By: Adam Jude (RegisterGuard.com) -- He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds, and at 6-feet-6, 235 pounds, Terrelle Pryor is about three inches and 10 pounds bigger than Oregon linebacker Spencer Paysinger. And, as Oregon coach Chip Kelly warned his defense recently, the Ohio State quarterback is as advertised in every way. “As an athlete, I just kind of marveled at him,” said Kelly, who spent considerable time trying to recruit Pryor to Oregon. “People that big aren’t supposed to move that fast.” In reviewing ... Read More

By: Chip Minnich (BleacherReport.com) -- Following the 26-18 Purdue victory over Ohio State on October 17th, I wrote some short-term suggestions on what Jim Tressel and his offensive staff could possibly implement immediately this season to generate some type of offensive momentum.  Ohio State fans will see this coming Saturday against Minnesota what changes, if any, Tressel and his coaching staff have made. The focus of this article will be on long-term suggestions for the offense Jim Tressel may need to contemplate this coming ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State must figure out what's wrong before the Buckeyes know what's next. Waiting for extreme changes to the offensive game plan or philosophy may be futile. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday that the Buckeyes need to do things better, not differently. The greatest changes may have to come from within the players already on the field, on the offensive line and at quarterback. That's what needs to be judged after ... Read More

By: Michael Rosenberg (NYTimes.com) -- This weekend, Terrelle Pryor will try to scale a mountain that always sits in front of Big Ten teams, no matter where they turn. He will try to beat a highly ranked team from Southern California. Ohio State’s recent struggles in marquee out-of-conference games have been well-documented. They were drilled by Florida in one Bowl Championship Series title game, beaten by Louisiana State in another and humiliated by U.S.C., 35-3, last fall. But those are just the latest chapters ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The plan against a freshman quarterback rarely varies. You face a kid, you get in his face. So goes the thinking when Ohio State welcomes Southern California freshman Matt Barkley to Ohio Stadium on Saturday night. "I think the thing that's different for a freshman coming in here is the crowd and the blitzing," former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce said Tuesday. "And the hitting him right in the chin. If we don't hit ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Notes from Jim Tressel's news conference today: * Cameron Heyward is practicing and will be ready to go. Add backup safety Aaron Gant to the previous list of guys - Travis Howard, Orhian Johnson, Mike Adams, Jermil Martin - who probably won't play this week. * Tressel reiterated that the Buckeyes have a shot at drawing 106,000 fans for the opener with Navy, which would break the Ohio Stadium attendance record of 105,711 set against Penn State ... Read More

By: Rusty Miller (Philly.com via AP) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - Everywhere he goes, the eyes are on him. He would stand out anywhere because he stands 6-foot-6, a willowy athlete's body replete with tattoos. But in a city of more than 750,000 football-mad people, in a state that reveres its Buckeyes and particularly the guy who directs the Ohio State offense, no one takes their eyes off Terrelle Pryor. When he goes out, he wears dark sunglasses to avoid the swarms of Buckeyes fans. "I try ... Read More

By: Bill Blanton (Examiner.com) -- When a reference such as “the chosen one” is made, Ohio sports fans immediately start looking for Lebron James. In 2007, many high school football talent evaluators spoke in the same reverence when discussing football greatness regarding a young high school quarterback from Jeannette, PA. That’s a tremendous amount of pressure to live up to when you’re eighteen years old, yet Terrelle Pryor has done just that. Now at the ripe old age of twenty, the only ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- CHICAGO -- Ohio State senior tight end Jake Ballard didn't have to search for the subtle signs showing Terrelle Pryor's growth as a leader this summer. Pryor made it plainly obvious during 7-on-7 workouts. If a Buckeyes receiver dropped a pass, Pryor let him have it. "If you drop one or two balls, he's going to try and get you out of there and put somebody else in," Ballard said. "If it hit your hands, he's going to take ... Read More

By: Andy Zoric (Examiner.com) -- This is a subject that has been weighing on my mind for some time now. It is an awful subject, one filled with the ugliness and torment.  This subject is not pretty in any way, and is not meant to be so.  However, it is necessary to talk about the Ohio State Offensive line. College football is all about the quarterback. Think about it, Reggie Bush was the last non quarterback to win the Heisman, but in reality it ... Read More

By: Jim Naveau (LimaOhio.com) -- The unofficial kickoff of Ohio State’s football season for me begins Monday at the Big Ten’s annual preseason football media preview in Chicago. The first day of the event brings all the Big Ten coaches to the microphone for some questions. Here are some topics a few of those coaches might be questioned about: Ohio State’s Jim Tressel: Why can’t the Big Ten win the big games against national powers? Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez: How long is Michigan going to remain patient ... Read More

By: Michael Cline (BleacherReport.com) -- Champions are built differently than the rest of us. Their drive, determination, and competitiveness are leaps and bounds above that of the average human being. So much so that at times we cannot relate to them, and neither they to us. However, these qualities that the champions possess are what enthralls us, their fans, into studying every aspect of their being. And though we might not understand them, we at least would like to try. That's why ... Read More

By: Brandon Castel (Rivals.com) - As the nation's top-rated prospect in the Class of 2008 ? not to mention one of the most highly sought-after recruits in recent history ? Pryor literally had his pick of any program in college football, the majority of which were ready to put their present and future in the hands of a freshman. The 6-foot-6 quarterback would have stepped in from day one as the savior of the program. He would have started every game ... Read More