Buckeyes deny Indiana its first conference win

None Shall Pass
(Ed. Note: I was only able to catch the second half of this game since I had volunteered my time to a church co-ed flag football game at the request of a friend.  If I can boast for a minute, though, I was basically the Latin Art Schlichter 1 in attendance.  My team lost, [...]
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Ohio St. pulls away from Indiana 93-81

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Evan Turner had 29 points and 10 rebounds Saturday as Ohio State beat Indi…
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Buckeyes Hand Hoosiers 0-8 Start In Big Ten

The Buckeyes started slow, trailing 39-37 at halftime, but picked up the slack and outscored the Indiana Hoosiers 56 to 42 in the second half to cruise to a 93-81 victory in Bloomington.
It was a four man show for OSU, as Evan Turner (29), Jon Diebler (21), William Buford (24), and Jeremie Simmons (17) scored [...]
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OSU vs. Who-siers Preview Links

As it was my birthday this weekend, I am a little behind. To make up for it here are some links previewing today’s game vs. Indiana. The game can be viewed on ESPN 2 at 4:00 P.M. ET. We will have a wrap-up and stats after the game. Enjoy the game and GO BUCKS!
Here are [...]
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Buckeyes on the Move and in the News

Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George will appear on Friday’s edition of Big Ten Tonight at 9 PM ET. He will talk about the SuperBowl and whom he predicts will win the big game.

Single-session tickets for the 2009 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament go on sale to the general public Monday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. EST. The 2009 tournament, which takes place on March 5-8 at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis, features all 11 Big Ten teams battling in 10 games over four days of competition. The winner will earn the conference’s coveted automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. For more information – Click Here!

Former Buckeye track and field great Glenn “Jeep” Davis died Wednesday at the Hospice Care Center in Barbarton, Ohio. He was 74. For more on Davis and his Buckeye career – Click Here!

The start of the Ohio State University baseball season is just around the corner and that means the team’s traditional start-me-up to the season – the annual Meet the Team Luncheon – isn’t far away either. This year, the event is set for 11:45 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Holiday Inn on the Lane. For more information – Click Here!

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Ohio State finally gets a QB in the 2009 class

Kenny Guiton
Ohio State apparently must really want to use a scholarship on a quarterback this season, in spite of being in good position for Devin Gardner and Braxton Miller in 2010 and 2011 respectively.  The Buckeyes jumped all over Tajh Boyd after his scholarship offer was voided by the Volunteers before losing out to Clemson [...]
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A year of YouTubes (and, yes, the 1995 Notre Dame game)

This day a year ago, I uploaded my first batch of YouTubes taken from the Illinois game.  I remember all 3 of us here, back when it was more of a collaborative effort as opposed to just me doing everything, were mystified that Ohio State fans were left wanting for some great moments in Buckeye [...]
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Bucks Fill Need, Get QB Verbal

In very surprising news, Houston (TX) Eisenhower QB Kenny Guiton, will make a visit to OSU this weekend with intentions of giving a verbal commitment, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Guiton is 6′2.5″ and weighs 172 pounds. He is rated as the number 53 quarterback in the country by Scout and completed 117 of 232 [...]
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Decoding a Big Ten scheduling riddle

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg

Several of you have e-mailed recently about Big Ten teams making the same trips or hosting the same opponents in conference play this coming fall as they did in 2008. 

Examples:

• Northwestern visits Iowa for the second straight year in 2009
• Iowa visits Michigan State for the second straight year
• Penn State hosts Indiana for the second straight year
• Minnesota visits Ohio State for the second straight year
• Wisconsin visits Indiana for the second straight year

Purdue is the only team exempt from the repeats. 

I contacted the Big Ten office about the scheduling situation today, and they said 2009 marks the start of a new scheduling rotation. Big Ten teams will play the same league opponents in 2009 and 2010 and have the same two byes, or no-plays. 

Big Ten spokesman Scott Chipman wrote in an e-mail: "Since this is the start of a new rotation, and new no-plays are rotating in and out of schedules, you might see a few matchups that are the same as 2008 [i.e. Iowa at Michigan State for a second straight year.] But those 2009 matchups will be reversed in 2010 and will be balanced over a four-year period. We do our best to avoid as many repeats as possible, but with 11 teams and two no-plays, it's difficult to always make that happen at the start of a new two-year rotation."

I hope this answers your questions.

With 11 teams, only eight league games, two no-plays and a bye week that doesn't fully take effect until 2010, the Big Ten schedule will never be perfect. Repeat games are hard to avoid in the current schedule structure, but thankfully it's not an every-year occurrence.   

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Lavender Leads No. 15 Ohio State Past Michigan

For 30 minutes Thursday, Michigan thought they had a shot at upsetting No. 15 Ohio State.
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