From: AP via KRQE.com -- COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Here's a look at the 18th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, by the numbers: -- 21.7 million, in dollars. Jim Tressel's total pay for his 10 years as the Buckeyes coach before he was pushed out on May 30 in the wake of the money-for-memorabilia scandal. -- 2.36 million, in dollars. Reported figure paid to ex-Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor by the Oakland Raiders after being taken in the third round of last ... Read More

By: Adam Jacobi (CBSSports.com) -- In the race to replace departed quarterback Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State has had four possible candidates emerge: Senior Joe Bauserman , sophomore Kenny Guiton, redshirt freshman Taylor Graham, and true freshman Braxton Miller. Each have their own considerable strengths and drawbacks, but the sense in the spring was that all four had a chance to compete for the role. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, the race has worked itself out to an extent, and two quarterbacks -- ... Read More

From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Monday the launch of the Honoring Legends. Building Leaders. Mobile Tour that will visit each Big Ten campus this football season. The tour will contain the Big Ten Football Championship and division trophies and will make its stop in Columbus for the Sept. 24 game against Colorado. The mobile tour will entertain and educate fans about the new era of Big Ten football and the exciting road ... Read More

By: George Sipple (Detroit Free Press) -- This is a season of change for Big Ten football -- adding Nebraska, splitting the teams into divisions and introducing a conference championship game. It's also a season of significant change for six-time defending champion Ohio State. A memorabilia-for-tattoos and cash scandal led to coach Jim Tressel's forced resignation. Quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who was involved in the scandal, is gone to the NFL, and star players like running back Dan Herron, ... Read More

By Sayre Bedinger(SBNation.com) -- In his first interview since resigning from Ohio State University, former head football coach Jim Tressel talked about a multitude of things with ESPN radio host Tony Rizzo in Cleveland, though he still won't talk about why he resigned in the first place: "I really can’t talk about anything in terms of our situation because it’s still not resolved. I’m not able to share that thought process with you."   Still, Tressel was open about his ... Read More

By MELISSA HOPPERT (NYTimes.com) -- Kirk Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback and captain, recently made headlines when he announced that, amid a scandal rocking the Buckeyes’ football program, he and his family would move from their longtime home in Columbus, Ohio, to Nashville. He said he was tired of continual criticism from a “vocal minority” of Ohio State fans who do not understand that his job as an ESPN college football analyst requires objectivity. Shortly after moving, he ... Read More

From: SportingNews.com --Ohio State interim coach Luke Fickell confirmed Thursday that the Buckeyes’ quarterback derby is down to senior Joe Bauserman and freshman Braxton Miller, The Columbus Dispatch reported. “I don’t know that we’re ready to truly say, ‘Hey, this is yours,’” Fickell told the paper. “We want them both to compete and want both of those guys who are taking the ones and twos to understand we need them. Right now it’s Joe and Braxton. They’ve been taking ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.COM) -- The fresh faces series continues with an Ohio State Buckeyes team that likely will need some newcomers to fill big holes this fall. These players are true freshmen, redshirt freshmen, transfers or returning players who will take on bigger roles this fall. OFFENSE: Chris Fields, WR, sophomore, 6-0, 180 There's plenty of opportunity at wide receiver for the Buckeyes, and Fields is one of several young players who figure to play bigger roles this season. ... Read More

By JOHN KAMPF (MorningJournal.com) -- COLUMBUS — Jaamal Berry is ready to shoulder the load. Then again, so are Jordan Hall, Carlos Hyde and Rod Smith. Dan Herron is ready to do his part, too. He just can’t until Week 6 of the season. The Ohio State running backs are prepared to carry the brunt of the load for their team’s offense in 2011. With the departure of quarterback Terrelle Pryor and a youthful receiving squad, the Buckeyes are expected to ... Read More

Angelique S. Chengelis (The Detroit News) -- ESPN college football analyst Urban Meyer said Michigan's defense will be improved this fall, and fellow analyst Chris Spielman, a former Ohio State linebacker, said U-M coach Brady Hoke's references to Ohio State as "Ohio" and his emphasis on The Game is great for college football. Meyer, the former Florida coach, worked with Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison at Florida and also Notre Dame and has full confidence things will ... Read More

By Joe Dorish (Yahoo Sports) -- These are the best NBA players from Ohio State University. Players are ranked by their career scoring averages in the NBA. To date, some 40 players from Ohio State have gone on to play in the NBA. All Ohio State players who averaged 12.0 or more points per game in the NBA are listed. Four of the players on the list are in the Basketball Hall of Fame. My favorite NBA team, the New ... Read More