High ankle sprain will keep Jake Stoneburner on sideline

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By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State starting tight end Jake Stoneburner will miss his second consecutive game, sitting out Saturday against Indiana with a high ankle sprain he suffered against Eastern Michigan. "I just don't think he'll be ready to go," OSU coach Jim Tressel said Thursday. "It's very close. In my mind, though, he hasn't done enough whacking and pushing off and taking that to the ninth degree. Unless we get some miracle big ... Read More

ESPN announces Buckeyes and Badgers in 3D

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From: DigitalSportsDaily.com pills without prescription -- ESPN has announced plans to televise the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes Oct. 16 matchup at the No. 20 Wisconsin Badgers in 3D. This Saturday's Ohio State game against Indiana in Columbus, Ohio will also be shown in 3D. The kicker is you'll need a computer or TV with 3D hardware built-in (3D TV's start at $1,700), along with some 3D glasses which go for about $150. ESPN 3D will feature approximately 13 college football games this year, including the ... Read More

No.2 Buckeyes battle Hoosiers in Columbus

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From: KVOS.com -- The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes put an 11-game win streak on the line this weekend in Columbus, as they welcome the Indiana Hoosiers to Ohio Stadium for Big Ten action. Jim Tressel's Buckeyes have made it look easy at times this season, winning their first five games by double figures. Last weekend, the team opened its conference slate on the road at Illinois and came out of Champaign with a 24-13 victory. With a win this week, Tressel will become the ... Read More

Frustrated Hoosiers looking toward No. 2 Buckeyes

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From: AP via DaytonDailyNews.com -- INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is fighting fight back. After another close loss to Michigan, the Hoosiers face a more daunting Alli challenge this week: Preparing for No. 2 Ohio State. Demoralizing? Yes. Frustrating? Of course. Devastating? Not yet. "It's not easy," quarterback Ben Chappell said after Saturday's 42-35 loss. "Stuff like that happens. We've just got to keep working, stay together and keep working on finishing games and we'll come out on top." There are indications Indiana is making ... Read More

Buckeyes Jermale Hines Gives Ohio St. a Coach on the Field

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From: ChicagoNow.com -- Chicago may be nicknamed "the windy city," but there's another place in Illinois, about three hours south, reknown for powerful wind. (The "Windy City" moniker actually has nothing to do with wind. It actually originated with New York City politicians condescending to Chicago city officials who talked a big game about the 1893 World's Fair). Zuppke Field, at University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium, is a place where gale force winds can affect the outcome of a ... Read More

Oregon jumps, Texas falls, Ohio State idle in latest polls

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A 52-31 victory of Stanford gave Oregon enough to jump over Boise State to claim the number 3 spots in both the AP and USA Today polls. Alabama and Ohio State remained idle in the top two stops, just as they had been since preseason. The Crimson Tide crushed No. 7 Florida 31-6 while the Buckeyes opened up Big Ten play at Illinois with a 24-13 victory. For the first time in a decade, Texas fell out of the Top 25 of both polls ... Read More

Terrelle Pryor drives Ohio State’s clinching TD to hold off Illinois

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From: AP via ESPN.com -- CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When Terrelle Pryor sprinted out of the locker room late in the third quarter, the sound that came from several thousand red-shirted Buckeye fans was pure relief. Pryor was back and the game, surely, was in hand. Good Alli Online thing they didn't realize how bad Pryor's left quadriceps felt. The Heisman Trophy candidate returned from a leg injury that briefly knocked him from the game, then led No. 2 Ohio ... Read More

Can Illini pull off another shocker against the Ohio State Buckeyes?

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By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Champaign, Ill. -- It's an Ohio State team on a national championship track against an Illinois team with a stud running back and a quarterback with questionable passing skills. The Buckeyes vs. the Fighting Illini in 2010 bears at least a passing resemblance to the matchup three years ago, the high point of coach Ron Zook's tenure at Illinois. In November 2007, with future NFL first-round pick Rashard Mendenhall joining him in the ... Read More

Ohio State dug deep to keep AD Smith

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From: DaytonDailyNews.com -- COLUMBUS — With his services in demand, Ohio State’s Gene Smith became one of the nation’s highest-paid athletic directors earlier this year. Under terms of a contract addendum signed in June, Smith’s base pay increased more than 20 percent, to $800,000, and he is guaranteed at least $1 million a year, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The contract could be worth more than $1.2 million a year if Smith earns various incentive bonuses for athletic and academic ... Read More