One former Buckeye kicker replaces another

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY

By Joe Reedy (Cincinnati.com) -- CINCINNATI -- With a limited pool available, the Bengals have once again turned to an Ohio State kicker. After placing Mike Nugent on injured reserve Monday, the Bengals signed rookie Aaron Pettrey after a tryout Tuesday. "It's extremely unfortunate how it happened but I'm happy that I ended up here," Pettrey said. Former University of Texas kicker Hunter Lawrence tried out and Shane Andrus, who kicked for the Niners, Levitra cheap Bucs and Colts last year, ... Read More

Devon Torrence returns interception for TD to help Ohio St. edge Penn St.

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FOOTBALL

By: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As the Ohio State Buckeyes left the field trailing 14-3 Levitra buy cheap at halftime on Saturday, their fans really let them hear it. By the end of the game, those boos had turned to cheers. Devon Torrence tipped and snagged an interception and returned it 34 yards for the go-ahead touchdown, and the Buckeyes (No. 9 BCS, No. 8 AP) ran off the final 35 points for a 38-14 win. "We know how ... Read More

No. 4 Ohio St. 102, N. Carolina A&,T 61

Categories: MEN's BASKETBALL

By: Associated Press via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deshaun Thomas stole the spotlight in his college debut, coming off the bench to score 24 points to lead No. 4 Ohio State to a 102-61 victory over North Carolina A&T on Friday night in the Global Sports Invitational. The Buckeyes have four starters back from last season's 29-8 Big Ten regular-season and tournament champion that made it to the NCAA round of 16. But the missing starter is Evan ... Read More

Sweater vests wear especially well in November

Categories: FOOTBALL

BY: JON SPENCER (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- Terrelle Pryor may be the "straw that stirs the drink" in the Ohio State attack, but if Reggie Jackson, the man who made that phrase part of baseball lore, was his sport's Mr. October, then Jim Tressel is certainly football's Mr. November. By now, in the 12 days since the calendar flipped, you've heard all of the pertinent numbers: Tressel is 26-4 in November in his previous nine seasons as OSU head coach. (The next best ... Read More

Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel linked with two coaching legends this week

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FOOTBALL

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Columbus -- In the mid-1980s, a football recruit sat in an office at St. John Arena with two Ohio State football coaches. Woody Hayes in one chair. Jim Tressel in the other. "When I was here as an assistant, he would come around a little bit," Tressel said Thursday, recollecting his interactions with the legend to whom he would eventually draw comparisons. "I remember him talking to a recruit one time in ... Read More

Despite losing Turner, Ohio State loaded again

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, MEN's BASKETBALL

By Shannon Ryan (ChicagoTribune.com) -- Ohio State lost the player who was considered the best in the nation, yet the Buckeyes are expected to find even more success this season than when they advanced to the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 last spring. While that logically would not compute for most teams, it has been proven at Ohio State. Last season's versatile point guard Evan Turner, who won nearly every player of the year award, left early for the NBA, but the ... Read More

Ohio State defensive back Tyler Moeller optimistic about getting another year of eligibility

Categories: FOOTBALL

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Viagra buy -- Columbus -- Tyler Moeller's football future is out of his hands, and the Ohio State defense should want Moeller back next season just as badly as he wants to play. After redshirting his first year in Columbus, missing all of last season with a head injury suffered when he was assaulted in a restaurant and then seeing this season ended in the fifth game by a torn pectoral muscle, ... Read More

Sophomore Domicone makes history with Buckeyes

Categories: FOOTBALL

By Sean McClelland (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- Zach Domicone every so often does something to remind fans he’s still part of the Ohio State football team — and that he might have a larger role soon. In the Buckeyes’ 56-10 trouncing of Minnesota last Saturday, the redshirt sophomore safety became the first Beavercreek High School graduate to score a touchdown for the Buckeyes when he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone in the third quarter. OK, so there hasn’t exactly been a ... Read More

Ohio State Football Schedule: Buckeyes Take Bye to Prepare for Penn State

Categories: FOOTBALL

By: Bailey Brautigan (BleacherReport.com) -- Ohio State Football Schedule: The Ohio State Buckeyes take a bye this week as they get ready to host the Penn State Nittany Lions, and the Bucks will need some time to prepare for the rest of their schedule. After the Nittany Lions come to Columbus, the Buckeyes will have to travel to Iowa City for a big test against the Hawkeyes, and then they will come home for "The Game" against the Michigan ... Read More

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel on Ross Homan, Jake Stoneburner and Troy Smith

Categories: FOOTBALL

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Notes from Jim Tressel's meeting with reporters today, his only local availability during this bye week * Tressel said starting linebacker Ross Homan, who has missed the last two weeks with a foot injury, is running on land, after previously only running in a pool, and Tressel would like to hope he'll be ready to take part in practice Sunday when the team starts its preparation for Penn State. Backup linebacker ... Read More