From: isportsweb.com -- There was a time in 2011 when the immediate future didn’t look so hot for Ohio State football.  The program needed a long-term solution at the head coaching position, and fans waited on Luke Fickell’s fate.  The incoming recruits, while solid, didn’t provide the star power that the Buckeyes were searching for.  Or needed. Fast forward a few months and everything has changed.  Urban Meyer’s hiring shook up the recruiting landscape as some of the nation’s best ... Read More

From: CBSNews.com -- STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Joe Paterno, who racked up more wins than anyone else in major college football but was fired from Penn State amid a child sex abuse scandal has died. He was 85. His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death. Paterno's son Scott announced Nov. 18 that his father was being treated for lung cancer, which was diagnosed in mid-November during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. The storied career of ... Read More

From: WaitingForNextYear.com -- When Urban Meyer was hired to be the new head football coach at The Ohio State University, everyone knew things were going to change at Ohio State. Many predicted that recruiting in particular would be dramatically different under Urban Meyer’s watch. That’s no slight on Jim Tressel. Urban Meyer will be lucky to match what Jim Tressel accomplished in his decade at the helm. But Jim Tressel was a rare, unique man and coach. His laid ... Read More

By Bud Elliott (SBNation.com) -- Joey O'Connor, a former Penn State verbal commitment, has committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes. O'Connor plays for Windsor (CO). O'Connor officially visited Columbus last weekend and received an offer from the Buckeyes. He committed soon thereafter. O'Connor is 6'4" and 300 pounds. He held offers from numerous Big Ten and Pac-12 programs, decommiting from Penn State shortly after the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. O'Connor profiles as an interior lineman for ... Read More

By Eric Prisbell (WashingtonPost.com) --The Big Ten is the nation’s strongest conference this season. It may also be the nation’s most balanced. Aside from Nebraska and Penn State, every other team in the 12-team league is capable of an upset or two. Among the noteworthy results this weekend: Northwestern beating Michigan State; Iowa blasting Michigan and Ohio State avenging an earlier loss to resurgent Indiana. There certainly are many Big Ten haters out there. But the league is the nation’s ... Read More

According to ESPN's Jared Shanker, Ohio State coach Urban Meyerhas flipped yet another commitment. Taylor Decker, a Three-star offensive tackle from Vandalia, Ohio's Butler,  confirmed to ESPN.com via text message that he had decommitted from Notre Dame and had committed t the Buckeyes on Sunday on official visit to Columbus. Decker is the third commit to switch allegiances since Meyer was named the Buckeyes' coach in late December. Defensive linemen Se'Von Pittman and Tommy Schutt decommitted from Michigan State and Penn State, respectively, and ... Read More

From:  VictoryBellRings.com -- After the players met with new head coach Bill O’Brien, word got out that coach Bil Kenney, who coaches offensive tackles and tight ends, would not be retained. This is most important because of his current recruiting duties. Kenney was the lead recruiter for standout commits 4 star LB Camren Williams and 4 star CB Armani Reeves. Their friend and future teammate, Jake Kiley broke the news about Kenney on Twitter, voicing his displeasure ... 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 Bill Livingston (Cleveland.com) --  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A bitter, shocking year for Ohio State is almost over. But not before the scandals that cost football coach Jim Tressel his job and sabotaged the 2011 season also blighted plans for a swift return to glory next year with Urban Meyer. Fittingly, a 6-6 Ohio State team, wounded by its own players' selfishness, faces a 6-6 Florida team still recovering from Meyer's resignation. Playing the Gators in the Gator ... Read More

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