From: BigTenNetwork.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - Backed by 13 bonus points, the fourth-ranked Ohio State wrestling team downed Northwestern, 37-6, Sunday in St. John Arena. The Buckeyes (16-1; 5-0 Big Ten) won seven matches and earned points on a Wildcat forfeit at 141 pounds. For the second-consecutive match, Nikko Triggas pinned his opponent. This time, the junior from Moraga, Calif., downed Levi Mele with just nine seconds left in the first period to give the Scarlet and Gray an early 6-0 advantage. Northwestern was able ... Read More

By: Kyle Nagel (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- ENTERVILLE — After leaving the Miami Valley without an Ohio State football recruit this year for the first time since 1998, the Buckeyes are increasing their desire for the area Class of 2011. Michael Bennett, a 6-foot-3, 275-pound Centerville High School junior offensive lineman, received a scholarship offer from OSU over the weekend. He is the second area player — after Wayne quarterback Braxton Miller — to whom the Buckeyes have extended a scholarship offer. Bennett was a first-team All-Greater ... Read More

BY: BRENDAN STILES (DailyIowan.com) -- Relinquishing a double-digit lead and falling to West Virginia may not have been the highlight of Ohio State’s weekend. But the Buckeyes managed to seize some positives from the 69-65 loss to the Mountaineers on Jan. 23. For one, the defeat didn’t knock Ohio State out of the AP top 25. Instead, it only helped the squad ascend to a No. 20 ranking after a week that also included a conference victory over Northwestern. “I thought we played, at times, some ... Read More

From: GoPSUSports.com -- STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, ranked No. 13 nationally, dropped a hard-fought 21-14 dual meet at No. 3 Ohio State. Head coach Cael Sanderson's squad won four of ten bouts, highlighted by majors from seniors Cyler Sanderson (Heber City, Utah) at 157 and David Erwin (Urbana, Ohio) at 184. Junior Brad Pataky (Clearfield, Pa.), ranked No.12 at 125, got Penn State off to a good start with a strong 9-7 win over No. 19 Nikko ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes have just put their Big Ten foes on notice: “We’re here, better than ever, and not scared of you.” The return of Evan Turner has sparked this new attitude exuding from Thad Matta’s team. The scariest thing about the Evan Turner situation is that they look dramatically better than they did before he left with the back injury. The Buckeyes have found a silver lining in what looked like a season ender. William Buford, who was ... Read More

From: AP via CBSSports.com -- EVANSTON, Ill. --Ohio State coach Jim Foster earned his 700th career victory as the Buckeyes surged to an 86-60 win over Northwestern on Thursday. Sarah Schulze and Samantha Prahalis each scored 16 points, helping Ohio State (15-1, 3-0) take over sole possession of the Big Ten lead with its seventh straight win. The Buckeyes used a 28-3 run in a 7:34 span starting late in the first half and opened a 53-20 lead with 17:16 to play and led ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the last three years, a Heisman Trophy winner, seven first-team All-Americans, 15 first-team All-Big Ten players and 18 NFL draft picks have all ended their Ohio State careers the same way. From Troy Smith to Vernon Gholston to James Laurinaitis, Buckeyes who spent their entire careers winning departed school with a bowl loss as the last thing on their minds. "I've been around a great bunch of seniors, from Troy to James, and ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Going into today's Big Ten Conference match-up with Wisconsin, the Michigan Wolverines had to win at least one of their last two games to be eligible for a bowl game.  Now after the Badgers 45-24 thumping today, Michigan MUST defeat Ohio State next Saturday in Ann Arbor's Big House. After only having two wins last year, Michigan started the 2009 season picking up four straight wins and fans began to wonder if Rich Rodriguez and the Maze and Blue ... Read More

By: J.A. Allen (BleacherReport.com) -- Conceivably, a horseshoe can be a crab, an adrenal gland, or even a stadium. For the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, however, it will transform into the proverbial lion’s den—the place where a defiant Daniel was sent without weapons to meet his fate against overwhelming odds before a packed house. According to the story, Daniel emerged unharmed because of divine intervention. Is that possible on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio? If you believe so, you are among the few. The injured and indefatigable ... Read More

By: Chance Harper (sbrforum.com) -- The game was setting up to be Iowa's claim to fame with a huge ABC audience looking on, and their ticket into the BCS Title game.  Instead, Terrelle Pryor and Ohio State can match their Big Ten record set from 1960-64 with a fifth straight conference title.  Off their upset loss to Northwestern, the Hawkeyes will be without starting quarterback Ricky Stanzi on Saturday when they take on the Buckeyes. Iowa’s bubble didn’t just burst – it exploded. The Hawkeyes lost more ... Read More

By: AP via FoxSports.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State tight end Jake Ballard was stunned when he was told that with a win against Iowa on Saturday, the Buckeyes are headed to the Rose Bowl. Really? Yep. Less than a month after losing to a Purdue team that had won just one of its first six games, the No. 10 Buckeyes find themselves needing only a win over the 15th-ranked Hawkeyes to start booking flights for Pasadena, Calif. "No, I had no idea," Ballard ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) --  The Ohio State football team seen a rise in all the latest polls including the BCS standings.  The Buckeyes took over the No. 10 spot in the AP Poll, just edging out USC at eleven.  In the USA Today rankings, OSU shot up four spots to No. 8  and almost broke into the top 10 in the BCS standings, taking the No. 11 slot. Terrelle Pryor and The Buckeyes handed Penn State a major loss, 24-7, Sasturday in ... Read More

By BOB FLOUNDERS (The Patriot-News via PennLive.com) -- Iowa? Fail. Michigan? Pass. Big-time. No. 15 Ohio State and quarterback Terrelle Pryor are the next test for Joe Paterno's 11th-ranked Penn State team at Beaver Stadium. And there is every reason to believe this year's game will be similar in style to last year's, a 13-6 rugby scrum that wasn't decided until the Nittany Lions' defense forced two Pryor turnovers in the fourth quarter. Pryor, the Jeannette prep star who picked OSU over Michigan and Penn ... Read More