By: AP via chillicothegazette.com -- COLUMBUS — Ohio State will get a break almost in the middle of the Big Ten season in 2015 but will have only one conference game under its belt when its bye week rolls around in 2016. The Big Ten released conference schedules for those two seasons on Monday.   Purdue is the Buckeyes’ first opponent each year, on the road on Oct. 3, 2015, and at Ohio Stadium in the conference opener on Oct. 1, 2016.   In 2015, the Ohio ... Read More

From: gopsusports.com -- PARK RIDGE, Ill. - Penn State baseball (29-25, 15-9) will open up Big Ten Tournament action with the Ohio State Buckeyes on Wednesday at 3:35 at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Penn State will be making its second straight appearance in the tournament. The Nittany Lions are arguably one of the hottest teams in the country right now, going 26-11 in their last 37 games and finished the season winning six-straight Big Ten series. Penn State picked up its third ... Read More

By Michael Chung via bleacherreport.com --  Tommy Schutt was a much heralded recruit out of Glen Elyn, Illinos. Shortly after Urban Meyer took over the head coaching job at Ohio State University, Tommy Schutt de-committed from Penn State and became a Buckeye. He joins other heralded defensive linemen in the 2012 recruit class. Schutt took some time to answer a few questions for Bleacher Report. Did you ever meet Jerry Sandusky? TS: No! Never did. What was Joe Paterno like? TS: I was over at his house ... Read More

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: Tom Dienhart via btn.com --    Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is a genius–at least when it comes to spicing up spring football games. Let’s face it: These spring “games” often are little more than glorified scrimmages to appease and tease fans. The interest? Minimal—aside from the true cognoscenti. Many coaches don’t like them, preferring to run a scrimmage or just conduct another practice for fear of injury. Lack of depth is another reason many coaches don’t like intrasquad scrimmages, as it often makes it ... Read More

From: AP via northcoastnow.com --     ST. LOUIS — Ohio State redshirt freshman Logan Stieber led the Buckeyes to a fifth-place finish after winning the 133-pound national title Saturday night in the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championship. Stieber, a Monroeville grad who trains with Elyria High coach Erik Burnett at The Barn in LaGrange, won a 4-3 decision over No. 1-seeded and defending champ Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma state in the final. “I just kept looking at the clock and waiting,” said Stieber, who finished the ... Read More

By Michael Chung (BleacherReport.com) --  Camren Williams is a linebacker prospect from West Roxbury, Massachusetts. After the Penn State scandal broke, Camren was recruited by a number of schools but chose Ohio State. He was a much-needed recruit to add depth at the linebacker position. He took some time to give Buckeye nation a glimpse into himself and Ohio State football. Your dad played for New England; did this allow you to get to know Bill Belichick and Tom Brady? CW: I watched them and went to training camp ... Read More

By Tyler Waddell (BleacherReport.com) --  Camp Hill (PA) tight end Adam Breneman of Cedar Cliff high school announced last Thursday that he will make his college decision public next Friday, March 9, in his high school gymnasium.Ohio State is in his field of four, including Maryland, Penn State and Notre Dame.Breneman made his official visit to Columbus on February 27, where he was embraced by almost the entire OSU coaching staff. He spent time with Luke Fickell, Tim Hinton, Greg Gillum, Mike ... Read More

By Donald Wood (BleacherReport.com) --  With the Big Ten Tournament looming large over college basketball fans, we have broken the odds of who will win the conference tournament. Five nationally ranked teams grace this conference, which is regarded as one of the toughest in all of college sports, but only one can walk away the Big Ten Champion. Every team has a chance to win the tourney, but some teams have much better odds to pull out the victory than the rest. See where ... Read More

By: Phil Richards via IndyStar.com --   No one on the Ohio State roster had experienced a loss in the Big Ten women's basketball tournament, but when it happened during a semifinal game Saturday evening at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, there was no confusing it. Wham. They got run over. Nebraska's relentless young Cornhuskers ran the Buckeyes out of the building 77-62. "It feels awesome to be part of this," Nebraska sophomore forward Jordan Hooper bubbled after a 21-point, 10-rebound night. "We're just making history, I guess." That ... Read More