By Brian Bennett (ESPN.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The sweater vest stayed in the closet for Jim Tressel at Ohio State's spring game on Saturday. Instead, the Buckeyes coach wore camouflage pants and a matching hat to honor the Ohio National Guard members and their families in attendance. Of course, that sartorial choice lent itself to a lot of easy wisecracks, like the notion that the embattled Tressel was using the outfit to hide from NCAA investigators and his ... Read More

By: Matt Markey (Toledo Blade) -- COLUMBUS -- In a controlled scrimmage that was the final installment of Ohio State's spring football practice, the offense put the ball in the end zone five times Saturday afternoon but failed to establish a clear-cut leader in the search for a quarterback, tailback, and a pair of wide receivers. The Buckeyes need to replace four suspended offensive starters, including quarterback Terrelle Pryor, for the first five games of the 2011 season ... Read More

From: AP via NewsTimes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Each of Ohio State's four quarterback candidates — Joe Bauserman, Taylor Graham, Kenny Guiton and Braxton Miller — threw a touchdown pass as the Buckeyes offense beat the defense 59-27 in a scrimmage Saturday that concluded spring practice. The game, which featured a quirky scoring system that overwhelmingly favored the offense, was played before 44,276 at Ohio Stadium. The scrimmage was cut short by the risk of tornadoes. Offensive points were awarded in the usual ... Read More

By: AP via SpringfieldNewsSun.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — In many ways, the five-game NCAA suspensions handed to five of Ohio State's top players and head coach Jim Tressel haven't had much effect on the team's spring workouts. "We've stuck together," linebacker Andrew Sweat said. "Adversity happens. We're coming together to overcome it." All but quarterback Terrelle Pryor are practicing with the team this spring. Pryor is recuperating from foot surgery to repair ligament damage and will not play in the ... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Jesse Owens Spring Game honoring America’s finest is this Saturday as the Ohio State football team holds its annual spring scrimmage at Ohio Stadium. The football action will be in an offense-vs.-defense format, with both units battling for the right to wear the scarlet jerseys for August practice. The Ohio State men’s lacrosse team will host Fairfield in an ECAC Lacrosse League game at 11 a.m. in the first portion of the doubleheader, with the ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Chimdi Chekwa has turned heads with his speed. Now the former Ohio State cornerback is in a race to see who will be the second Buckeye taken in the NFL Draft, and on what day that pick will come. Defensive lineman Cameron Heyward is the only Buckeye assured to go in the first three rounds during the first two days of the draft -- the first round will be ... Read More

By: Joe Dexter (ScarletAndGame.com) -- he Golden Bear has spoken. And when he speaks, you listen. On Monday Ohio State legend Jack Nicklaus shared his thoughts on the Tressel situation and his supposed ill-advised handling of his job to protect his players. Finally, someone with Buckeye brass has come out and spoke some truth. The 18 time major champion and first player to win the NCAA and Amateur championship in the same year defended the coach by reminding ... Read More

By: John Taylor (NBCSports.com) -- A lot has been made over the fact that it cost UConn a whopping $1.8 million to travel to Arizona and get their backsides spanked by Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Additionally, he had been previously reported that both Auburn and Oregon “lost” money at or near mid-six figures for their appearance in the BcS title game. However, not all schools took a financial bath on their postseason trip. Just most of them. In a very detailed ... Read More

By: AP via NewsObserver.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday that the $250,000 fine levied against coach Jim Tressel for violating NCAA rules may not even cover the cost of the investigation. "It'll probably eat up the whole $250 (thousand)," Smith said. "I'm not sure. We haven't done any projections." Declining to address the ongoing NCAA investigation into Tressel's violation, Smith also said he didn't know when ... Read More

By: Matt Edwards (TheLantern.com) -- Former Ohio State All-American cornerback Malcolm Jenkins is in the same boat as every other NFL player: locked out of football. With time on his hands, Jenkins might get his creative juices flowing. "I was up at Ohio State's practice, lobbying to get a coaching job," Jenkins said. "Either coaching or I've been watching a lot of HGTV. I might try to get into some interior designing or something." Locked out for more than a month, the NFL ... Read More

By Zack Meisel (TheLantern.com) -- The Ohio State football program is quickly becoming a joke, and it's not just those in the state up north laughing. It's the rest of the college football world. During spring practices of years past, the media met with players of a different position each day after practice. It allowed us to give Buckeye Nation a look at position battles and players eyeing breakout seasons. This year, the media are relegated to a half-hour of ... Read More

By: Bruce Hooley (FoxSportsOhio.com) -- Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has a college season left — albeit an abbreviated one — but he is already on the clock for the NFL draft. Even as he sits out Ohio State's spring game Saturday because of January ankle surgery and then starts his senior season with a five-game suspension for violating NCAA rules, NFL talent evaluators are weighing his pro prospects. So, flashing forward to next year at this time, ... Read More

By: Adam Hawkins (TheLantern.com) -- Nearly everyone in the world of college football is aware of the impending suspensions of star offensive players Terrelle Pryor and Dan Herron on the Ohio State football team. However, the defense, which was ranked No. 2 in total defense last season, must replace seven starters for the upcoming season. Defensive lineman Cameron Heyward is expected to be drafted at the end of the first round in this month's NFL draft, and the ... Read More

By: Matt Markey (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS — Mike Brewster spoke with the patience of a veteran. No panic, no grim reaper waiting at the door. Despite the fact his Ohio State offense went through Saturday’s scrimmage without scoring a touchdown, and turned the ball over four times while also nearly allowing a safety, Brewster saw no cause for alarm. “It’s a little frustrating, but I’d say this was maybe our worst day of the spring,” the junior center from ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State will hold a second spring scrimmage this morning, and defensive end Melvin Fellows probably hopes this one goes much like last Saturday's. Looking to contribute for the first time entering his third season in Columbus, Fellows, at 6-5 and 270 pounds, is just the kind of sizeable defensive end the Buckeyes need on one edge of their line, the role Cameron Heyward played a year ago. At ... Read More

By Jake Kaplan (The Collegian) -- Mike Brewster said Ohio State’s approach this spring has been the same as in the past. Despite the looming five-game suspensions of Buckeyes’ head coach Jim Tressel and five players, including quarterback Terrelle Pryor and running back Dan Herron, Brewster, a first-team All-American center in 2010, said the Buckeyes are just thinking about spring practice. “We’ll handle that when it comes,” Brewster said of the suspensions during the Big Ten Leaders Division spring football teleconference ... Read More

By: James Walker (ESPN.com) -- The AFC North blog continues its series with ESPN.com's college writers to take an in-depth look at potential prospects for the division. On Wednesday we check in with Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg to get a scouting report on Ohio State defensive end Cameron Heyward, who is a potential target of the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers. Adam, after watching Heyward closely the past few years, how would you break down his game? Adam Rittenberg: There's a lot to ... Read More