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Ohio State Player Profile – Noah Spence
A Five Star recruit from Bishop McDevitt High School (Harrisburg, PA), Noah Spence came out of high school as a Parade Magazine All-American and the number 2 defensive line prospect in the country. It isn’t hard to see why. In 2011, he was selected as the Maxwell Football Club’s national high school player of the year as well as the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year...
Buckeye Breakdown – Ohio State 2013 Position Preview: Quarterback
After a 12-0 2012 season, the Ohio State Buckeyes are poised to be a top-10 team to start the season, if not arguably one of the favorites to challenge for a National Championship. Despite their inability to participate in any postseason game, be it the Big Ten Championship or any bowl game, the 2012 campaign saw numerous highlights that left Buckeye fans with something to look...
Ohio State Football recruiting: Sean Nuernberger commits
Urban Meyer is a recruiting fiend.
After taking a dip down under to recruit 21 year-old Australian Punter Cameron Johnston, Meyer and the Buckeyes have now added a German born kicker to the 2014 recruiting class. Sean Nuernberger, a kicker/punter from Buckner, Ky. made his verbal commitment to play for the Scarlet and Gray on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.
The announcement came after...
Ohio State Player Profile: John Holman
There isn’t much that can be said about Junior Walk-On Defensive Tackle John Holman. Not to say that he isn’t a productive football player, just that we’ve rarely seen him on the field. The defensive line depth is so robust that Holman could conceivably not see any playing time this season. While that would be a shame for the 6’2”, 264 pound tackle out of Georgia, it...
DOME PIECE
Racecar driver to wear OSU inspired helmet
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Big Ten APR ratings released, Ohio State wants you to know they’re 3rd
Every year the Academic Progress Rating is released by the NCAA as a way to show how schools are doing. The NCAA describes the APR as follows: The Association holds Division I institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through the Academic Progress Rate, a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete...
Ohio State Player Profile: Chris Carter
This week at Buckeye Empire we will be previewing Ohio State’s defensive line. This has always been a strong position for the Buckeyes and it will continue to improve with Urban Meyer at the helm. Meyer is extremely passionate about the significance of good defensive line play. While watching the 2006 National Championship Game it quickly became apparent that Ohio State’s offensive...
Ohio State Football recruiting: Class of 2014 update
Expectations for Urban Meyer’s first year at Ohio State were high. The program was in the dumps after Hurricanes Pryor and Tressell left Columbus in shambles. The Luke Fickell clean-up effort wasn’t enough. Meyer took the Tiger Woods “Winning Takes Care of Everything” approach when he led the Buckeyes to an undefeated 12-0 season.
Now, the expectations are even higher. Meyer...
Terrelle Pryor’s Big Ten Championship ring sells for over 18,000 dollars
In 2010, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was suspended for the first five games of the Buckeyes’ season and ordered to repay $2,500 after he sold his 2008 Big Ten championship ring and other Ohio State memorabilia. The scandal would eventually cost coach Jim Tressel his job and haunt Ohio State to this day (an undefeated 2012 season was for naught as the Buckeyes were bowl...
Pryor’s 2008 B1G Title Ring on eBay
Just when Ohio State fans thought the “Tattoogate” scandal was finally behind them, a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TEARS FOR FEARS
Recruit claims Meyer nearly cried
A recruit who committed to Miami claims when he told Urban Meyer of his decision, the Buckeyes head coach "looked like he was a baby about to cry."
Call it what you want, we all know Gordon Gee was forced out of Ohio State University. What message does this send the youth?
The Ohio State University announced the retirement of the Universities president Gordon Gee today. They can call it what they want. We all know they forced Gee into retirement, because of the record statements Gee made last December concerning Notre Dame. Ohio State University is supposed to be an institute of higher learning. It is a place where young people go to learn to speak...
DAMAGE CONTROL?
Gee announces his retirement
A few days after his controversial statements about Notre Dame, SEC and others surfaced, the always outspoken Ohio State president has decided to step down.
JUNK IN THE TRUNK
Meyer praises LB recruit's butt
Raekwon McMillan, a top-rated linebacker recruit from the Class of 2014, reports that Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer told him he has "a linebacker butt."
Urban Meyer looks to lead the Buckeyes to the BCS
Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, it has been no secret that the SEC has ruled the roost. They boast the most championships with 9 as well as the most wins with 17. It seems that, even to the casual fan, that conference stalwarts Alabama and Florida seem to be at least in the mix every single year. However, even with this dominance, the Ohio State University is tied for...
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