By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland.com) -- COLUMBUS -- His players can't imagine a scenario that would cause linebackers coach Luke Fickell to leave Ohio State. "They could offer Luke Fickell the head coaching job of the New England Patriots and I think he'd say no," OSU senior defensive end/fullback and former linebacker Curtis Terry said. "Ohio State is definitely in his blood." Leading the Buckeyes might be in Fickell's future. Purdue comes to Ohio Stadium Saturday with a current coach in Joe Tiller and a future ... Read More

By JON SPENCER (NewarkAdvocate.com) -- The Terrelle Train is taking on passengers faster than the Titanic took on water. Thanks to Saturday's late heroics at Wisconsin, in front of a national TV audience, college football pundits and couch potatoes from Altoona to Yuma can bear witness to this unsinkable vibe cast by true freshman Terrelle Pryor. If Ohio State's precocious first-year quarterback isn't king of the world yet, he soon will be. Or so suggests Gregg Doyel, columnist for CBSSports.com, and Teddy Greenstein, college ... Read More

By: AP via SignsOnSanDiego.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio – Stuck in between a tough road trip to Wisconsin and another potentially tricky away game at Michigan State, No. 12 Ohio State has a home date it would be tempting to write off as easy. Purdue comes to the Horseshoe on Saturday having lost three of four and with a quarterback coming off one of his worst games. Maybe that's why the daily newspaper in Columbus had a story earlier this week which said, “Ohio ... Read More

By: Chris Brown (BuffaloBills.com) -- A lot of Bills players have plans for their bye weekend. Some are returning to their hometowns to reunite with family. Others are taking a weekend vacation. Bills safety Donte Whitner is going back to school. Buffalo’s defensive co-captain will be serving his alma mater as an honorary captain for the Ohio State-Purdue game at Ohio Stadium (The Horseshoe) in Columbus on Saturday. “Coach Tressel asked me if I would like to be an honorary captain and I said, ... Read More

BY: RUSTY MILLER (AP via Freep.com) -- Classes have been under way for a little over three weeks at Ohio State. One freshman student has already learned far more than all the others. Quarterback Terrelle Pryor is way ahead of the learning curve for a rookie playing the most demanding position in football. He has already shown evidence of being a fast learner. How else to explain his rapid rise from third-stringer to starter in less than a month? Or his leadership ... Read More

By: AP via SportingNews.com -- INDIANAPOLIS -- Purdue's defensive numbers might imply the Boilermakers have one of the nation's worst units. Purdue ranks 104th nationally out of 119 teams in run defense and 108th overall. Somehow, the Boilermakers rank much higher, 63rd, in scoring defense. That means the Boilermakers are getting gouged between the 20-yard lines before tightening up in the red zone. "Statistically, it's not a good defense," Purdue defensive tackle Ryan Baker said. "In the back of my mind, it's ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland.com) -- Columbus- Moriah Williams made her contribution to Ohio State's season, as the Buckeye sister morphed into something of a personal trainer this summer for her older brother, Nathan. "It was kind of hard for me because I couldn't do all that stuff, and he'd get real frustrated with me," said Moriah, a 17-year-old senior at Miami Trace High School in Washington Court House, Ohio. "But he was OK with it. And I helped him a lot. ... Read More

By: Pat Taggart (WhioTv.com) -- GAME NOTES: The Purdue Boilermakers have not won a game in Ohio Stadium since 1988, and the 12th-ranked Buckeyes will attempt to ensure that the streak remains when the Big Ten rivals meet on Saturday afternoon. Purdue has lost its last 16 games against Top-25 teams and clearly enters this contest as the underdog. The Boilermakers have dropped their last two outings by double figures to fall to 2-3 this season, and the most recent defeat came last ... Read More

By: Randy Beard (CourierPress.com) -- Coach Joe Tiller’s farewell football season at Purdue isn’t shaping up as a memorable one. After losing 20-6 at home last week to Penn State, the Boilermakers (2-3, 0-1 Big Ten) now face the task of going on the road and dealing with a rejuvenated Ohio State squad. And it doesn’t help that Curtis Painter is struggling, completing just 57.6 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and five interceptions. Tiller pulled Painter in the fourth quarter ... Read More