Rob McCurdy (lancastereaglegazette.com) -- COLUMBUS -- The Buckeyes slipped on a banana peel at Indiana, and before the end of the regular season there are likely to be more pratfalls. It comes with the growing pains of a young team. Ohio State coach Thad Matta knows this. Talent and depth only go so far, especially in a Big Ten that has four other teams ranked in the Top 25 (Michigan State, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin) and two more lurking (Purdue ... Read More

From: Cincinnati.com -- Moeller senior WR Monty Madaris is receiving interest again from Ohio State, according to Moeller coach John Rodenberg. Madaris has taken official visits to UC and Michigan State and plans to visit Michigan the weekend of Jan. 13. He also plans to visit Kentucky sometime this month. Madaris said Dec. 3 he had been speaking with Ohio State’s coaches and that the Buckeyes were on a list he was considering. Rodenberg said Dec. 12 Ohio State was full at ... 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 Alex Bozich (InsideTheHall.com) -- Following a tough loss on Wednesday at Michigan State, Indiana returns to Assembly Hall for a showdown with No. 2 Ohio State. The game will be shown on ESPN2 and broadcast on the IU radio network (Sirius 128/XM 191): For the second (and most likely last) time this season, the Hoosiers will take Branch McCracken floor as underdogs on Saturday evening. Ohio State has overtaken Michigan State as the Big Ten’s top program with four regular season ... 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

By: Henry Brown (BleacherReport.com) -- It has been 12 years since the Big Ten conference has had anyone sit atop the final rankings in college basketball. Not since the 1999-2000 season has a member of the nation's oldest intercollegiate conference won a national title. That team was Michigan State. Since then, the basketball power conference has taken a backseat as the ACC, SEC, Big East and Big 12 have all won national titles. However, the Big Ten may finally be back. Last weekend, Big Ten ... Read More

Columbus, OH - Ohio State sophomore forward Jared Sullinger recorded 12 points and 10 rebounds in his return to the lineup, helping the second-ranked Buckeyes handle the USC Upstate Spartans, 82-58. Sullinger, who had missed the last two games with back spasms, came off the bench Wednesday. Deshaun Thomas had 23 points to pace the Buckeyes (9-1), who bounced back from a 78-67 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence ... Read More

By: Kevin Bull (freep.com) -- Urban Meyer likely won’t be getting a Christmas card from Mark Dantonio. That’s because Ohio State swiped arguably the top player from Michigan State’s 2012 football recruiting class Monday night, when Canton (Ohio) McKinley defensive end Se’Von Pittman changed his verbal commitment from MSU to OSU. Pittman was one of three four-star prospects in the MSU recruiting class and rated among the nation’s top 10 defensive ends, according to rivals.com and scout.com. MSU’s ... Read More

Moeller (Ohio)  junior offensive lineman Alex Gall has received quite a significant interest from several colleges according to his coach.  Among those showing interest are The Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan and Michigan State, according to Moeller coach John Rodenberg. "Recruiting is going well. I currently don't have any offers, but schools from all over are showing a lot of interest," Gall recently told ElevenWarriors .com. Gall, who is 6 feet 5 and 285 pounds, was named the offensive lineman of the year in ... Read More

From: Cincinnati.com -- Moeller senior wide receiver Monty Madaris said earlier today he has been speaking with Ohio State’s coaches recently and Ohio State is on a list of schools he is considering. Ohio State hasn’t offered yet. Moeller coach John Rodenberg acknowledged the Buckeyes are in the picture for Madaris, who was Division I first-team all-state and the Southwest District offensive player of the year. Madaris said he is considering UC, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Florida State ... Read More