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Jim Tressel on a Coaching Return: “I wouldn’t sit here and say it’s something I want to do but you never know”

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

It was just about a year ago when Jim Tressel announced his resignation at Ohio State after a scandal that not only rocked OSU but put a black mark on the program. After getting a five-year show-cause penalty, Tressel latched on with the Indianapolis Colts as an extra set of ...

Urban Meyer on adjusting to Ohio State Life: “It’s a dream to coach in a place where they expect to win.”

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

After a year hiatus Urban Meyer became the head football coach at Ohio State in late November. For the first time in a long while, Meyer is in unfamiliar territory. At least that's what he claims in the following interview. Meyer hopes the Ohio State job is his last in his ...

Jared Sullinger Says He Is Ready to Take the Next Step in His Basketball Career

Friday, April 6th, 2012

During his time at Ohio State, Jared Sullinger led Ohio State to back-to-back 30 win seasons and two Big Ten regular season championships. He was selected as a First Team All-American two straight years, and after leading the Buckeyes to the Final Four this season, Jared Sullinger showed that he ...

Thad Matta Takes Time to Reflect on Return Trip to the Final Four

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

When he helped lead Ohio State to his first Final Four in 2007, Thad Matta admits he took little time out to actually enjoy the success. The Buckeyes are back there in 2012 and have a date with Kansas on Saturday, but their head coach says he'll do things differently ...

Urban Meyer On if He was Mad About the Comments Bret Bielema Made: “Not a strong enough word”

Friday, February 10th, 2012

He has only held the title of Ohio State Head Coach for a little while now, but Urban Meyer has already put his stamp on the Ohio State football program. Taking over for Jim Tressel, Meyer has brought enthusiasm, excitement, and a renewed sense of optimism to Columbus even though ...

Thad Matta’s Ohio State Buckeyes Exact Revenge on Indiana

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

If you thought Ohio State might be out for revenge on Sunday, you were right. The Buckeyes were coming off two losses in their past four games, including a four-point road loss to Indiana last week, and then more recently, a five-point loss at Illinois. They got their chance to ...

John Cooper Advocates Plus-One System, Encourages NCAA to Look more Closely at Compliance in SEC

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

This year's conclusion to the college football season gave proponents of an alternative system for crowning a national champion a big boost. That includes former legendary Ohio State coach John Cooper, who had already been an advocate of the plus-one system, though he says that's only because he doesn't think ...

Sugar Bowl Preview: Brady Hoke Leads Wolverines to a BCS Bowl Game in his First Season at Michigan

Friday, December 30th, 2011

It may not have been exactly how he envisioned things materializing, but at the end of the day, all that matters is that Brady Hoke has the Michigan Wolverines in a BCS bowl game in his first season as head coach of the storied program. Michigan didn't make the Big ...

Urban Meyer Hopes the Ohio State Job is His Last

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Urban Meyer has had an incredible amount of success at every job he's had during his college football coaching career. He turned around a Bowling Green program that was awful when he got there, he put Utah in the national spotlight and guided Alex Smith to be the first overall ...

Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith on Urban Meyer Hire: “Different leaders fit at different times, and the right time for him is now.”

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

He survived the Jim Tressel fallout, and now appears to be squarely back in the good grace's of Ohio State Buckeyes supporters far and wide. Gene Smith, the previously embattled athletic director, is the toast of the town in Columbus after successfully wooing Urban Meyer to town to coach the ...