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What's brewing today with the Ohio State Buckeyes:

Buckeyes buzz

Ohio State was twice socked for having too many men on the field or for making an improper substitution in the victory over Minnesota.

The Buckeyes frequently have far more than 11 players on the field at a time between plays, with some coming on to replace players and others hurrying off.

"We're going to have to do it better than we did it, because not only did we get two penalties, we were warned, 'Hey, you know, you've got like 15 guys out there at a time,' " coach Jim Tressel said, referring to an official's joke. "And I told the ref, 'Obviously it's not to deceive them, because we're deceived. We're not even sure who's supposed to be out there.' "

Empty jersey

Mark Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound sophomore DL from California has left the program.

"He made a decision he wanted to go somewhere else to get a little bit more playing time and wanted to do so before school started so he could get enrolled," Tressel said. "Quite honestly in recruiting, when you start talking about how many you're going to have on scholarship, you always build in the thought that there's going to be some attrition, whether it's an in injured guy, a guy who leaves."

Draddy semifinalists

The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday, Oct. 1, the semifinalists for its Draddy Trophy, presented annually to smart football players who can play the game and are also scions of their community. WR Brian Robiskie was among the semifinalists — 164 of them. It's not that exclusive of a club, even among residents of Ohio.

The other semifinalists included Ohio's Michael Brown, Brad Samsa of Youngstown State, Dayton's Bart Bergfeld, Joel Sienicki of Bluffton, Mount Union's Greg Micheli, Zach Brumfield of Wittenberg and James Dingus of Ohio Dominican.

Finalists will be announced Oct. 29.