By: Zack Meisel (TheLantern.com) -- Too little, too late. That's the harsh reality the Ohio State Buckeyes discovered Saturday night, when their short-lived reign as the nation's top-ranked team came to a crashing halt in a 31-18 loss to No. 18 Wisconsin (6-1, 2-1) in Madison, Wis. The Buckeyes (6-1, 2-1) couldn't have scripted a worse start, as they fell behind 21-0 early in the second quarter. OSU overcame a fourth-quarter deficit at Camp Randall Stadium in 2008, when quarterback Terrelle Pryor ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- MADISON, Wis. -- Ohio State is one and done as No. 1. John Clay ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns and James White darted in for the clinching score in the fourth quarter as No. 18 Wisconsin took down top-ranked Ohio State 31-18 Saturday night. For the second week in a row, there will be a new No. 1 in college football, with the Buckeyes (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) falling the way Alabama was ... Read More

By: Cain Mueller (BleacherReport.com) -- Wisconsin versus Ohio State isn't the most flashy rivalry in the Big Ten but in recent years its been heating up. Ohio State has pulled out some late football games at Camp Randle; while the basketball teams have been battling for Big Ten titles since Alando Tucker and Greg Oden. Wisconsin's season was derailed from expectations with the loss to Michigan State and hope to keep Big Ten title and Rose Bowl dreams alive ... Read More

By Chris Online Generic pharmacy Fallica (ESPN.com) -- The top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes enter tonight's game in Madison (7 ET on ESPN) riding a two-game losing streak as the AP No. 1, having lost to LSU in the 2007 BCS Championship game and to Illinois earlier in the 2007 season. Has anyone lost three straight games when playing as the number one team in the country, you ask? The answer is yes. But it has happened only twice ... Read More

By DARREN EVERSON (WSJ.com) -- By its nature, college football is rife with uncertainty. Because of its massive size (120 teams), its paucity of matchups involving top teams and its reliance on arbitrary rankings instead of a playoff, there traditionally has been some question about whether the teams at the top of the polls actually belong there. Halfway through the college football season, the No. 1 team is the Ohio State Buckeyes. Here's what we know about them: • Their biggest ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State has closed a brief investigation of alleged payments by an agent to former Buckeyes football player Santonio Holmes five years ago after consulting with the NCAA, which is not pursuing the matter. The alleged incident was reported in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated. "During an interview on Wednesday, Holmes Generic pharmacy stated he never received money or benefits from an agent," Ohio State said in a statement released Friday. ... Read More

By Kyle Nagel (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- There was quite a stir earlier this week when ESPN cited its Bowl Championship Series guru in reporting that, if the initial standings came out this week, Boise State would be No. 1. At the same time, Ohio State, the nation’s No. 1-ranked team in both polls, wasn’t even sniffing the top two spots. Fans freaked. pharmacy whithout prescription How in the world, they said, can we stand for this? Reminded that the BCS ... Read More

Ohio State returned to the number one rank in the AP and USA Today polls for the first time they lost to LSU in the BCS National Championship game at the end of the 2007 season. The Buckeyes grabbed 34 first place votes in the AP and 49 in the USA Today. With Alabama's 35-21 loss at South Carolina, the No. 1 spot opened up for the first time this season allowing Ohio State to take it over after their dominant ... Read More

From: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Even though he says he never looks back, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel couldn't help but reflect on his 100th victory with the Buckeyes. "It's exciting every time you win," he said after Terrelle Pryor's three touchdown passes and 334 yards led the second-ranked Buckeyes to a 38-10 victory over Indiana on Saturday. "We've had a lot of awfully Generic viagra whithout prescription good players here and our coaching ... Read More

By: Steven Goff (Washington Post) -- COLUMBUS, OHIO - The second calling in Devin Barclay's athletic career, as the near-perfect place kicker for the second-ranked college football team in the country, came in 2006 when a chaplain introduced him to a delicatessen owner at a strip mall one mile west of Ohio Stadium. Barclay was 22, his life in soccer stalled by injuries and unmet expectations. Consumed by the sport since his childhood in Annapolis, he had come ... Read More