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Can Troy save the Browns?
There has been plenty of debate following the 2007 National Championship Game of whether Troy Smith can be a starting quarterback in the National Football League. After defying all odds at the college level and going from kick returner/athlete earlier in his career to Heisman Trophy winning quarterback during his senior [...]

The times, they’re good.

Much chest-thumping has occurred around these parts after the Buckeyes wrapped up their third Big Ten Triple Crown1 in the past five years. And rightfully so — no Big Ten program had ever won football, men’s and women’s basketball championships in the same school year and the good guys (and gals) [...]

One of the cool things about running a site with thousands hundreds dozens of readers is that sometimes they will send you cool stuff. Take this amazing schedule map wallpaper, courtesy of reader Walt Keys. Thanks to Walt, you, too, can trace the expected shutouts across the midwest as you patiently count down [...]

Any excuse to miss Jay Leno.

On Tuesday we learned that the 2010 version of the Ohio State’s men football team would be driven by a Public Enemy’esque motto.

Late Thursday night saw the team begin to practice what they’ve been preaching, as the team reportedly gathered for a 9 PM workout/conditioning session. Word began to leak [...]

Next up: NFL-sized targets.
The NFL’s 2010 version of its annual dog and pony show has come and gone. For the second time in three years, an Ohio State defensive end’s precipitous rise is part of the narrative, while the rest of the story involves television personalities running in suits… or something.
Amongst Buckeyes making the trip [...]

Can the Bucks convince Koyack they’ll use the TE?
Jim Tressel and the Buckeye coaching staff went hard after a few tight ends in the class of 2010 including Alex Welch (Notre Dame), Alani Fua (BYU), and CJ Fiedorowicz (Iowa), but came up empty handed, making the position a priority for the class of 2011.
The staff [...]

Just an excuse to post a pic of Flav, really.

Sunday’s Uplifting Athletes charity event provided a rare press opp with the Buckeyes hard at work on winter conditioning ahead of the start of spring ball next month.

The big news of the day was Pryor’s comments on his knee surgery (the left knee, unlike the school’s [...]

Miller: Protecting the blind side (ohiostate.scout.com)

It may seem like the football season just ended, but we are only one month away from the start of Spring practice for Ohio State football. In fact, one future opponent will begin in less than 2 weeks, although they will be 3 players lighter when they do. [...]