Eleven Warriors - A Buckeye Sports Blog

It seems like only yesterday when Columbus served as the Eastern tip of the conference footprint and the Big Ten had a, you know, logo that matched its name. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly 20 years since Big Ten presidents floated the concept of adding Penn State as the conference’s 11th [...]

I think it’s safe to say Jack Greynolds Jr, Kosta Koufos’ head coach at Canton GlenOak High School, is not a huge fan of Thad Matta.

In today’s Canton Repository, Greynolds called Matta “clueless” based on his thoughts that Matta was to blame for the rumored poor relationship between the slow to develop big man and [...]

Tressel’s not eligible, you say?

If you didn’t catch it in the feed earlier, LTP has compiled the conference bloggers’ picks for various awards and other things deemed important enough to be voted upon. While several of the categories were no-brainers I’m baffled that people still consider the prospect of a Utah victory at the [...]

After mock drafts had him going as high as 11th, Kosta Koufos fell to the 23rd pick in tonight’s draft.

My first thought, which an ESPN talking head sort of alluded to, is that Jerry Sloan might eat Kosta for lunch if the big Greek doesn’t step up the toughness in a hurry.

Koufos was the 9th [...]

With Kosta Koufos guaranteed to be a first round selection and Othello Hunter hoping for a late second round miracle, Ohio State is looking at back to back years with at least one player being drafted for the first time since 2000 and 2001.

The 2000 NBA Draft saw Michael Redd drafted by the Bucks and [...]

Published reports say Iowa State transfer Wesley Johnson has committed to Syracuse.

Bob Baptist spoke with Johnson last week and the indication was he would visit OSU before July 6th but that’s out the window as Johnson settled on ‘Cuse without visiting any of the other schools on his list.

In other Buckeye Basketball news, 1460 just [...]

Thigpen is still shaking off Hatline’s hit in ‘06.

We’re counting down the weeks until kickoff by profiling a different Big Ten team each week. Today, the Indiana Hoosiers are up.

There are two main questions, surrounding this Hoosier squad. One, will they have Kellen Lewis back from his spring suspension and two, will they [...]

1955 Heisman Trophy winner Hopalong Cassady had his number retired November 18, 2000.

Since Ohio State began retiring numbers back in 1999, a total of seven legendary Buckeyes have had the honor bestowed upon them. The list is certainly an impressive one featuring the likes of Archie Griffin, Vic Janowicz, Hopalong Cassady, Les Horvath, Eddie George, [...]

All they do is… (InsideTheU.com photo)

In the past three days, we’ve seen the ‘09 class go from a large-for-June 17 to an astonishing 22 verbals. A little advanced camp love and all of a sudden, it’s late June and OSU is running out of spots already.

If you’ve missed any of the details, the recruitniks [...]

As others have noted, the irreverent run of the MZone has come to an end. At times it seemed as if the MZone’s only mission was to pile on Ohio State, and us, its fans (exhibit a, exhibit b and exhibit c).

Their team was getting pummeled in the series yet they served up bomb [...]