By: Associated Press via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A day after he criticized the Big Ten's one-game suspension of safety Kurt Coleman for a late hit, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel didn't want to talk about it. "Well, our directive was to make sure that it's yesterday's news and not comment further," Tressel said on Tuesday when asked whether he thought Coleman was guilty of a late hit. Coleman, a starter and the Buckeyes' second-leading tackler, was flagged with less than a minute left ... Read More

From: SportingNews.com -- After putting together a dominant performance and watching the Big Ten's highest-ranked team get upset in the first week of conference play, Ohio State had reason to feel good about its chances to win the league. The Buckeyes, though, aren't looking that far ahead with their next game coming against an Indiana team that nearly pulled off an upset of its own last week. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes look to build on an impressive conference-opening performance Saturday night when they visit the Hoosiers, ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- I've received several e-mails asking about the end of Saturday's Ohio State-Illinois game and a possible handshake snub between head coaches Ron Zook and Jim Tressel. Now I haven't seen video of the postgame scene, but there were certainly a few lightning-rod moments in the closing seconds of the Buckeyes' 30-0 win. Leading 23-0, Ohio State faced fourth-and-goal from the Illinois 3-yard line. Though quarterback Terrelle Pryor had attempted only 12 passes all game in rainy conditions, ... Read More

By: Kristofer Green (ChicagoNow.com) -- Ohio State senior safety and captain Kurt Coleman was suspended for one game today by the Big Ten Conference office. Coleman will not make the trip with the Buckeyes when they travel to Bloomington to face Indiana on Saturday. The suspension is a result of a helmet-to-helmet hit on Illinois quarterback Eddie McGee in the final minutes of Saturday's 30-0 Ohio State victory over the Illini in Ohio Stadium. The Big Ten, citing a new NCAA rule requiring conferences ... Read More

By: John Decker (Scout.com) -- Hoosier Nation begins its day-by-day preview of Saturday night's match-up with Ohio State. Today, we look at five numbers to note about the contest with the Buckeyes... 121:05 - how long Ohio State has gone without surrendering a point. USC’s Stafon Johnson scored with 1:05 left in the Trojans’ come-from-behind 18-15 win over the Buckeyes three weeks ago, and Ohio State has since posted back-to-back shutouts against Toledo and Illinois. That’s a span of 25 drives during ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- COLUMBUS -- Ohio State senior safety Kurt Coleman was suspended for Saturday's game against Indiana for a hit against Illinois late in the Buckeyes' 30-0 shutout victory. Coleman, one of the Buckeyes' captains and one of the best defensive players on the team, received the suspension from the Big Ten for "initiating helmet-to-helmet contact and targeting a defenseless opponent." Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Coleman is the third player to be suspended by the Big ... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State football coaching staff has selected its weekly award winners for outstanding play in Saturday’s 30-0 shutout of Illinois in the Big Ten opener. Lineman Doug Worthington was the Buckeyes’ defensive player of the week, with six tackles and a sack. Placekicker Aaron Pettrey, with three field goals and 3-3 on PAT, was the player of the week on the special units. Tailbacks Dan Herron and Brandon Saine were the offensive players of the week, rushing for 156 ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Another crazy week in college football is behind us, and not without major changes in the latest AP and USA Today polls. The top three spots remained the same in both polls with the Florida Gators holding on tight to the number one spot. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was released from University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Sunday morning after being held overnight for precautionary reasons. Tebo, who left Saturday's 41-7 win at Kentucky after a second-half blow ... Read More

By: Bill Livingston (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Chris Spielman wore Brian Rolle's number a generation ago when he defined linebacking at Ohio State. But Rolle's 36 is not an homage to him. Rolle's number is a tribute to his older brother William, who played at Illinois State and was the Rolle model for Brian's game. Actually, you could name almost any member of the Rolle clan who came out of the slave plantations in the Bahamas to the United States, and ... Read More

By: Mary Schmitt Boyer (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State defensive end Lawrence Wilson will be anxious to see the highlights of his interception in the Buckeyes' 30-0 pasting of Illinois on Saturday afternoon in Ohio Stadium, because he has no earthly idea exactly what he did. His boisterous celebration after his pick in the third quarter earned some razzing from teammates and even coach Jim Tressel. "He's got to be exhausted after his celebration," Tressel said. "He'll go to bed ... Read More

By: Bill Blanton (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- As a steady rain fell from the sky in the first half, the Ohio State ground game couldn’t have chosen a more opportune time to emerge. The Ohio State Buckeyes defense would provide the rest with another dominant effort as they defeated Illinois to open the Big Ten season at the Shoe 30-0. Dan Herron and Brandon Saine ran hard and at will on the Fighting Illini defensive unit that was overmatched and beaten into submission. The Buckeyes ... Read More

From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - There's no need for Ohio State's veterans to watch video of Illinois quarterback Juice Williams. They've seen the replays in their minds, over and over again. Williams put together a personal highlight reel in 2007 when he led the Illini to a stunning victory over a Buckeyes team that came into the game top-ranked and undefeated. The most toxic clip is of Williams engineering a drive that ate up the final 8 minutes while Ohio State was desperate ... Read More

By: Bill Blanton (Examiner.com) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes prepare to defend their four consecutive Big Ten titles as they open conference play at Ohio Stadium against the University of Illinois at 3:30 p.m. Regardless of the Big Ten perception amongst national media outlets, the ability of the Buckeyes to win four titles, two outright and two shared is impressive. "Thirty years ago, I bet the focus was winning the Big Ten and going to the Rose Bowl," OSU coach Jim Tressel said. "That's how ... Read More