Ohio State to play in WNIT

The Ohio State women’s basketball team will begin the 2009-10 season with a berth in the preseason WNIT. The Buckeyes (29-6 last season) are hosting Eastern Illinois (24-9) at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, in Value City Arena. The winner…
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Notre Dame Football Scheduling: Are They Making Any Sense?

In April of 2008, ESPN released an article announcing the proposed six game home and home series between Notre Dame and Rutgers was called off.

In the article dated Apr. 25, ‘08, ESPN wrote, “Rutgers entered into discussions about a long-term series with Notre Dame, but at the end of the day both schools could not agree with the site of the games.”

Rutgers athletic director Bob Mulcahy said,…
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Ohio State 10th in national standings

Ohio State ended up 10th in the Directors’ Cup standings for 2008-09, which determine to rank which Division I college has the most successful overall athletic department. You can find the release, and link to the standings, here. Some highlights…
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Smith appointed NCAA chair for 2010-11

Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith has been appointed chair of the Division I men’s basketball committee for the 2010-11 season. The committee is in charge of seeding for the 65-team tournament, including the selection of the 34 at-large teams….
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Bucknotes – June 30th

BuckeyeXtra – Retiring Tucker was man Tressel came to count on
Bob Tucker, director of football operations at OSU, is retiring.

BuckeyeXtra – Tressel’s journey was no vacation
Fluff piece on Tressel’s mideast trip; an interesting read nevertheless, if only for the fact that we now know the man pops pills:

“Djibouti was warm — probably 130 or something when we left,” the Ohio State coach said last week of the African nation. “We were taking our malaria pills. I’m still taking ‘em.”

United…
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Turner Helps Team USA to 2-1 Exhibition Mark

Turner’s summer league digs (photo: USA Hoops)

On the heels of earning props from various NBA scouts during three days of tryouts for Bo Ryan’s World University Games squad, Evan Turner has seen moderate success in the three exhibition games making up the 2009 Serbia International Invitational preceding the start of …
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Buckeyes Should Not Be Taken Lightly

The Scarlett and Grey have been getting overlooked and have begun to be tainted with overrated chants over the past couple seasons. Indeed the Buckeyes have faltered when being put in the national spotlight.

Some wonder if Jim Tressel is caving. Others speculate that the talent is not as talented as the other elite teams in college football. 

The Buckeyes will have a much different look…
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What’s the most important question the 2009 Buckeyes have to answer?

What’s the most important question the 2009 Buckeyes have to answer?(polls)
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Big Ten lunch links: Iowa arrests "not an epidemic"

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin
Happy Monday.
Here are a few lunchtime links I'm contributing today for my fellow Midwesterner, Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg.

Former Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards tells the Detroit Free Press says he's "fine" with Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez nearly awarding the No. 1 jersey that Edwards had endowed several…
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Better Know A Buckeye: Carlos Hyde

Carlos Hyde
After a brief work-related and Confederations Cup-related hiatus, the second edition of Better Know A Buckeye returns with the 19th installment in the 25 part series.  Here, I continue moving chronologically with the case of Carlos Hyde.  Hyde — a tailback from Naples, FL — is an interesting case in Ohio State recruiting.  He [...]
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