By: Robbie Neiswanger (ArkansasNews.com) -- NEW ORLEANS — The NCAA’s decision last week to suspend five Ohio State players for five games to start the 2011 season has become the unexpected story of the Sugar Bowl. But Ohio State receiver DeVier Posey, who was one of the five players punished for selling personal awards and memorabilia before his college eligibility expired, said Thursday it won’t be a distraction for the Buckeyes. “I don’t feel like something I did two years ... Read More

From: KansasCity.com -- The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes open up Big Ten play on New Year's Eve, as they travel to Bloomington to battle the Indiana Hoosiers. Thad Matta's Buckeyes have looked the part of a national title contender in the first half of the season, cruising to a perfect 13-0 record, with every victory coming by double figures. The team was last in action on Monday when OSU blasted Tennessee-Martin in Columbus, 100-40. The Hoosiers have already ... Read More

The five-game suspension to start the 2011 college football season could put several Ohio State records in jeopardy for junior quarterback Terrelle Pryor, especially if he decides to enter the NFL draft. Pryor has surpassed Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith by one with 55 career touchdown passes and is only 3 away from holding the record. Current career records Pryor is approaching Passing Yards Years 7,547: Art Schlichter 1978-81 7,232: Bobby Hoying 1992-95 6,370: Joe Germaine 1996-98 6,316: Greg Frey 1987-90 5,956: Terrelle Pryor 2008- Touchdown Passes Years 57: Bobby Hoying 1992-95 56: Joe Germaine 1996-98 55: Terrelle Pryor 2008- 54: ... Read More

By: Tom Kinslow (BleacherReport.com) -- Jim Tressel leaving Ohio State football was a big rumor last night and it came from a blog called ChicagoNow. And it sent people questioning if it was actually true. The rumors don't make a lot of sense when you look at the grand scheme of things and how the events played out after the report hit the Internet. Here is why it doesn't make sense, and if you have any thoughts on this rumor, make sure to let ... Read More

From: ChicagoNow.com -- Tis the season for rumors and innuendo! Hark the herald bloggers sing of what could be, might be but probably isn't. Earlier today, according to Chicago Now's Daily Sports Tab two sources that are very close to recruiting at prominent universities confirmed that Jim Tressel will no longer be the head football coach at Ohio State University after the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas. Despite Tressel's phenomenal record in Columbus (well, his record vs. everyone not in the SEC anyway) this ... Read More

By: PETE THAMEL (NYTimes.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — When the text messages pop up in Ohio State Coach Thad Matta’s phone, they always bring a laugh but barely ever a response. They come from the former Ohio State guard J.J. Sullinger, who simply types, “You’re welcome.” Sullinger deserves thanks for a recruiting tip that will long live in Ohio State lore. In 2006, he said to Matta, “I don’t want to tell you ... Read More

BY: ROB McCURDY (News Journal) -- I airballed on Jared Sullinger. I saw the Ohio State freshman phenom play several times in his high school career at Columbus Northland. I figured him to be a solid post player and contributor, but never an impact player on the college court, certainly not a big-time double-double guy capable of 40-point games. know it's hard to believe, but the defending prep picks world champion and winner of three of the last five ... Read More

By: Harry King (TheCabin.net) -- LITTLE ROCK — Cam Newton, the man in Vegas said, is what Terrelle Pryor was supposed to be. He meant that Pryor had not lived up to advance billing as an unstoppable dual threat quarterback who was to put Ohio State on his shoulders and deliver the Buckeyes to the mountaintop. Labeling Pryor a disappointment requires that the one passing judgment ignore Ohio State’s 31-5 record and three straight BCS bowl games, including the Jan. 4 ... Read More

COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University will be without a football coach after the Buckeyes play in the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas on January 4th. Two sources closely involved in recruiting at prominent universities have confirmed with ChicagoNow.com sports blogger that Buckeye recruits have been informed that Jim Tressel will not be back as coach, and have been allowed to look for other options if they Buy Cialis Online so choose. The news of Tressel leaving the OSU football program cannot ... Read More

By: Thayer Evans (FoxSports.com) -- When dealing out punishment to athletes, don’t apply it to the current season. Apply it only to future seasons — if the players are even still around then. That’s apparently the NCAA’s new hypocritical guidelines for punishment and reinstatement of players found in violation of its rules. At least that’s what you can glean from Thursday’s announcement that five Ohio State players will be suspended for the first five games of next season for each ... Read More