By Tyler Robinson (TheLanter.com) -- The imminent chill of another December in Ohio crept its figurative way into the shooting of the Ohio State women's basketball team for most of the night Wednesday at the Schottenstein Center as the team shot a season-low 37.8 percent from the field. But the No. 17 Buckeyes got hot when they needed to, overcoming a seven-point deficit in the final 1:22 of regulation to force overtime against Florida State in a game that ... Read More

By: Johnathan Cace (BleacherReport.com) -- Now that Urban Meyer is officially the head coach of the Ohio State football program, the real question is what fans can expect out of their team Meyer had amazing success at Florida in only a short time, winning two national championship in just five years as coach. Can the Buckeyes expect similar results in Columbus? It may not happen as rapidly, but they will certainly be hoisting up the crystal ball multiple times under their new coach. In terms ... Read More

By: Randy Chambers (BleacheReport.com) -- Now that the Urban Meyer to Ohio State rumors have died down because they have been confirmed, we can look toward the football side of things and see just how quickly he can turn this program around. There's no question he will succeed at this prestigious program, because he was able to succeed everywhere he's been—even at Bowling Green, who's been terrible ever since Meyer has left the Falcons. He's a proven winner, and ... Read More

By: Roger Groves (Forbes.com) -- Your name is Urban Meyer. You are only 47 years old and already more successful as a big-time college coach than 99% of college coaches will ever be. You have won two national championships at Florida, twice as many as most coaches. You have one of the best records over a decade of coaching, with 104 wins (because of you), 23 losses (because of the players). You have never lost on the ... Read More

From: SportingNews.com --When Ohio State coach Urban Meyer was coaching at Florida, an Orlando Sentinel report shows at least 31 players were arrested under his watch. Not surprisingly then, discipline questions were among those Meyer faced as the new Buckeyes coach spoke in his introductory news conference. Meyer said the arrest numbers were “exaggerated.” “I know there's been some issues that we've had that I've had to deal with, that we're not proud of," Meyer said. "We have a set of core values. ... Read More

By Valerie Strauss (WashingtonPost.com) -- Anybody who had thought that the Penn State child rape scandal would roll back the noxious big money culture of college sports has now been shown to be mistaken. In that scandal, a popular assistant coach was charged with sexually abusing eight boys — and he is said to have gotten away with it because officials on campus who knew or suspected didn’t stop him, presumably to protect the big money football program. President ... Read More

From: freep.com - - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jared Sullinger scored 21 points and three teammates were close behind as No. 2 Ohio State roared out to an 11-0 lead and never trailed in beating third-ranked Duke, 85-63, on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Buckeyes (7-0) weathered a Duke rally later in the first half and then leading by 20 for most of the second half. Austin Rivers had 22 points and Mason Plumlee 16 for the Blue Devils ... Read More

By: Zac Jackson (FoxSportsOhio.com) -- Urban Meyer is officially the head football coach at Ohio State. He has been in Columbus since Sunday night and was introduced Monday evening. Below is a timeline of what we know Meyer has done, what he will be tackling imminently and the most important tasks that will continue through December and into the spring: Last Sunday night, Meyer met for three hours with current coach Luke Fickell. They met again Monday morning, ... Read More

By Mike Rutherford (SBNation.com) -- The season's first game featuring two teams ranked in the top five could very well decide who is ranked No. 1 this time next week. NO. 2 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (6-0) vs. NO. 3 DUKE BLUE DEVILS (7-0) Tip Time: 9:35 pm. ET Location: Value City Arena: Columbus, OH Television: ESPN Announcers: Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Dick Vitale (analysis) All-Time Series: Duke leads 3-2 Last Meeting: Duke won 91-76 in 2002 Favorite: Ohio State by 7.5 Preview It's hard to believe that a matchup of the second ... Read More

Mark Titus and Shane Ryan (GrantLand.com) -- In advance of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, which begins tonight, Shane Ryan and Mark Titus exchanged e-mails discussing Duke, Ohio State, the nature of the Challenge, and a few odds and ends, including a new game called Trasherbaijan. And after much fanfare, picks were made. Shane: Mark, The ACC-Big Ten Challenge is about 24 hours away, and I have a few questions for you. But first, for the folks at home, it's probably worthwhile ... Read More