By: AP via USAToday.com -- MADISON, Wis. — Bo Ryan made a point to Jon Leuer, sending him to the bench for most of the first half. Then Leuer made his points in the second half. Playing without their leading scorer on the floor, No. 23 Wisconsin (11-2) still managed to build a big lead on No. 15 Ohio State. The Badgers maintained the defensive pressure in the second half, pulling away to a 65-43 victory Thursday in the Big Ten opener for ... Read More

From: AP via CBSSports.com -- EVANSTON, Ill. --Ohio State coach Jim Foster earned his 700th career victory as the Buckeyes surged to an 86-60 win over Northwestern on Thursday. Sarah Schulze and Samantha Prahalis each scored 16 points, helping Ohio State (15-1, 3-0) take over sole possession of the Big Ten lead with its seventh straight win. The Buckeyes used a 28-3 run in a 7:34 span starting late in the first half and opened a 53-20 lead with 17:16 to play and led ... Read More

By: Kevin Baxter (LATimes.com) -- The phone call came three years ago this month. Kurt Coleman remembers it as if it happened yesterday. It's hard to forget the night your father called to tell you he was dying. "It was Dec. 3, 2006," said Coleman, Ohio State's All-Big Ten strong safety. "And he basically just said 'I have cancer.' I started laughing. Why are you joking? "And he was like, 'No, I'm serious.' " It was breast cancer, a disease so rare among males it strikes ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Los Angeles — Five senior starters should take the field for Ohio State in Friday’s Rose Bowl, but the Buckeyes could wind up having to replace several other starters in 2010 and having to rebuild one of the best defenses in the country. Already gone will be safeties Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell, linebacker Austin Spitler and defensive lineman Doug Worthington and Todd Denlinger. At least four other defensive regulars have decisions about whether they come back ... Read More

By: David Leon Moore (USAToday.com) -- LOS ANGELES — Kurt Coleman wraps up his college career in the Rose Bowl on Friday hoping he can wrap up Jeremiah Masoli, LaMichael James and LeGarrette Blount. The all-Big Ten Ohio State senior strong safety knows the game might hinge on whether he makes one-on-one tackles in open space against Oregon's explosive playmakers. "It they break a tackle, they can go all the way," Coleman says. But the Buckeyes know that, on and off the field, Coleman has been ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Jermale Hines got a late start to his Ohio State career, his freshman eligibility held up for five games while the NCAA confirmed his high school paperwork in 2007. Now the Glenville High grad might be ending his career early. Defensive linemen Thaddeus Gibson and Cameron Heyward and cornerback Chimdi Chekwa are the players most often mentioned as the Buckeyes most likely to leave school early for the NFL Draft. But Hines, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound safety ... Read More

By: Gary Horowitz (StatesmanJournal.com) -- LOS ANGELES — Oregon offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich isn't accustomed to the limelight, but he seemed comfortable during Tuesday's media gathering at the downtown Marriott. When asked about the play of Ohio State defensive end Cameron Heyward, Helfrich made a quick correction. "Mr. Heyward," Helfrich said, adding that the Buckeyes' 6-foot-6, 287-pound junior "looks like a super hero." Helfrich was impressed with Ohio State's front four. "We saw some of these guys the other day in Disneyland and we were trying ... Read More

From: ClevelandLeader.com -- Here is what a number of the Oregon Ducks players and head coach Chip Kelly had to say about the Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes on New Year's Day. Head Coach Chip Kelly About Ohio State: We have a lot of respect for them. They have impressive balance on both sides of the ball with no holes anywhere. Their offense is very athletic and can run the ball since they have two talented backs and a great offensive line. ... Read More

By: JOHN P. WISE (NYTimes.com) -- Oregon and Ohio State each enjoyed great college football seasons. I did, too. That’s what you do when you’re an out-of-work news veteran; you reach into your bag of tricks and re-visit that great idea you had when you finished college 15 years ago. You launch a Web site, call it onegreatseason.com, then spend an entire season on the road, covering college football. I hit up 15 big games over 15 weeks, a completely independent, one-man band. I planned ... Read More

From: CBSSports.com medications without a prescription -- Wisconsin and Ohio State could be contenders in the strong Big Ten, but the Badgers may have caught a break in the timing of their first matchup with the Buckeyes. That's because No. 15 Ohio State will remain without swingman Evan Turner as it begins the conference season Thursday afternoon against 23rd-ranked Wisconsin, making it a more difficult task for the Buckeyes to avoid their eighth straight loss in Madison. Turner had emerged as one of the ... Read More