By: Lori Schmidt (FearTheHat) -- First, here’s where the Buckeye football players were drafted: Cameron Heyward-31 (Round 1) Steelers Chimdi Chekwa-113 (Round 4) Raiders Jermale Hines-158 (Round 5) Rams Brian Rolle-193 (Round 6) Eagles Ross Homan-200 (Round 6) Vikings It was a surprise to see WR Dane Sanzenbacher slip through the cracks. There may be some question about his history with concussions or his size of just 5’11″, 182 pounds. In any case, this means Sanzenbacher, Justin Boren, Devon Torrence, Brandon Saine and Bryant Browning ... Read More

The National Football League draft took 3 more Buckeyes today on top of the Steelers selecting Cameron Heyward (31st) and the Raiders taking Chimdi Chekwa (113th). The St. Louis Rams added a safety in the fifth round choosing Jermale Hines. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound All-Big Ten first-team player recorded 66 tackles as a senior for the Buckeyes. Ohio State linebacker Ross Homan was selected by the Minnesota Vikings. Homan with the 200th overall pick on Saturday in the draft and he was the Vikings ... Read More

By: Matt Markey (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS — After embattled Ohio State coach Jim Tressel sits before the NCAA’s infractions committee in August, that group of administrators, academics, and legal minds is expected to deliberate for two or three months before deciding Tressel’s punishment. Based on the reaction of a group of prominent past Buckeyes to the tattoo and memorabilia scandal that has ballooned into the potential end of Tressel’s tenure at Ohio State, Tressel is better off ... Read More

By Steve Corkran via MercuryNews.com -- ALAMEDA — The Raiders kept up their need for speed in the NFL draft by selecting former Deer Valley High School graduate Taiwan Jones and Ohio State cornerback Chimdi Chekwa in the fourth round on Saturday. Jones, a 6-foot, 195-pound running back, starred at Eastern Washington. He ran a 4.28-second 40-yard dash at his pro day in early April and gives the Raiders another home-run threat out of the backfield. Jones' quickest ... Read More

By: Thomas Bradley (TheLantern.com) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers selected former Ohio State Buckeye Cameron Heyward with the 31st pick in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft Thursday evening. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound defensive lineman spent the evening at home with his family in Atlanta, where he, along with the rest of the world, learned he would be starting his career in Pittsburgh. Heyward played in every game in his four years at OSU, during which he played all over the ... Read More

By: Stewart Mandel (Sports Illustrated) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Jim Delany had a flight to catch, but for the moment, he couldn't even make it off the fourth floor of the Windsor Court Hotel. As a group of reporters surrounded the Big Ten commissioner in front of an elevator bank pestering him with questions -- about the Fiesta Bowl, BCS antitrust issues and Ohio State's NCAA case -- one elevator after another stopped, but remarkably each one was ... Read More

By: Jon Spencer (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- A weird spring that began under the dark cloud of an NCAA investigation ended Saturday for the Ohio State football team in equally strange fashion. Totally out of character, embattled coach Jim Tressel swapped his usual sideline sweater vest for military fatigues and devised a spring game script that basically mocked his own mantra. What, no punts? Seriously? This from the man who turned "The punt is the most important play in football" into a mission statement? Makes ... Read More

By: Matt Markey (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS -- In the three or four months since his amateur career ended, Dane Sanzenbacher has been continually educated in the nuances of professional football. As he looks forward to the NFL draft over the next few days, the course is incomplete. "From the time the Sugar Bowl was over, this all became a business," Ohio State's 2010 MVP said. "You're part of this team, this big group of coaches and players, in everything you do ... Read More

Apparently all the talk about the possibility of Urban Meyer taking over the helm at Ohio State has bothered Urban's daughter Nicki. Beano Cook, who used to be the big dog on college football circuit, and has made some outrageous predictions in the past, including forecasting that Ron Powlus would win two Heismans at Notre Dame. Cook said Thursday during an interview on ESPN radio he expects Urban Meyer to be the coach at Ohio State in 2012. “Urban ... Read More

By: Eric Ball (BlearcherReport.com) -- Jim Tressel Is Not Garnering Much Support From Ex Ohio State Football Players It is not a good time to be wearing a sweater vest. Jim Tressel is in hot water with the NCAA and in danger of losing his head coaching position with the Ohio State Buckeyes. Now famous alum with media platforms are voicing their displeasure. Former QB Kirk Herbstreit is probably the alum that America sees more than any other former Buckeye on a constant ... Read More