1. Ohio State Football 2012: The Urban Meyer Post-Spring Progress Report

    While the the grade card for a full year on the job won't come for Urban Meyer until after The Game against those wingless helmets in November, we've now seen enough of a sample size to grade his first few months on the job...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 2,093 reads 1 comments

  2. Ohio State Football 2012: The Urban Shift in Recruiting

    Recruiting. It is the lifeblood of every college football program. You can be the best X's-and-O's guy out there, but without the stallions, the race will be lost to a superior breed somewhere on the way to the final post...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 4,634 reads 6 comments

  3. Ohio State Football: 5 Weakest Positions to Worry About

    To say that last year wasn't quite all wine and roses for Ohio State would be a huge understatement. But now, Urban Meyer has taken over as captain of the scarlet and gray ship, ...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 1,129 reads 6 comments

  4. Tracking Notre Dame Football Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

    We are on the doorstep of the 2012 version of the NFL draft. It's so close that we're ringing the doorbell, taking the shoes off and getting ready to snuggle up on the couch with meat products and fermented beverages...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 6,613 reads 6 comments

  5. Tracking Iowa Football Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

    We are on the doorstep of the 2012 version of the NFL draft. It's so close that we're ringing the doorbell, taking the shoes off and getting ready to snuggle up on the couch with meat products and fermented beverages...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 4,781 reads 1 comments

  6. Tracking Nebraska Football Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

    We are on the doorstep of the 2012 version of the NFL draft. It's so close that we're ringing the doorbell, taking the shoes off and getting ready to snuggle up on the couch with meat products and fermented beverages...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 6,658 reads 8 comments

  7. College Football 2012: 7 Teams That'll Be Ranked on Name Alone

    You'd be hard-pressed to find any sport that has as much pageantry and tradition as college football. You'd also be hard-pressed to find any sport where reputation alone counts for so much from season to season...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 3,165 reads 24 comments

  8. Ohio State Football 2012: Winners and Losers of the Spring Game

    On a fall-like day in Columbus, Urban Meyer swash-buckled his way into the 'Shoe and gave the public a first look at what kind of feast is being concocted on the banks of the Olentangy ...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 3,639 reads 2 comments

  9. Ohio State Football Spring Game: Live News, Analysis and Results

    Welcome to a new era of Ohio State football. Assumingly gone are the days of three yards and a cloud of dust (or rubber pellets these days). Gone too is the notion that the punt is the most important play in football...

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  10. Ohio State Football 2012: The Top 5 Potential Playmakers for Urban Meyer

    Though he hasn't gone as far as Al Golden and posted wanted signs up around campus, Urban Meyer has made no secret of the fact that he's in the market for someone to be the butter ...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 692 reads 6 comments

  11. College Football 2012: Fixing the BCS and Instituting a Playoff

    There haven’t been any changes to the BCS formula since 2004, yet it seems like at least every other year there is a controversy that threatens to shake the already cracked foundations of the BCS ...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 371 reads 12 comments

  12. Ohio State Football 2012: 5 Things We've Learned so Far This Spring

    Spring came early this year in the Midwest, but in college football circles, things are beginning to wind down...

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  13. Ohio State Football 2012: 10 Reasonable Goals for Urban Meyer's Troops

    Well, it has been an interesting last year for The Ohio State University, hasn't it? The killer tattoos, firing of the vested one and a small business operation of trinkets for cash...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 1,017 reads 1 comments

  14. Michigan vs. Ohio State Football: The Bright Future of 'the Game'

    It's just after national signing day, right at the beginning of spring football, and one thing appears evident: Both Ohio State and Michigan look poised for big things in the yearly quest for college football glory...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 978 reads 25 comments

  15. Ohio State's Urban Meyer: How He Could Prop Up the Big Ten

    Now that spring is upon us, many teams are ready to lay the foundation of success. Ohio State already started that pursuit back on November 28th, and the hiring of Urban Meyer has centered on the potential it has of elevating the Ohio State program...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 769 reads 10 comments

  16. Ohio State Football 2012: Five Reasons the Rise to the Top Will Not Take Long

    Over the past decade, "The" Ohio State University has fielded a football team that 119 other different programs would be envious of—that is, until last year...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 1 year ago 752 reads 4 comments

  17. 2011 NFL Draft: 5 Players Who Are the Most Likely to Be a Draft Bust

    We are now less than two weeks away from the start of the 2011 NFL Draft . Every year, there are players taken high in the draft that never meet expectations and, in fact, dumbfound all of us...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 2 years ago 139 reads 0 comments

  18. NFL Draft 2011: Ranking the Top 10 Big Ten Defensive Hopefuls

    Last time we took a look at the top 10 Big Ten offensive hopefuls in this year's NFL draft, where it is evident that the Big Ten is having a down year...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 2 years ago 183 reads 0 comments

  19. NFL Draft 2011: Ranking the Top 10 Offensive Hopefuls in the Big Ten

    Labor strife or not, the NFL draft is still scheduled to take place beginning April 28th. As we get closer to the draft, things have began to crystallize as to where players might go...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about 2 years ago 224 reads 0 comments

  20. Ohio State Football Gets Hit Where It Hurts Most vs. Wisconsin

    Mad town is angry no longer as Bret Bielema's boys took it to Ohio State from the onset. Though Ohio State tried to make a game of it in the second half, it was only cosmetic as Wisconsin rolled the No...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about over 2 years ago 1,321 reads 9 comments

  21. BIg Ten Football Week 6 in Review: Awards, Reflections and Observations

    Another week is in the books, and the plot has continued to thicken as the Big Ten race starts to take a shadow of what it may become in the upcoming weeks...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about over 2 years ago 508 reads 6 comments

  22. Big Ten Football: Week 5 In Review

    Finally, the Big Ten brethren had an opportunity to beat up on each other. The first week of conference play had no shortage of its own plots and twists...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about over 2 years ago 223 reads 0 comments

  23. Ohio State vs. Illinois Post Game Analysis: Five Things We Learned

    Ohio State went into Champaign and almost left toasting the home team. A game that was supposed to be a cakewalk, leaves many reflecting on what will happen next. Here are five things we learned: 5...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about over 2 years ago 1,877 reads 134 comments

  24. Big Ten Football: Week 4 in Review with Awards and Reflections

    Team of the Week: Wisconsin Simply scanning the schedule from Week 4 makes it very difficult to pick a big game, so we'll have to try and see who the biggest bully on the playground was...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about over 2 years ago 87 reads 0 comments

  25. Ohio State vs. Eastern Michigan Postgame Analysis—Five Things We Learned

    It wasn't exactly a close shave against Gillett and the not so mighty Eastern Michigan Eagles. Ohio State probably gave up more points than they wanted, but they also put up a video game score to show everyone they mean business this year...

    Phil Harrison Written by Phil Harrison about over 2 years ago 2,985 reads 56 comments