By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It's almost unfair to Iowa to talk about quarterback ankle injuries. The Hawkeyes' Ricky Stanzi is out for this game after having surgery on his injured right ankle. Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor is just taking fewer practice snaps with lingering pain in his left ankle from the New Mexico State game two weeks ago. "It's hurting, but there's always something in the back of your head saying keep going," Pryor said Wednesday. "It ... Read More

From: ClevelandLeader.com -- It was a big day yesterday for Ohio State basketball when Thad Matta landed what scout.com and espn.com are calling the best recruiting class in country. The Buckeyes number one recruit is s 6-foot-9 power forward Jared Sullinger from Columbus' Northland High School. J.D. Weatherspoon, Sullinger's teammate at Northland who plays small forward, also signed with the Buckeyes. Deshaun Thomas, a 6-7 native of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and guards Lenzelle Smith Jr., a 6-4 from Zion, Ill., Aaron Craft from Findlay ... Read More

From: NewarkAdvocate.com -- COLUMBUS — A six-player recruiting class, dubbed by some analysts as the best in the nation, has signed with No. 16 Ohio State. The centerpiece is 6-foot-9 power forward Jared Sullinger from Columbus’ Northland High School. The brother of former Ohio State player J.J. Sullinger is joined by his high school teammate, 6-6 small forward J.D. Weatherspoon. Deshaun Thomas, a 6-7 native of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and Lenzelle Smith, Jr., a 6-4 guard from Zion, Ill.; also became Buckeyes on the first ... Read More

By: Timmy Shea (BleacherReport.com) -- This Saturday, the Iowa Hawkeyes travel to Ohio Stadium (Horseshoe) to play to Ohio State Buckeyes in a pivotal Big Ten matchup. The Hawkeyes suffered their first loss of the season last week at home against Northwestern and their quarterback Ricky Stanzi went down in the second quarter of the game. Redshirt freshman James Vandenberg will be playing in place of Stanzi for the game. Iowa has gone through a lot of injuries this season, but they haven't really shown ... Read More

By: RUSTY MILLER (AP via BlueRidgeNow.com) -- The 20-somethings and teenagers who'll take the field Saturday when No. 15 Iowa plays at 10th-ranked Ohio State don't remember when the Rose Bowl was every Big Ten player's fantasy. From the first conditioning session on a bleak winter morning until the big rivalry games of November, the one and only dream of the sons of farmers and factory workers from Minnesota and Wisconsin and Ohio and Michigan was the palm trees, sunshine and ... Read More

BY: BRENDAN STILES (DailyIowan.com) -- The stage has been set. When the No. 15 Iowa Hawkeyes and No. 10 Ohio State Buckeyes meet inside Ohio Stadium on Saturday, a Big Ten title, as well as a trip to the 2010 Rose Bowl, will be on the line. The Buckeyes enter the conference battle on a three-game winning streak and an 8-2 overall mark, with both losses coming in single digits to USC and Purdue. But aside from its opening-week 31-27 win over Navy, Ohio State’s ... Read More

By: Chance Harper (sbrforum.com) -- The game was setting up to be Iowa's claim to fame with a huge ABC audience looking on, and their ticket into the BCS Title game. Instead, Terrelle Pryor and Ohio State can match their Big Ten record set from 1960-64 with a fifth straight conference title. Off their upset loss to Northwestern, the Hawkeyes will be without starting quarterback Ricky Stanzi on Saturday when they take on the Buckeyes. Iowa’s bubble didn’t just burst – it exploded. The Hawkeyes lost more ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State volleyball player Allie Schwarzwalder hopped in her boyfriend's car after getting back from a road match at Wisconsin on Saturday night, eager to discuss the Buckeyes' big football win at Penn State that afternoon. He didn't want to talk about it. Was he a Penn State fan? No. A student uninterested in sports? No. A football player who didn't play well personally in the victory? No. He was defensive lineman Cameron Heyward, the ... Read More

By: J.A. Allen (BleacherReport.com) -- Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The year was 1985 and the setting was Iowa City, where the Iowa Hawkeyes under the leadership of head coach Hayden Fry were enjoying the best season memory could recall. The Iowa faithful had grown to love almost everyone—even in the media—except Beano Cook, who could possibly love that cranky forecaster who obviously had it in for Iowa! Three weeks into the season and the Hawkeyes were declared the ... Read More

By: AP via FoxSports.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State tight end Jake Ballard was stunned when he was told that with a win against Iowa on Saturday, the Buckeyes are headed to the Rose Bowl. Really? Yep. Less than a month after losing to a Purdue team that had won just one of its first six games, the No. 10 Buckeyes find themselves needing only a win over the 15th-ranked Hawkeyes to start booking flights for Pasadena, Calif. "No, I had no idea," Ballard ... Read More