By: Tom Dienhart via BTN.com --  It’s time to turn our attention to Ohio State, as I take a closer look at the 2012 football schedule for the Buckeyes. My previous schedule analysis posts are still available as we’ve now covered Illinois through Ohio State. The rest come out this week. Agree or disagree with any of my assessments? Come tell me in the comments section, or find me on Twitter and Facebook. Toughest non-conference game: In recent years, the Buckeyes played one ... Read More

By Randy Chambers via bleacherreport.com --  All of the hype for the Ohio State Buckeyes' spring practice and spring game is over and done with. Now it's time to get excited about the regular season and where they'll be ranked when the season actually arrives. ESPN couldn't wait that long and have decided to release a preseason Top 25 poll to get you talking. USC opens up as the top team in the country, and the Alabama Crimson Tide are the No. 3 team, despite ... Read More

By Tim Bielik via bleacherreport.com --  Ohio State's 2012 season will be limited to just the 12 games in the regular season regardless of record due to the NCAA sanctions levied against the program. Luckily, they have finally killed the negative momentum that had hampered the team since their (vacated) Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas, leading to Jim Tressel's forced resignation, Terrelle Pryor's departure, the worst season since the 19th century and the aforementioned postseason ban. Urban Meyer and his new coaching staff combined ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS - Ohio State landed another recruit today when North Carolina linebacker Jamal Marcus picked the Buckeyes over East Carolina in an announcement at his high school just after 10:30 a.m. The only other expected news for the Buckeyes today will come when Cleveland Heights offensive lineman Kyle Dodson makes his choice sometime after noon (HE CHOSE OHIO STATE). His decision is down to Ohio State, USC, Michigan State and Wisconsin. He previously ... Read More

By Bill Livingston (The Plain Dealer)  -- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Vest versus the Hoodie? Vs. a Harbaugh -- any Harbaugh? Vs. Rex Ryan? Vs. Pete Carroll? These were all intriguing potential matchups that arose when Jim Tressel tossed his sweater vest into the ring and was interviewed for the Indianapolis Colts' head coaching job. After being forced out amid scandal at Ohio State and serving as a consultant with the Colts for part of last season, Tressel was passed over for ... Read More

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

From: centredaily.com --  The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes hit the road for just the second time this season, as they take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in non-conference action at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia this afternoon. The Buckeyes' lone loss on the season came last weekend at Kansas, but that was without their star player on the floor. Jared Sullinger returned to the lineup this week and Ohio State found its way back to the win ... 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