By: Todd Porter (CantonRep.com) -- As Jim Tressel discussed his 2010 recruiting class Wednesday, it wasn’t a secret he was still waiting on one more player. Eighteen top high school seniors were in hand, but Tressel said 19 would be perfect. As Tressel spoke, though, the odds got slimmer the nation’s top-rated offensive lineman and maybe the top overall recruit would choose Ohio State. Then, Seantrel Henderson, a 6-foot-8, 305-pound brickhouse of a left tackle from Cretin-Derham in St. Paul, Minn., chose Southern Cal ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- National signing day was largely forgettable for the Big Ten, and things ended on a down note as coveted offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson picked USC over Ohio State, Minnesota and several others. Henderson and linebacker Jordan Hicks were considered the top two players from the Big Ten region this year, and neither of them will be suiting up for a Big Ten team in 2010. Ohio State went 0-for-2 on coveted offensive line prospects on Wednesday, as Matt ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- Ohio State entered national signing day hoping to land two coveted offensive linemen, Seantrel Henderson and Matt James. It appeared likely the Buckeyes would land at least one, if not both of the highly rated prep prospects. But now it's fair to ask the question: Could Ohio State end up going 0-for-2? According to the Cincinnati Enquirer's Mike Dyer, James has committed to Notre Dame instead of Ohio State and will make it official at a noon ET announcement. Ohio ... Read More

By: Daniel Wolf (BleacherReport.com) -- When the announcement was made that USC Trojans' long-time head coach Pete Carroll was leaving the college ranks to go and coach in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks, every single Buckeyes fan could be heard screaming. Carroll and the Trojans were one of the most decorated and dominant college football programs in the nine years he was head coach. The Trojans always seemed to get the best high school football recruits in the nation and they always beat ... Read More

By Braden Gall (AthlonSports.com) -- With less than two weeks until National Signing Day 2010, Athlon takes an in-depth look at the top 10 uncommitted prospects left on the board (number is AC100 rank): 1. Seantrel Henderson, OL (St. Paul, Minn.) Henderson’s hold on the No. 1 slot in the Athlon Consensus 100 has loosened quite a bit over the last few weeks. Ronald Powell (Rancho Verde, Calif.) made a huge statement with his performance in the U.S. Army Bowl and has closed the gap ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- LOS ANGELES -- Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh put the defensive tackle position on the map this season, bull rushing his way to the Heisman Trophy presentation. Suh had the amazing ability to dominate games, namely the Big 12 championship against Texas, from a position that largely goes unnoticed. Anyone who watched Ohio State's matchups with Penn State and USC this fall saw the same type of dominance from Buckeyes defensive tackle Cameron Heyward. The 6-6, 287-pound Heyward often looked like ... Read More

By: LARRY PHILLIPS (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- Woody Hayes didn't make a favorable impression in his first Rose Bowl trip, but his team certainly did. The top-ranked Buckeyes completed a national championship season by thumping USC 20-7 amid a Pasadena, Calif., rainstorm. Ohio State offered a workmanlike performance in a quagmire. Hayes' reaction to the opponent and the muddy Rose Bowl surface was, well, smug. When asked to compare the Trojans to teams in his conference, he jumped to the bait. "There were four or five Big Ten ... Read More

By: Toledo Blade staff -- LOS ANGELES - It did not take long for the oft-repeated question to come up. For the Ohio State Buckeyes, it is their version of Groundhog Day or dj vu all over again. One of the first inquiries sent Kurt Coleman's way after the Buckeyes faced the media in Southern California sought an explanation from the OSU senior safety as to why the Buckeyes have been unsuccessful in the last three bowl games - two National Championship ... Read More

By: Jon Spencer (News Journal via StatesmanJournal.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." It sounds like something a famous general would have said, maybe Patton or MacArthur, or former Ohio State coach Woody Hayes. Actually, those words were uttered by a captain, Ohio State senior defensive lineman Doug Worthington, as he talked about the Buckeyes preparing for the Rose Bowl and an Oregon offense that always keeps its finger on the fast-forward button. The pace in Buckeyes practices has been brisk, ... Read More

By: Jon Spencer (StatemanJournal.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was easy to picture roses wilting and dreams dying as former Ohio State All-American guard Jim Lachey talked about his final football game as a Buckeye. "You go back in your mind and think, 'Boy, if we could have taken care of business one more time' … (and) not doing it on the field," said Lachey, reflecting on a 20-17 loss to underdog USC in the 1985 Rose Bowl, his only trip to Pasadena. "Taking off ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlad.com) -- COLUMBUS - Ohio State and Oregon got the jump on everyone else. While the rest of the country waited until Sunday night's bowl lottery to find out who would be playing where and what the opposition would be, the Rose Bowl had its combatants lined up a few days earlier. Ohio State was locked in with the Rose Bowl since a Nov. 14 win over Iowa gave the Buckeyes a fifth straight Big Ten championship. Oregon snagged ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - Earle Bruce is clearly no Martha Stewart, but the crusty former Ohio State coach grows roses in his garden, just like the famous horticultural maven. Roses mean a lot to Bruce, and not just for their brilliant hues and subtle perfume. In the botanical plot in his mind, roses to Bruce signify what at Ohio State was traditionally the ultimate accomplishment - a trip to the Rose Bowl. This year, the Buckeyes are back in ... Read More

By: Kyle Strittholt (BleacherReport.com) -- At the beginning of the season the Buckeyes were projected to finish second or third in the Big Ten, but for the fifth consecutive year they came out on top. People have constantly been criticizing the Buckeyes for being to conservative of a team and it is true they are, but it's because of this that they have been in the BCS more than any other team in college football. Early on in the season conservative play calling was the ... Read More