Ohio State Buckeyes

BEREA: When football fans hear the name Tressel, it's usually associated with one college institution: Ohio State University. But to many in Northeast Ohio and the city of Berea, that surname is synonymous with Baldwin-Wallace football.

At Ohio State, right tackle Kirk Barton was known for his way with words and lack of convention. When it came to the latter, his lighting a cigar in the press room after a 2006 victory over Michigan might have been rivaled in the coach Jim Tressel era only by Ben Hartsock's notion to leave a snow angel on the White House lawn. And when the media needed an honest and witty answer, only Anthony Gonzalez was in Barton's league.

Here are some other local and Ohio State players besides OSU linebacker Vernon Gholston and OSU tackle Kirk Barton to watch in the NFL Draft this weekend:

Hey, Doug: A couple of national publications have intimated that Todd Boeckman isn't going to welcome Terrelle Pryor with open arms. Have you gotten this vibe from Buckeye Land? -- Chris Bien, Ashtabula, Ohio A: Hey, Chris: I think...

Hey, Doug: I am very disappointed that you accepted the OSU spin about alumni tickets. Ask them why the legislators get tickets, other than the obvious reason. Why do employees of OSU get tickets instead of alumni? If they could...

Columbus -- Two players are out, two players are in, and Wednesday morning, Ohio State basketball coach Thad Matta finally knew for certain what his 2008-09 team would look like. OSU received the scholarship papers for junior college transfers Jeremie...

Five were named to the first team and two on the second

Ebersole, Bunnell named first team; four name to second team

Record 475 named Scholar-Athletes; Griffin and Mathews receive Big Ten Medal of Honor

With some blistering times on a fast track, several prospects still stood out to Scout.com analyst Bob Lichtenfels who breaks down the top performers in this ScoutTV presentation.

The 6' 2", 230 pound defensive end out of Boca Ciesa had 50 tackles, 11 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 3 recovered fumbles, 1 blocked field goal, and 1 defensive TD as a junior.

The results from the Under Armour/Scout.com Combine are in and they are impressive with 14 players running sub-4.5 40 yard dashes. We also break down the top five finishers at every station.

“I’d take you out right here.” Evidently Will Leitch had a warmup prior to his incident with Buzz Bissinger a few weeks back on the Costas special. He writes in the latest issue of The Sporting News, about a greenroom encounter with Cris Carter: Somehow, I ended up being introduced to Cris Carter, formerly from HBO [...]

You never want to wish the summer away, but this season can’t really get here soon enough. We know that, despite seeing a quite a few great teams over the past seven years, this one could be special. The guys getting paid to put together rankings seem to agree as virtually every pre-preseason [...]

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