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

The September 18 meeting between Ohio State and Ohio University will kickoff at noon the Big Ten Conference announced today. The game will be the seventh meeting between in-state rivals and will be played at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The teams last met two years ago, with the Buckeyes making a second half comeback to defeat the Bobcats. The Buckeyes have won all six previous meetings with the Bobcats. Five other 2010 Ohio State games ... Read More

By: Jeff Seemann (Fox Sports Ohio) -- March 18, 2008 was a big day at The Ohio State University.  It was the day Terrelle Pryor officially signed his letter of intent to play football for the Buckeyes. It was also the day  OSU fans began their dreams of not only returning to the National Championship Game, but actually winning it. Pryor was the prized jewel of the 2008 class. He skipped the National Letter Of Intent Day in ... 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

By: Andy Baggot (Madison.com) -- When you land a major gig with a Fortune 500 company, conventional wisdom says you shouldn't have to worry about an identity crisis. Good luck trying to get that one past Mark Osiecki. Three days ago, Osiecki accepted an offer to become the men's hockey coach at Ohio State, one of the biggest, most well-to-do athletic departments in the NCAA. It represents a fantastic opportunity for Osiecki, the former University of Wisconsin defenseman who spent the last six seasons at his ... Read More

From: CantonRep.com -- COLUMBUS — Ohio State will play in at least three prime time football games this season, beginning with the Sept. 2 opener vs. Marshall. The Buckeyes and Thundering Herd kick off at 7:30 p.m. at Ohio Stadium. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Ohio State also will play two conference games at night on the road — 7:15 p.m. Oct. 16 at Wisconsin on ESPN or ESPN2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Minnesota on ... 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

By: Paul M. Banks (NotQualifiedToComment.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS- Big Ten player of the year, and likely national player of the year Evan Turner has become quite the polarizing figure this weekend. The Ohio State swing-man made magical memories for OSU fans on his way to becoming Big Ten tournament MVP. But he also angered many partisans of the teams who were vanquished by the Ohio State Buckeyes; en route to their tournament championship. If he’s on your side- you ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- Thanks to his position on the basketball court, Jon Diebler rarely finds himself more than 40 feet away from Evan Turner during Ohio State games. It's safe to say Diebler enjoys the view. "I'm perfectly fine with Evan going to the basket and scoring every time," a smiling Diebler said Saturday after Turner went for 31 points in a double-overtime win against Illinois in the Big Ten tournament semifinals. "He can do it all game if he wants." There ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- Ohio State destroyed Minnesota, 90-61, on Sunday afternoon to win the Big Ten Tournament with a second-half surge, the Buckeyes playing one of their best halves of the season after two tight wins to start the tournament. After winning the third conference tournament title in the 13-year history of the event, the first Big Ten school to win three, the Buckeyes were given a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play their first-round game on ... Read More