By: Bob Fisher (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- To say we Michigan fans are enjoying the current problems at Ohio State would be an understatement. Some OSU fans are surprised the Buckeyes got hit with a one-year bowl ban among other sanctions. Michigan fans are surprised it wasn't longer. The University of Southern California received a two-year bowl ban in 2010 because of one football player -- Reggie Bush. Ohio State had multiple players committing violations, plus a coach who knowingly played ineligible players and knowingly ... Read More

From: AP via FoxNews.com -- For players breaking rules and having its coach conceal those infractions, Ohio State ended up with a one-year bowl ban, the loss of nine scholarships over three years and a new coach with two national championship rings. "I feel closure, yes," Ohio State President Gordon Gee said Tuesday night, hours after the NCAA announced it sanctions against Ohio State. "I feel very much closure. I'm disappointed on the one hand but on the other ... Read More

By: Robert Gartrell (BleacherReport.com) -- After the resignation of Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, interim coach Luke Fickell has a one season audition to become the permanent head coach for the Buckeyes. He has the unenviable task of doing so not only in the midst of an NCAA investigation, but also while trying to follow a legend and meet the challenging expectations Tressel set for the program. After 10 years that included a national title and seven Big ... Read More

By Michael Periatt (TheLantern.com) -- Vacate the games. Slash scholarships. Fire the coach. However the NCAA decides to punish the Ohio State football program can't be worse than the damage that's already been done. The program's previously impeccable reputation is dead, or at best, is on life support. OSU hasn't always been considered the best team in the country, but it was always considered clean and transparent. Sure, there were a few bumps in the road, such as Troy Smith taking money from a booster ... Read More

From: ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com -- Now that Ohio State has surrendered the high moral ground to Michigan, and will continue to do so as long as Jim Tressel remains in Columbus, the Wolverines have their sights set on the field. But in that endeavor, new coach Brady Hoke has a tremendous task ahead. Hoke inherited a program that has made an art form of looking good while losing bad. Former coach Rich Rodriguez turned loose an eye-catching offense that won just six ... Read More

By: James Walker (ESPN.com) -- The AFC North blog continues its series with ESPN.com's college writers to take an in-depth look at potential prospects for the division. On Wednesday we check in with Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg to get a scouting report on Ohio State defensive end Cameron Heyward, who is a potential target of the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers. Adam, after watching Heyward closely the past few years, how would you break down his game? Adam Rittenberg: There's a lot to ... Read More

A 52-31 victory of Stanford gave Oregon enough to jump over Boise State to claim the number 3 spots in both the AP and USA Today polls. Alabama and Ohio State remained idle in the top two stops, just as they had been since preseason. The Crimson Tide crushed No. 7 Florida 31-6 while the Buckeyes opened up Big Ten play at Illinois with a 24-13 victory. For the first time in a decade, Texas fell out of the Top 25 of both polls ... Read More

By: Zack Meisel (TheLantern.com) -- A Cheap Viagra team usually knows when everything has come together. The stars line up, as the adage goes. But it’s a tricky proposition in college football, a team needing the perfect blend of experience and talent to have everything lined up to challenge for a national championship. On March 19, 2008, when quarterback Terrelle Pryor opted for the cap sporting the giant, red “O,” the Buckeyes envisioned his junior season as that defining peak ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson, ranked by some recruiting ratings as the No. 2 recruit in the Class of 2010, has been released from his National Letter of Intent by USC in light of the recent NCAA sanctions placed on the Trojans. "We are releasing Seantrel Henderson out of his national letter of intent with zero penalties and no restrictions," USC coach Lane Kiffin said in a statement. "Seantrel has been great through the ... Read More

By: Will Frasure (BleacherReport.com) -- What "The Vest" wants, he usually gets. Jim Tressel has always had a great amount of control when it comes to his Buckeyes. You can see it in his stonewall approach to the media. You can see it in his supervision of his players. But the one facet of Tressel's control that all Buckeye fans have become accustomed to is The Vest's conservative, ball-controlling offensive attack. It hurt him against USC. It helped against Iowa. But usually ... Read More