By Brian Bennett via ESPN.com -- The Big Ten has released its complete prime-time schedule for the 2012 season, with 14 total games under the lights this fall. That includes six games on the ABC/ESPN family of networks and eight on the Big Ten Network. Here you go, night owls (all kickoffs listed in ET): Aug. 31 Boise State at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ESPN Sept. 1 Indiana State at Indiana, 8 p.m., Big Ten Network Sept. 8 Vanderbilt at Northwestern, 8 p.m., BTN Sept. 15 Notre Dame at Michigan State, 8 ... Read More

By Brian Lavrich via Cleveland.com --  Shaker Heights football coach Jarvis Gibson said Ohio State has made an offer to two-way lineman Donovan Munger. Gibson said the Buckeyes are interested in the 6-foot-4, 280 pound junior as a defensive tackle. He also starts at offensive tackle for the Raiders. Munger visited Ohio State for the Buckeyes’ junior day. Gibson said Munger is “very interested” in Ohio State, but he’s also keeping his options “wide open right now.” Overall, Munger has received more than 15 offers from ... Read More

By: Josh Martin (BleacherReport.com) --  Who's No. 1? It's a simple question, really, one that the college basketball universe has been asking of the Big Ten all season. And one that Ohio State finally appears prepared to answer in the affirmative this week. The Buckeyes claimed a share of the conference's regular-season title by way of a 72-70 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing on Sunday, sharing the honor with the Spartans and arch rival Michigan at 13-5 ... Read More

From: GantDaily.com --  Columbus, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – Samantha Prahalis unloaded a school-record 42 points in her final home game, and Ohio State Buckeyes crushed the Minnesota Golden Gophers 81-56 Thursday night at Value City Arena. Prahalis, the only senior player on the team this season, left to a standing ovation by 5,344 fans with 2:27 to play after setting the program and arena record. The Buckeyes senior guard, who is leading the Big Ten in both ... Read More

From: KansasCity.com -- Bitter rivals meet in Ann Arbor tonight, as the sixth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes challenge the 17th-ranked Michigan Wolverines in what is an important late Big Ten Conference affair. Ohio State comes in sporting a 22-4 overall record, and its 10-3 league ledger has it tied with Michigan State for first place entering the weekend. Michigan is 19-7 on the year, and at 9-4 in conference is just a game back in the standings. The Buckeyes ... Read More

By: Zac Jackson (Fox Sports Ohio) -- MINNEAPOLIS -- William Buford scored 24 points to spark No. 6 Ohio State, and Jared Sullinger backed him up inside with 23 points to guide the Buckeyes to a 78-68 victory Tuesday over Minnesota that moved them a half-game ahead of Michigan State in the Big Ten standings. Buford also had eight rebounds and five assists for the Buckeyes (22-4, 10-3), who snapped back after a humbling home loss to the ... Read More

By Pat Borzi (ESPN) -- MINNEAPOLIS -- Tayler Hill grew up a few miles from the University of Minnesota, and her annual homecoming as a member of the Ohio State women's basketball team two weeks ago wasn't going well. The 10th-ranked Buckeyes trailed the unranked Gophers by six points at halftime as Hill, a junior guard and the leading scorer in the Big Ten, struggled, hitting 3 of 10 shots from the field and missing all four ... Read More

By: AP via stltoday.com --Minneapolis --  Rachel Banham scored 20 points and made three 3-pointers, helping Minnesota take down No. 9 Ohio State 76-68 on Sunday. Kiara Buford added 15 points and seven assists for the Golden Gophers (12-11, 4-5 Big Ten), who beat a ranked team for the first time in nearly three years. They did it by dominating the post, outscoring the Buckeyes 36-20 in the paint with Katie Loberg and Micaella Riche taking it to the young..... READ THE REST OF ... Read More

By: Scott Dochterman (TheGazette.com) -- Big Ten football schedules had slick manueverability when the league carried an unwieldy number of 11 schools. Each football program played two permanent rivals annually and faced the other league opponents six times over an eight-year period. That scheduling procedure worked until it got in the way of progress. In June 2010, the Big Ten voted to unanimously add Nebraska as its 12th member. In football terms that meant two divisions and a new scheduling ... Read More

By Michael Periatt (TheLantern.com) -- Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer may be inheriting a new team, but it appears he has a building block in freshman quarterback Braxton Miller. On Miller's 19th birthday Wednesday, the OSU quarterback was named the Big Ten Conference's Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year. The award, which is presented to the conference's most outstanding freshman, is named after Darrell Thompson who played running back for Minnesota in 1986 and Antwaan Randle El who played ... Read More