Buckeyes in the News Sept. 4 – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/4/2009 12:00:00 AM | General
Daily headlines gathered at www.OhioStateBuckeyes.com …
Athletics/University
Everyone’s Archie
Columbus Dispatch – Archie Griffin can still find the holes. Working a packed reception room at a recent Ohio State alumni event, college football’s most-honored running back darted left and spun right amid outstretched arms and cries of “Archie! Hey, Archie!”
Go Green at the Game (Ohio News Network):
John Glenn to dot ‘i’ with Ohio State marching band
USA Today – ?John Glenn has lived an amazing life during his 88 years on the earth (and in space). In addition to flying planes in World War II and serving four terms as …
Ohio State has The Right Stuff: Astronaut John Glenn will dot the …
Newsday – ?Before I go off on a tangent about “The Right Stuff,” the reason for this post is let you know that John Glenn, the first American to orbit Planet Earth …
John Glenn to dot the “i” at Ohio State opener
WRDW-TV
Former Navy fighter pilot and Ohio native John Glenn and his wife, Annie, will dot the “i” Saturday when Ohio State hosts Navy. …
Ohio State football: Keeping score
Columbus Dispatch – The crew in charge of Ohio Stadium’s scoreboard won’t be on the sidelines this Saturday.
They’ll be across the street in a darkened room in the basement of the Schottenstein Center, surrounded by computer monitors and control buttons connected to the ‘Shoe via underground fiber-optic cables.
The six or so people who make up the athletic department’s video services crew will watch the game through video cameras on the field, directing the cameramen and cuing up the appropriate computer animations from across Lane Avenue.
Video services intern Ken Hathaway calls it a “fun dance,” and it’s something the crew has been doing for awhile but few people know about.
OSU to fans: Ticket buyers beware Business First of Columbus
Football
Record Crowd at the Horseshoe?
Washington Post – Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday that there could be a record crowd at Saturday’s game. … OSU football parking information
Receiver grabs passes, not the spotlight
Columbus Dispatch – Sanzenbacher overlooked but tough, reliable
Two Buckeyes glad to finally be in spotlight
Washington Examiner
AP COLUMBUS, OHIO – For five years Andre Amos and Austin Spitler have labored on the Ohio State football team, one perpetually injured and the other stuck …
Columbus Dispatch: Navy football: Rude awakening helped mold coach
Navy Nuggets: Series with Army rivals intensity of OSU-Michigan
For title-hungry OSU, the future is . . . next year Cleveland Plain Dealer
Big Ten picks for Week 1
ESPN
Ohio State 38, Navy 10: The Mids receive the greeting they deserve from Buckeye Nation, but the reception on the field will be different. …
With USC on the horizon, Ohio State ponders some new looks on …
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State fans know the Buckeyes‘ defensive line is the deepest and most experienced part of the team. The potential success of the …
Cleveland ready to host UT fans for Ohio State game
Toledo Free Press
UT Rockets football players and fans are gearing up for a showdown with the OSU Buckeyes at the Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sept. 19 at noon. …
Sept. 3
Men’s Hockey
INCH A-Z: Shane Sims
Insidecollegehockey.com – Shane Sims’ seven goals last season were more than any CCHA defenseman besides Western Michigan’s Tyler Ludwig (eight).
Football
‘Way ahead of his time’
Columbus Dispatch – Francis Schmidt jump-started Ohio State football in 1934 with game plans filled with trick plays. Seven seasons later, he was gone, and his legacy of innovations faded.
Football/Lacrosse Video: Lathrop Brothers Live The OSU-Navy Match-up (WSYX-TV Columbus Ch. 6 – more OSU video stories)
OSU game brings local Navy cadets back home
Mansfield News Journal – MANSFIELD — It’s tradition at Naval Academy home football games for the plebes to celebrate touchdowns by …
The Dispatch’s 2009 college football special section
Taurian Washington shooting up the depth chart Columbus Dispatch
Navy’s triple option tests defense Columbus Dispatch
Sixth-ranked Buckeyes battle Midshipmen in season-opener
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Columbus, OH (Sports Network) – The sixth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes have won their last 30 home openers and they will look to continue that trend this …
Buckeyes benefit most from a running Pryor
Springfield News Sun – Ohio State sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor was sacked 21 times last year, …
Earle Bruce infuriated by 1 that got away
Dayton Daily News – ? BUCKEYES BUZZ: The years haven’t changed Earle Bruce. He can still tell a story with the best of them. …
Navy vs. Ohio State at a glance
Dayton Daily News – Navy is coming off an 8-6 season and second-year coach Ken Niumatalolo doesn’t want to have the 2009 campaign …
Different opener for Ohio State as Navy earns the Buckeyes’ respect
Canton Repository – When Navy walks into Ohio Stadium on Saturday, the Midshipmen likely will be greeted by a standing ovation from what is …
Big Ten Preview: Buckeyes back on top
UI The Daily Iowan – At a time when “green living” is pushing Americans to be more aware of their cars’ fuel efficiency and the size …
Klein adjusting well to life at OSU
The Newark Advocate – COLUMBUS — Storm Klein was fine with taking a few moments to snap some pictures and clown around during …
OSU Football Season Preview
OSU – The Lantern – Ohio State has established the reputation of a perennial powerhouse amid the college football landscape. While transitioning through different eras and …
Preview: Navy vs. Ohio State
Big Ten Network – ?This much is certain when it comes to No. 6 Ohio State’s recent series of opening-game opponents: Navy is no Youngstown State. …
Buckeyes’ ‘bolt’ tops Navy agenda
Annapolis Capital – Coach Ken Niumatalolo called him “Usain Bolt in football pads.” Linebacker Ross Pospisil said he looks almost identical to …
Ohio State Buckeyes football team sets its offensive line heading …
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
Columbus- Jim Tressel saw his offensive line – his set, healthy, first-team offensive line – in practice Monday night, and the Ohio State coach saw what he …
Best case-worst case: Ohio State
ESPN
Terrelle Pryor puts it all together, the defense fills the gaps and the Buckeyes head back to Pasadena, but not for the Rose Bowl. Ohio State fans provide a …
Weekend Forecast: Should be satisfying first week of action
USA Today
He’ll get his feet wet in preparation for next week’s big game at Ohio State. Southern California 38, San Jose State 14. The Crimson Tide beat a top 10 team …
Commentary: Teacher in Tressel opts for learning over luck
Columbus Dispatch
Should Ohio State keep it a close game? Would it be the worst thing in the world if Navy pulled the upset, knowing its players might soon be heading into …
Ohio State football finding increasingly fertile recruiting ground …
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
Outside of those in-state schools, Ohio State has snagged the most top-50 Florida players. The Buckeyes have already received an oral commitment from …
Ohio State Buckeyes football recruiting well in Florida
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
Ohio State has earned eight commitments the past three years, though running back Carlos Hyde hasn’t enrolled yet after falling short academically. …
The Big Ten: Down and Out?
Wall Street Journal
Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark says he’ll be a Buckeye fan that day, even though rival Ohio State is the Nittany Lions’ top competition for the Big Ten …
Sept. 1-2
Men’s Tennis
Tsonga beats Buchanan in 1st round of US Open
The Associated Press – ?20 hours ago?
NEW YORK – Seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France has breezed into the US Open’s second round by beating 18-year-old Chase Buchanan of the United …
VIDEO:U.S. Open – Tsonga – Buchanan Highlights
A three-set learning experience
Columbus Dispatch – AP Chase Buchanan of Ohio State and New Albany gets a quick taste of the big stage at the US National Tennis Center in New York. …
Back to school for Buchanan – for now
Examiner.com – ?Chase Buchanan will be heading back to Ohio State University with his amateur status untouched after seventh-seeded Jo-Wilifried Tsong showed him there are …
No. 7-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats 18-year-old American in 1st …
Los Angeles Times – Seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France has breezed into the US Open’s second round by beating 18-year-old Chase Buchanan of the …
Mansfielder’s son to play in Open
Mansfield News Journal – ?Buchanan, who recently turned 18, earned a berth in the main draw by winning the boys 18s title in the US Tennis Association National Championships.
NY Times U.S. Open Coverage
Football
Griffin has no problem with another two-time Heisman winner
CBS Sports – Former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin, the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy, says he’d welcome being joined in that elite company by Florida’s Tim Tebow or Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford.
Buckeyes’ Heyward improves; Adams to sit out
ESPN – Ohio State starting defensive end Cameron Heyward is still a bit limited in practice because of an ankle injury, and the junior might not be 100 percent …
And for the Michigan defense? Ohio State
The Associated Press – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State players say if their rivals at Michigan are putting in extra time, they’re not alone. So are the Buckeyes. …
Big Ten Quad
BigTenNetwork.com – Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George hosts The Big Ten Network series “The Big Ten Quad” where three Big Ten personalities talk about life, sports and everything in between. Find out who’s appearing on our next episode Sept. 10 and look back at our previous shows.
Navy-Ohio St. Preview
CBSSports.com – With one of the nation’s most talented tailbacks and one of the top defenses to rely on, Terrelle Pryor wasn’t asked to carry Ohio State as a freshman in …
OSU football: About time for answers Columbus Dispatch Passes to the backs?
Navy-OSU special for Fairfield Union grad
Columbus Dispatch – For a Navy football player, nothing is bigger than the annual rivalry game against Army.
Reviewing milestone victories by the Buckeyes
The Columbus Dispatch – Ohio State on Saturday will open its 120th season of football, against the Navy Midshipmen inside Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes enter this highly anticipated season with an all-time record of 808-306-53 in 119 years. Ohio State is one of just six Division I-A schools to register 800 or more victories. The other five are Michigan (872), Texas (832), Notre Dame (831), Nebraska (827) and Penn State (801). Alabama enters the 2009 season with 799 wins.
commentary: Good luck getting anything out of Tressel
The Columbus Dispatch – Every year I go to Jim Tressel’s first weekly luncheon of the season looking for hints about how he thinks his Ohio State football team is going to do. I know he’s not going to tell us. He might tell his wife or his athletic director. he might even tell his doctor or his Nike representative, but he sure wouldn’t tell the blabbermouth news media.
- Navy No Easy Opener For No. 6 Buckeyes NBC4i.com
- Ohio State shows no sign of slowing down Indianapolis Star
- BIG TEN Ohio State buckeye-ing a title? Detroit Free Press
- Big Ten notes: Let the games begin Big Ten Network
Strong practice for offensive line relieves concerns before opener: Ohio State Insider
Cleveland Plain Dealer – Jim Tressel saw his offensive line — his set, healthy, first-team offensive line — in practice Monday night, and the Ohio State coach saw what he needed to. “In full pads, it wasn’t like it was shorts or anything, in full pads, our offensive line looked a little bit crisper and quicker and more confident in what they were doing than I had seen them in the last week or so,” Tressel said. Jim Cordle at right tackle, Bryant Browning at right guard and Mike Brewster at center had been set all camp, and with left guard Justin Boren back from a knee injury and Andrew Miller winning the battle with J.B. Shugarts and Mike Adams for the left tackle spot, that side is finally settled as well.
Pryor holds keys to OSU’s kingdom
Cincinnati Enquirer – A year ago, Terrelle Pryor came to campus as Ohio State’s most acclaimed quarterback recruit since Art Schlichter in 1979. Pryor watched Todd Boeckman, a first-team All-Big Ten quarterback who led the Buckeyes to the national championship game the season before, direct the offense for three games. But after the Buckeyes were throttled by Southern California 35-3, coach Jim Tressel stunned many by benching the fifth-year senior starter and replacing him with Pryor, who had yet to attend his first day of college classes.
Ohio State Buckeyes afternoon news roundup: New passing wrinkles …
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
Passing game: The Ohio State Buckeyes may add a few wrinkles to their passing game, according to quarterback Terrelle Pryor. Pryor would not give up the …
Great Gridiron Getaways
Wall Street Journal
12, and right away the University of Southern California Trojans (ranked fourth by the AP preseason) face the sixth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in a game …
Ohio State-Toledo football tickets to go on sale; 5,000 tickets available on Wednesday
Cleveland Plain Dealer – Football fans still hoping to score tickets for the Toledo-Ohio State game at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sept. 19 are in luck. The Ohio State Athletic Department recently returned about 5,000 unsold tickets from their original allotment of 12,500.
2009 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 1 – ESPN
Ohio State has been the Big Ten flagship, but the Buckeyes haven’t received much help. Pat Forde » · Mark Dantonio, Juice Williams & Arrelious Benn …
Men’s Basketball
Columbus Dispatch: Oden gets his coach back The rest of the Lauderdale story
FIU to play UNC as scheduled
ESPN
The Golden Panthers say they would have preferred to play Ohio State in the event’s opening round. Tournament organizers, however, ultimately decided FIU …
Athletics
The Ohio State University Expands NeuLion Partnership for Relaunch …
MarketWatch (press release)
OhioStateBuckeyes.com. We believe we have been able to achieve a serviceable balance that meets the needs of our student-athletes, staff, alumni, …
Aug. 29-31
Women’s Volleyball
William and Mary Falls to Ohio State in Tribe Invitational …
Tribe Athletics
Pflugner capped the set with a hard ace off the hands of a Buckeyes defender and over the benches. Ohio State buckled down after that, and raced out to …
Field Hockey
Ohio State dominates St. Louis, 7-0
Big Ten Network
For the game, Ohio State drew 16 penalty corners while not allowing Saint Louis a chance. The Buckeye defense worked diligently to keep the Billikens at Bay …
Football
OSU’s Kurt Coleman – A star off the field…and on
Dayton Daily News – It was a foggy Christmas Eve, though not the kind that could be helped by a red-nosed reindeer. Dan Lassiter – lying in Miami Valley Hospital’s intensive care unit last December, a Christmas tree decorated with Ohio State mementos next to him – was just making his way out of the mental haze that came from more than 21/2 months in a coma.
Fan feedback on the story from www.Facebook.com/Buckeyes
- Kathy Winnie – Totally brings tears to my eyes to read about the selfless acts of a semi-hometown Buckeye. (He’s from what we always called that school up north when I was in H.S. I went to TM and he was at Northmont.))
- Kim Hoskins – Really liked the article, some awesome guys!
- Stephen Burke – The Buckeyes are back! Kurt Coleman is a great ambassador for Ohio State.
- Dino DAmore – Such an awesome article. How true it is about the bible related to the cell phone.
- Meghan Arwood – That is an awesome story! I wish that more people in the world were like this. Think of how different the world would be if there were more people who did selfless acts like this!
More football …
Show of hands: Cranking out NFL-worthy receivers is a long-standing tradition at OSU Columbus Dispatch
Three defenders named Ohio State captains
ESPN
The Buckeyes likely will start only two seniors — tight end Jake Ballard and guard Jim Cordle — on the offensive side. Ohio State almost always selects …
Third choice makes good first impression Columbus Dispatch
Buckeyes don’t have Beanie, but have depth
Philadelphia Inquirer – AP COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time in three years, No. 6 Ohio State doesn’t have a 1000-yard rusher returning for a new season. …
Ohio.com – ’09 Buckeyes have depth
Ohio State football. ’09 Buckeyes have depth. Wells is gone but tailbacks, QB Pryor may make for great ground game. COLUMBUS: For the first time in three years, No. …
‘Nasty’ offensive lineman Justin Boren just eager to get back on the field with Ohio State football
Cleveland Plain Dealer Justin Boren can smile. And laugh. When he scowls, like in the Ohio State team headshot in which he appears ready to pummel his own tie, it’s not on purpose.”I don’t try to look mean,” Boren, the Buckeyes’ starting left guard, said.
Pryor sets pace — literally — for OSU
Newark Advocate – Humans who stand 6-foot-6 and close to 240 pounds aren’t supposed to be able to run 40 yards in 4.33 seconds. Then again, Donna Silvis never has known Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor to be human when it comes to sheer athleticism. So excuse her if she wasn’t as floored as OSU coach Jim Tressel by Pryor’s fab 40 in a summer conditioning drill.
Early games aren’t gimmes
The Columbus Dispatch – Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez recently floated the idea of playing a preseason game in college football, but in reality, that system already exists. Most powerhouse teams schedule a fatted calf for their opening game — or two or three.
Former Ohio State and NFL star Cris Carter says St. Thomas Aquinas High School program is what produces great players
Cleveland Plain Dealer – Cris Carter can barely ex plain it, so maybe the 52-7 victory by St. Thomas Aquinas of Florida over Upper Arlington on Saturday did it for him.
The Most Compelling Buckeye
Dayton Daily News – A senior safety and a captain of the Ohio State football team, the Northmont High product reads opposing quarterbacks’ eyes and intentions so well that he’s one of just 31 players in the nation on the preseason watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award, which goes to the best defensive back in college football.
Navy will not shy away from OSU
Canton Repository COLUMBUS – This isn’t Youngstown State coming to Ohio Stadium. When the sixth-ranked Buckeyes take the field Saturday afternoon there will be the usual athletic advantage for a season-opening game.
Andrew Miller, Andre Amos win starting jobs on Ohio State’ depth chart
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com – DeVier Posey and Dane Sanzenbacher are listed as the starting receivers, with Taurian Washington the first backup to Sanzenbacher and Carter the first …
SEASON PREVIEW Buckeye-ing a title?
Detroit Free Press
Though it might pain Michigan fans to hear it, the Big Ten owes a major debt to Ohio State. With the Buckeyes‘ remarkable consistency the …
The Quad Countdown: No. 6 Ohio State
New York Times – Associated Press Terrelle Pryor will be counted on to lead an offense that needs to find a way to …
Critical year for Bollman’s offense Columbus Dispatch
Giving Navy a cheer is only a first step for some fans Columbus Dispatch
Men’s Basketball
Hill’s game undergoes offseason makeover Columbus Dispatch
Offutt provides spark off bench Columbus Dispatch
Mustangs Men’s b-ball to face Ohio State Buckeyes
LondonTopic.ca
The University of Western Ontario’s men’s basketball team will be making a trip to Windsor to take to the court against the Ohio State Buckeyes, …
Athletics
Athletics make, spend big bucks
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
Columbus- Ohio State’s men’s basketball team was not permitted to go to Italy. Otherwise, Ohio State’s nearly $120 million athletic department has navigated …
Senior captains ready to lead the Buckeyes, starting with defense
OSU Lantern – If there were one message the new Ohio State captains wanted to express on Tuesday, it was that every member of the Buckeye squad was prepared and ready to do their part. “The coaches are really stressing the importance of doing your job, doing your 1/11th,” said Austin Spitler, senior linebacker and 2009 co-captain.
