Oct 31, 2010
Week 10 of the AP and USA Today polls were released and The Ohio State Buckeyes moved up in both to No. 8 with their powerful 52-7 victory over Minnesota. Oregon remained at No. 1 in both polls Boise and Auburn swapped spots this week in the USA Today poll. Michigan State took a major hit, loosing to Iowa 37-6, and fell from No. 5 to fifteen in the USA Today and No. 16 in the AP poll. The Spartans loss throws ... Read More
Oct 30, 2010
By: Travis Kozek (TheLantern.com) --
New stadium, same result for the Buckeyes.
Playing at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn., for the first time, Ohio State (8-1, 4-1) continued its dominance of Minnesota Saturday, pummeling the Golden Gophers, 52-10.
In front of a modest crowd with mixed allegiance, OSU extended its supremacy over Minnesota (1-8, 1-4) to eight straight games and wins in 24 of the last 25 meetings between the two squads.
Opening the game with a 46-yard scoring drive capped ... Read More
Oct 30, 2010
By: Matt Hayes (SportingNews.com) -- Take a moment to breathe this in: Previously unbeaten Michigan State, utterly exposed in a rout of a loss at Iowa, is a lock for 11 wins and a piece of its first Big Ten championship in two decades.
Forget what that means about the Big Ten, and understand that the best championship race in college football is in the storied league’s last season without a championship game.
Four teams—Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio State—could all win the ... Read More
Oct 30, 2010
By: Bailey Brautigan (BleacherReport.com)--
The Ohio State Buckeyes started strong this season, finding themselves as high as No. 1 in college football rankings, but a loss to the Wisconsin Badgers pushed them down to No. 10.
The Buckeyes are now No. 11 in the rankings, but a Michigan State loss and a win over Minnesota could give them a boost back into the top 10.
Ohio State's remaining test will be on November 20th when they travel to Iowa ... Read More
Oct 29, 2010
By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) --
Last season, Ohio State basketball featured the two conference players of the year, and both the men's and women's teams won at least a share of the conference title. Not much is expected to change.
At the Big Ten basketball meetings in Chicago on Thursday, the OSU women were picked as the favorite by the media and the coaches to win their seventh straight conference crown; and senior center Jantel Lavender was ... Read More
Oct 27, 2010
From: AP via Dayton Daily News --
COLUMBUS, Ohio — What’s brewing with the Ohio State football team ...
BUCKEYES BUZZ: An Associated Press report shows several groups are working with the NCAA to find new ways to enforce rules prohibiting improper agent-related benefits for student-athletes. Among the possibilities is including financial penalties that reach into a player’s potential NFL career.
The NFL, NFL Players Association and sports agents are among those involved in talks with the NCAA that ... Read More
Oct 25, 2010
By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) --
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Some leftover news and notes from the Buckeyes' weekend.
Since this matters to the Buckeyes, we're using this space for BCS bowl projections this week. The Buckeyes went from No. 10 to No. 11 in the BCS standings, but they obviously remain in the hunt for an at-large BCS bid.
Ohio State bounced back well enough against Purdue to lead me to believe, for now, that the Buckeyes will win out ... Read More
Oct 23, 2010
From: IndianaNewsCenter.com --
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State, number 10 BCS, number 11 AP, wanted to heal a pair of wounds, one of them a year old, the other just a week.
Terrelle Viagra pill whithout prescription Pryor threw for three scores and Dan Herron ran for two as the Buckeyes steamrolled Purdue 49 - 0 on Saturday, earning redemption for a stunning 26 - 18 upset a year ago at Purdue and for last week's 31- 18 defeat ... Read More
Oct 19, 2010
By: MATT MARKEY (Toledo Blade) -- COLUMBUS – Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said his team will be without captain and leading tackler Ross Homan for the next couple of weeks.
The senior linebacker was injured in the first half of Saturday's loss at Wisconsin, and did not return to the game.
Tressel said Homan injured his foot. Despite missing most of the game against the Badgers that cost Ohio State the No. 1 ranking and a share of first ... Read More
Oct 19, 2010
From: CBSSports.com --
Ohio State's stay at No. 1 didn't last long, with a loss that all but ruined its chances of playing in its third BCS championship game in five years.
The Buckeyes' half-decade stay atop the Big Ten might be in just as much jeopardy.
The 11th-ranked Buckeyes need some help to claim at least a share of a sixth straight conference title, and they'll look to bounce back Saturday against visiting Purdue as they try to avoid ... Read More