By: Bill Lubinger (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State clinched its fifth straight Big 10 title and first trip to the Rose Bowl in 13 years, winning, 27-24, on Devin Barclay's 39-yard field goal in overtime before an announced crowd of 105,455 Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State (9-2, 6-1), ranked 10th in the country, had blown a 24-10 fourth-quarter lead as 15th-ranked Iowa (9-2, 5-2) -- which started the season with nine straight wins for the first time in school ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Going into today's Big Ten Conference match-up with Wisconsin, the Michigan Wolverines had to win at least one of their last two games to be eligible for a bowl game. Now after the Badgers 45-24 thumping today, Michigan MUST defeat Ohio State next Saturday in Ann Arbor's Big House. After only having two wins last year, Michigan started the 2009 season picking up four straight wins and fans began to wonder if Rich Rodriguez and the Maze and Blue ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Columbus -- He's a boxer behind center. Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi brings a mauler's makeup to the football field, according to Vince Petruziello, his high school best friend and former leading receiver from Lake Catholic. So, not finishing something he started -- like Iowa's stunning season -- is eating Stanzi up. Iowa was 9-0 with a healthy Stanzi high-wiring the Hawkeyes to five fourth-quarter victories, but when he went down against Northwestern with an ankle injury last ... Read More

By: J.A. Allen (BleacherReport.com) -- Conceivably, a horseshoe can be a crab, an adrenal gland, or even a stadium. For the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, however, it will transform into the proverbial lion’s den—the place where a defiant Daniel was sent without weapons to meet his fate against overwhelming odds before a packed house. According to the story, Daniel emerged unharmed because of divine intervention. Is that possible on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio? If you believe so, you are among the few. The injured and indefatigable ... Read More

By MAUREEN FULTON (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - As they stood next to one another waiting for the game to tip off, William Buford and Julius Wells showed no hint of a past acquaintance. "We said before the game we were going to keep it about business," Wells said. It was the blue-and-gold cheering section in the corner of Value City Arena that gave them away. Buford and Wells, former Libbey High School teammates, met again on the court last night, only this time ... Read More

By: Andrew Girgis (AllHeadlineNews.com) -- Evan Turner and the Ohio State Buckeyes took care of business against James Madison with a 72-44 thumping on Thursday in the 2K Sports Classic. Ohio State will face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the semifinals of the tournament next Thursday. David Lighty had 14 points and William Buford added 12 for the Buckeyes (2-0). Pierre Curtis was the leading scorer for James Madison with nine points (1-0). In the first three and a half minutes, ... Read More

By: Chris Schmidbauer (ToledoFreePress.com) -- It has been an unlikely journey for Dane Sanzenbacher. It was just a few years ago that playing at Ohio State seemed more of a fantasy than a reality. Back then, Sanzenbacher was catching passes on Friday nights for the Central Catholic Fighting Irish. He had received only a few college football offers, until Sanzenbacher signed up for a bus trip. The trip was organized by Cleveland Glenville High School coach Ted Ginn Sr. and he invited Sanzenbacher and other ... Read More

From: CBSSports.com wire reports -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Don't expect the Ohio State defensive front to offer a whole lot of comfort to new Iowa starting quarterback James Vandenberg on Saturday. "You're definitely salivating to get to the quarterback," Buckeyes defensive end Cameron Heyward said. In a somewhat topsy-turvy season, the one constant for the 10th-ranked Buckeyes has been an aggressive, fast and furious rush from its defensive linemen. The Ohio State defense is third in the nation at stopping the run, sixth in pass-efficiency ... Read More

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State women's basketball team, ranked third in the nation, is suspending two of its seniors -- including two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Shavelle Little -- for the first three games of the season. The suspensions, announced Wednesday night by coach Jim Foster, are a result of what a university statement termed "an NCAA secondary rules violation." Little and Cherise Daniel will be permitted to practice. READ MORE GREAT ARTICLES ABOUT THE OHIO STATE ... Read More

From: Sports Network via KansasCity.com -- The 2K Sports Classic continues in Columbus this evening, as the 16th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes host the James Madison Dukes at Value City Arena. This will be the season-opener for the Dukes, who are coming off an impressive 21-win campaign, marking the most wins in one season for a JMU squad since the 1992-93 season. With four starters back in the mix, coach Matt Brady will be looking for similar results in his second season at the helm. As ... Read More