago, the Buckeyes were world beaters and the confidence of Buckeye ... Read More

By: Chris Brown (Yahoo Sports) -- Pete Carroll doesn't want to get burned twice. We all know the most heartbreaking loss of Carroll's tenure came at the hands of Vince Young's magnificent performance in the 2006 Rose Bowl, where he dashed USC's hopes of a three-peat with over 200 yards passing and rushing. Young played an otherworldly game, and it's quite possible no defense could have stopped him on that stage. But Carroll knows he didn't design a very good gameplan for Young, either. ... Read More