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Big Ten announces 2015 football schedule
The Big Ten Conference office announced its 2015 conference schedule Monday. Ohio State will play the same eight Big Ten schools as it does in 2014 with location of the game reversed. The Buckeyes will kick off their Big Ten season on the road for a second consecutive season – ...
Washington looks to take over Simon’s position
Ohio State’s Adolphus Washington was always so much bigger and stronger than his peers growing up that he could dominate without having to push himself. But the 6-foot-5, 290-pound defensive end from Cincinnati Taft High School knows his days of getting away with being a loafer are over. If he ...
Buckeyes looking to make inroads in Cincinnati
When Ohio State coach Urban Meyer hired Kerry Coombs as an assistant last year, he gained more than just a football lifer with loads of experience in the sport. Coombs also gave Meyer another much-needed link to Cincinnati. OSU football is big throughout Ohio, but there are divided allegiances between ...
Buckeyes benefit from unique training tool
Ohio State football players have been working to improve themselves in all areas this spring, and one of their most popular training methods may come as a surprise: Daily sessions of Whack-a-Mole. OK, they’re not actually clubbing toy moles with a mallet, but they’ve been competing with each other on ...
Roby’s return fortifies OSU secondary
Ohio State cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs was part of Bradley Roby’s inner circle as the third-year sophomore was deciding whether to turn pro after last season, and Coombs tried to give objective feedback regardless of what that might mean for the Buckeyes. Staying neutral, though, wasn’t always easy. “It’s very ...
Buckeyes advance on Craft’s 3-pointer
Most kids who grow up playing basketball have pretended to count down the clock and hit the winning shot in a momentous game. But Aaron Craft isn’t like most kids. “I think you know I’m a defensive guy. I think I was in the backyard going, ‘Three, two, one’ and ...
Ohio State’s Thomas playing strong in NCAA tournament
Deshaun Thomas Jr. celebrated his first birthday by watching his dad score 24 points for Ohio State against Iona at UD Arena on Friday. The elder Thomas said his son wasn’t at the game Sunday, but it’s a performance he’ll want to show him someday.Thomas, a 6-foot-7 junior from Fort ...
Buckeyes advance to Sweet 16
Ohio State’s Aaron Craft came through with a clutch 3-pointer victory over Iowa State to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16.
NCAA preparing for inclement weather Sunday
With basketball tournament games scheduled Sunday, NCAA officials are monitoring the winter storm that’s heading into Southwest Ohio.NCAA released a statement Friday night regarding the potential for significant snowfall.With two games scheduled that day at the University of Dayton Arena, no delays are anticipated.The latest forecast from Storm Center 7 ...
Buckeyes roll past Iona
Ohio State coach Thad Matta hasn’t gotten past the round of 32 in two previous NCAA tournament trips to Dayton, despite getting to play de facto home games at UD Arena. But those past two squads were flawed. The current version of the Buckeyes seems to have all the pieces ...
Defense is Craft’s calling card, like it or not
It’s called physiognomy. It’s the practice of figuring out a person’s character and personality by studying his face.Ancient Greek philosophers professed it. Japanese naval brass practiced it with their sailors in World War II. And Thursday you could have done it, too, were you with Aaron Craft as he stood ...
Buckeyes land in Dayton
Dayton was hoping for a little regional flavor — or at least a marquee name or two — to bolster its NCAA tournament First Four games Tuesday and Wednesday and got neither. But as UD Arena director Tim O’Connell pointed out, there are no complaints about the tourney field coming ...
Buckeyes land one of nation’s top recruiting classes
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and his assistants put together a recruiting class in 2012 that was good enough to squeak into the top five nationally — not bad for having been on the job together for barely two months. But Meyer didn’t feel that effort was indicative of what ...
Ohio State Spring Game to be played in Cincinnati
The Ohio State Buckeyes are coming to Cincinnati — for the Spring Game. Officials from OSU, the Bengals and Hamilton County announced Friday that the Buckeyes’ 2013 Spring Game will be played April 13 at Paul Brown Stadium. “I would like to thank Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown and representatives ...
OSU's Miller named Big Ten’s top quarterback
Ohio State sophomore Braxton Miller set a school record for total offense this season and was named Monday as the Big Ten quarterback of the year. He’ll have to do a little more, though, if he wants to meet coach Urban Meyer’s standards for the position. During a press conference ...
Meyer, Buckeyes already looking to next year
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer cemented his place in Buckeye lore by achieving a perfect record this year, but his family measured him more by the contract he signed with them promising he’d retain balance in his life despite the pressures of the job. He may have achieved perfection ...
OSU has been down this road before
Oh gosh, don’t repeat this nightmare. Ohio State was undefeated and not allowed to go to a bowl game under the Big Ten’s no-repeat rule but could wrap up its second straight national championship with a final-game victory over arch-rival Michigan, coached by Ohio native Bo Schembechler, in his first ...
Preview: OSU vs. Rhode Island
The fourth-ranked Buckeyes look to keep Rhode Island winless Saturday when they open play at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic in Connecticut.
Meyer has Buckeyes’ recruiting on positive path
The Ohio State football coaches are making the most of their bye week by hitting the road recruiting. Almost all of the assistants were on Twitter before they fanned out across the country to say how eager they were to meet with “Future Buckeyes.”The task of connecting with prospective players ...
Miller not paying attention to Heisman talk
Braxton Miller has produced some feats on the football field that have left mouths agape in wonderment. And even though he doesn’t like rehashing his individual exploits, the Ohio State quarterback admitted he pulled off one play this year that surprised even himself.In a tight third quarter at Penn State, ...
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