By: Jack Jones (BleacherReport.com) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes are hoping that the 2010 season will land them in the BCS National Championship game for the fourth time in the past nine seasons, as they bring back 16 starters from the 2009 season where they went 11-2. The Buckeyes won the Big 10 title by going 7-1 in conference play, giving them at least a share of the title for the past five years. Even though this is a ... Read More

From: PostAndCourier.com -- The South Carolina men's basketball program has scheduled a home-and-home series with one of the best programs in the Big Ten. Ohio State will host the Gamecocks on Dec. 18, then visit Columbia during the 2011-12 season, Buckeyes coach Thad Matta told The Columbus Dispatch. The Buckeyes lost Evan Turner, who was the second pick in Thursday's NBA draft, but are still ranked in the top 10 of most early preseason rankings. Post Jared Sullinger should ... Read More

BY: PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN (SunTimes.com) -- Five years ago, Evan Turner was regarded as the second-best college prospect at St. Joseph behind his close friend, Illinois guard Demetri McCamey. On Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Turner was second again. The Philadelphia 76ers selected the West Side native and Ohio State forward with the No. 2 overall pick behind Kentucky point guard John Wall, the top selection of the Washington Wizards. Asked on ESPN about his quick recovery after he ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- It's here. Colleague Bruce Feldman has compiled his annual 'Freaks' list, which looks at college football's top workout warriors. These are guys who put up silly numbers in the weight room or make your jaw drop when they run the 40. Each Big Ten team has a player or two who fits antibiotics online the description, but only one Big Ten standout made this year's list. The scary thing? He's just a true ... Read More

From: WYTV.com -- As the USA Today "Defensive Player of the Year" in high school, to an All-American at Ohio State, to his latest honor of being named AFC Special Teams Player of Month in November with the Miami Dolphins, Ted Ginn, Jr. has certainly left his mark through the football ranks. "You play football," Ginn tells My Valley Sports. "I just go out everyday and try to do my best. If you practice hard, the games should be ... Read More

By: Sean Jackson (Examiner.com) -- The Football Writers of America came out with their watch lists for the Outland Trophy and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. The Outland Trophy rewards the nation’s top offensive lineman. Buckeyes Mike Brewster, Justin Boren and Bryant Browning are on the list. Four Buckeyes have won the award. They are Jim Parker (1956), Jim Stillwagon (1970), John Hicks (1973) and Orlando Pace (1996). The Bronko Nagurski Trophy rewards the nation’s top defensive player. Buckeyes Cameron ... Read More

By: Will Frasure (BleacherReport.com) -- What "The Vest" wants, he usually gets. Jim Tressel has always had a great amount of control when it comes to his Buckeyes. You can see it in his stonewall approach to the media. You can see it in his supervision of his players. But the one facet of Tressel's control that all Buckeye fans have become accustomed to is The Vest's conservative, ball-controlling offensive attack. It hurt him against USC. It helped against Iowa. But usually ... Read More

By: Darren Rovell (CNBC.com) -- For the past four years, Mark Titus has done a great job becoming the world’s most famous walk-on. When blogs got hot, he was there with Club Trillion. When lack of playing time didn’t allow him to display his skills, he took to YouTube with one of the most hilarious videos you’ll ever see. The number of people following him on Twitter? 18,281. That’s roughly double the people following Evan Turner, his Ohio ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The dream is dead. A group of Ohio State students, inspired by the World Cup in South Africa, started a campaign to get as many vuvuzelas to The Shoe on Nov. 13 for the Buckeyes' clash with Penn State. They launched a Facebook page that, as of earlier today, had 1,760 people confirming they'd show up along the banks of the Olentangy, vuvuzelas in hand. Another 621 folks are "maybe attending." (If you don't know ... Read More

By: TOM WILLIAMS (Vindy.com) -- Two former Ohio State Buckeyes are hoping to kick start their NFL careers this fall with the San Francisco 49ers. Offensive tackle Alex Boone, who grew up in Lakewood, has spent the offseason toning up, hoping to earn his first appearance in a NFL game. Last year, the 49ers signed Boone as a rookie free agent and assigned him to the practice squad. Wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. has even more to prove after being traded ... Read More