By Jeffrey Bathe (BleacherReport.com) -- The Big Ten got 10 bowl bids this season, matching the most ever received by a conference in one season. Unfortunately, like the Big East last March Madness, more bids does not mean that the conference will thrive. While having the most bids is an impressive feat, there are four reasons why the conference ended up with the most embarrassing bowl season on record.   Bottom Half of the Conference In a bowl era where ... Read More

From: SBNation.com-- Last weekend saw Ohio State land Tommy Schutt and Se'Von Pittman after their recruiting visits. This weekend probably won't feature quite the fireworks, but there is still important work to be done by the Buckeyes. The top visitor expected this weekend is Noah Spence. We previously discussed Spence here, and the nation's top uncommitted defensive end remains infatuated with Ohio State after previously being thought to be a Penn State lean. In fact, some believe he is already ... Read More

By: Scott Powers (ESPN.com) -- Defensive tackle and ESPNU 150 recruit Tommy Schutt decommitted from Penn State and opted instead for Ohio State on Monday, according to Glenbard West High School (Ill.) coach Chad Hetlet. Schutt was Penn State's top-ranked Class of 2012 recruit. He changed his commitment after visiting Ohio State over the weekend. "I think he's extremely happy," Hetlet said. "He came back yesterday from his trip to Ohio State, and he was very impressed with coach Urban Meyer ... Read More

By Danny Flynn (BleacherReport.com) -- In a recent interview with USA Today, new Penn State president Rodney Erickson said that the school’s focus going forward will now be less about its once-prestigious, and now-troubled football program. The university’s de-emphasis on football in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal could be welcome news to other Big Ten teams, most notably division counterpart Ohio State, which will be looking to once ... Read More

By Adam Bittner (SBNation.com) -- New Ohio State coach Urban Meyer won two national championships at Florida with Dan Mullen, current-Mississippi State coach and reported front runner to take over for Joe Paterno as Penn State's head coach, as his offensive coordinator. Led by Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and Pro Bowler Percy Harvin, Mullen's offense become one of the most dangerous and feared in college football while strong defense helped turn Florida into the class of the ... Read More

By Katherine Dunn (BaltimoreSun.com) -- Gilman’s Cyrus Jones has decided to reconsider an offer from Ohio State after the Buckeyes hired Urban Meyer as their new football coach. Jones dropped West Virgnia from consideration but said Wednesday that Alabama, Auburn, Maryland and Virginia Tech remain in the running for his talents. The versatile senior gained 2,365 all-purpose yards this fall and scored 24 touchdowns for the No. 1 and MIAA A Conference champion Greyhounds. Ohio State had been on Jones’ Top 10 list, but ... Read More

By: Bud Elliot (SBNation.com) -- Wednesday night I was fortunate enough to chat with Tyler T. of Along The Olentangy, the excellent Ohio State site on the SB Nation network. Our main topic of conversation was, of course, Urban Meyer. And specifically Urban's plan to recruit at Ohio State. And it's safe to say that Tyler believes Meyer is going to be a major hit. "Meyer is bringing that SEC aggressiveness that hasn't been seen in the Big Ten. And I think he'll have immediate ... Read More

By Valerie Strauss (WashingtonPost.com) -- Anybody who had thought that the Penn State child rape scandal would roll back the noxious big money culture of college sports has now been shown to be mistaken. In that scandal, a popular assistant coach was charged with sexually abusing eight boys — and he is said to have gotten away with it because officials on campus who knew or suspected didn’t stop him, presumably to protect the big money football program. President ... Read More

By Todd Porter (CantonRep.com) -- Internet rumors have been wild the last couple of days about Akron hiring Jim Tressel. I know, it sounds good if you're Akron. Instant credibility in a football program that has almost none. He would recruit well, and probably steal a few of the big ones away from the big fish. It isn't going to happen.There have been some people saying Tressel was spotted at InfoCision Stadium today. Laughable. Tressel was in his suburban Columbus ... Read More

By Mark Schlabach (ESPN.com) --ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- It took Michigan 2,926 days to beat Ohio State again. The Buckeyes might not wait a week to try to make sure it doesn't happen again. Former Buckeyes running back Eddie George, one of the school's six Heisman Trophy winners, said Saturday that he believes former Florida coach Urban Meyer will be introduced as Ohio State's coach sometime early next week. George said he also thought Luke Fickell, who was named the ... Read More