From 10TV.com -- AKRON, Ohio - Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has accepted an administrative position at the University of Akron, 10TV News reported on Thursday. Tressel will serve as the Vice President of Strategic Engagement, 10TV's Kevin Landers reported. The news comes days after Tressel's Upper Arlington home was sold, leading many to wonder what was next for the former coach. Tressel's new position was announced during a Thursday morning news conference. "I'm excited about being a Zip," Tressel said. Tressel was asked ... Read More

By Pat Brennan (TheLantern.com) -- Among the beaches, dining and nightlife in Mobile, Ala., there are plenty of distractions for former college football players participating in Saturday's Senior Bowl. Former Ohio State players Mike Adams, DeVier Posey, Michael Brewster and Daniel "Boom" Herron all received invites to the annual NFL prospect showcase, and Herron said his approach to the practices leading up to the game, as well as the game itself, is strictly business. "I've talked to a ... Read More

By: Jeff Bell (BizJournals.com) -- Not even the misdeeds of Jim Tressel, Terrelle Pryor and company could keep the turnstiles from humming at Ohio Stadium this past season as the Buckeyes posted a slight increase in attendance. A new analysis by SportsBusiness Journal, a sister publication of Columbus Business First, shows Ohio State had average home-game attendance of 105,231, up 0.05 percent from 2010. That means an extra 53 fans per game were sandwiched into the ’Shoe during a season ... Read More

By: AP via USAToday.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - The president of Ohio State University on Wednesday lamented that publicity over a football scandal overshadowed the university's many accomplishments last year, then drew more unwelcome attention when he compared the job of coordinating several university divisions to "the Polish army." In a speech at a downtown athletic club, Gordon Gee called the scandal's disproportional weight "a monumental shame." "To subordinate the ingenuity of so many to the impropriety of a few seems to ... Read More

By Pat Brennan (TheLantern.com) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You could use three words to describe the now-departed Ohio State football senior class: good, bad and ugly. For several Buckeye seniors, whose legacy to OSU football might be in question, Monday's season-ending 24-17 loss to Florida in the 2012 Gator Bowl, was an opportunity to reflect on the highs, the lows and the forgettable moments of their OSU careers. Several players, including senior center Michael Brewster, pointed to back-to-back Bowl ... Read More

From:  bloquin.com -- Urban Meyer is a smart guy. You know that. I know. My 95-year-old grandma who thinks “Urban Meyer” is a brand of hot dog knows that. And now the world knows it too. That’s because Meyer is doing something that every college football coach in America should at least consider: Not allowing his players to Tweet. The news spread virally this afternoon, via what platform other than Twitter, when a handful of current Buckeyes took to their ... Read More

From: MarionStar.com -- MANSFIELD - A state representative is planning to introduce a bill that would allow Ohio State to sue a northeast Ohio football booster who is at the center of the NCAA's punishment of the school. Jay Goyal, D-Mansfield, said the bill would allow a university to sue a booster or agent for damages. The NCAA stripped Ohio State of scholarships and barred it from a Big Ten championship and bowl games next year in part because Cleveland-area ... Read More

By Bill Livingston (The Plain Dealer) --  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The quarterback of the future at Ohio State, Braxton Miller, succeeds Terrelle Pryor, who traded his own wider horizons for cash and tattoos gained in scandal. In the Gator Bowl Monday against Florida, Miller becomes the first Ohio State freshman quarterback to start a bowl game since Art Schlichter in the 1978 Gator Bowl. Pryor ran by far the most plays at quarterback as a freshman in the Fiesta ... Read More

By: Scott Carter (foxsportsflorida.com) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ohio State’s 2011 season has been a tumultuous one, but one thing that hasn’t changed for the Buckeyes is a dangerous and multi-threat quarterback with Heisman potential leading their offense. That player was expected to be Terrelle Pryor until off-the-field issues ended his collegiate career. Enter freshman Braxton Miller, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound true freshman who will be the primary focus for Florida’s defense in Monday’s Gator Bowl against ... Read More

By John Kampf (News-Herald.com) -- It has to get better, right? For the Ohio State football team, 2012 can't possibly be more problematic than 2011, can it? It's safe to say 2011 was the darkest of times for the proud Ohio State football program. The year started rough on Jan. 4, when Arkansas fans en masses suggested a group of OSU players shouldn't have been allowed to play in the Buckeyes' 31-26 win over the Razorbacks. Twelve months later, the NCAA agreed with ... Read More