Eleven Warriors - A Buckeye Sports Blog

Ohio State is the subject of the latest SI cover story: The Program: Big Wins, Big Money, Big Spirit. Although the issue isn’t out yet, an O-Zone reader with Lexis-Nexis access offers a quick summary. In short, the feature looks at the key components of the machinery that is Ohio State athletics. [...]

"Oh, you wanted my innocent look?"

Akron Buchtel head football coach Claude Brown was arraigned on a third-degree felony charge for sexual battery. The charges were brought after a 17-year-old student at Buchtel High, where Brown teaches social studies, alleged the two had sexual intercourse on a few occasions between December and February.

So, according to our [...]

OSU MVP Mike Conley sinks Badgers

Everybody has an opinion after the Buckeyes beat Wisconsin to clinch the outright conference title Sunday afternoon in the Schott. The ugly win catapulted OSU to the top spot in both the AP and the Coaches Poll while Wisky fell to #4 in the AP and #5 in [...]

Over the weekend, a couple of Izzone members proved that they like Erin Andrews almost as much as we do. Fortunately, the Vitale and Bilas cutouts did not receive the same neck-washing treatment.

The cardboard mugs did prove lucky as the Spartans defeated Indiana 66-58 on Saturday.

(Via Spartan Tailgate)

AP Photo

Fresh off the banquet circuit, Troy Smith arrived at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis 10-15 pounds heavier than his optimal playing weight. Because of this, Smith neglected to run the 40, but he did participate in some passing drills.

As Brady Quinn, Matt Leinart and others can attest to, the draft of today has [...]

Was that a heavyweight fight or a basketball game? In a contest that featured stomach turning injuries, tough defense and hard fouls, OSU closed with a 7-2 run over the final 3:42 to earn a 49-48 victory and a second straight outright Big11Ten conference championship. Mike Conley’s driving runner with 3.9 seconds remaining gave OSU [...]

Come 4pm, it’s on like a pot of neckbones

Where: The Schott

When: 4:00pm EST

Records: OSU 25-3 (13-1); UW 26-3 (12-2)

Opponent: At long last, the rematch is finally upon us. Since losing 72-69 at Wisconsin more than six weeks ago, OSU fans have been waiting for another shot at the Badgers. In the first contest, [...]

Incoming recruit Jon Diebler scored 44 points last night to pass Jay Burson as the all-time scoring leader in Ohio high school basketball history. The 6′7″ guard shot 13-27 from the floor and 15-18 from the stripe as Burson watched his record go up in flames. See today’ Dispatch for more details. From what I’ve [...]

Getting his Goose-on

I’m posting this pretty late in the month but hope you have enough time to get out to the news stand to pick up the February issue of Columbus Monthly magazine. Unfortunately, they don’t post their articles online (nor did they accept my art submission), but if you do happen to pick [...]

We’re gonna miss Chief Illiniwek as well, but this is taking mascot love to another level. Clearly a girl that wouldn’t bring any drama to a relationship. Definitely.