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