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Around the Oval on Friday, April 26
Around the Oval is Eleven Warriors' weekly love letter to Ohio State sports that don't get the coverage they should.The Ohio State men's tennis team, fuled by a decade of supremacy, hosted Purdue in...
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Ohio State Football Recruiting Notebook: 4/25
It has been a week since we last talked Buckeye recruiting and while not much has changed since then, a couple of things that have changed over the last week and one of them is quite big, possibly...
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Your NFL Draft Friday Night Open Thread
No Buckeyes were taken in last night's first round of the NFL Draft, but tonight figures to be a little different. Mammoth Ohio State defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins is projected to go somewhere in...
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The New York Football Giants Select Johnathan Hankins in the 2nd Round
He waited an extra day, but Johnathan Hankins is now on firm footing in the NFL. The man affectionately known as "Big Hank" is now Giant Hank, and he's headed to New York. The Giants drafted Hankins in...
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Saturday Skull Session
College football's offseason is chugging along. August will be here before too long, though spring has only just begun in the Midwest and we still have to suffer summer before a long-sweltering summer...
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Your NFL Draft Saturday Open Thread
Last night brought the good news that Johnathan Hankins is a New York Giant, selected by the team in the 2nd round of the NFL Draft. Unless you happen to be a Redskin, Cowboy or Eagle fan, this is...
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The Ravens Select John Simon in the 4th Round
John Simon is headed to Baltimore. The Ravens selected Simon with the 32nd pick of the 4th round, 129th overall, where he'll join a crowded group of backers that includes Terrell Suggs, Elvis Dumervil,...
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The Bengals Select Reid Fragel with 7th Round Pick
Reid Fragel had an unconventional four seasons in Columbus, entering as a tight end and leaving as an All-Big Ten right tackle. He based the decision on his NFL future, and after being selected by...
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Seven Buckeyes Sign Undrafted Free Agent Deals
The 2013 NFL Draft came and went with only three Buckeyes – defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins, defensive end John Simon and tackle Reid Fragel– selected, but several other members of Urban Meyer's...
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Gene Smith on Changes in the Big Ten, Night Games in Ohio Stadium and Twitter
Gene Smith is now in his eighth year as the director of athletics at Ohio State. Manning the largest department in the country with deep pockets and plentiful resources sounds easy, but the Buckeyes...
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Big Ten Announces Changes to Football Divisions and Scheduling Format
As expected, earlier today, the B1G Council of Presidents/Chancellors approved changes to the existing football divisions and the reinstitution of nine-game conference schedules. The newly named East...
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It's All in the Stars: Fact or Fiction?
"With the first pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select Eric Fisher, offensive tackle, Central Michigan University."Don't look him directly in the eyesThat was the start of this...
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Monday Skull Session
Yesterday, the Big Ten made realignment official, which means millions of fans and league alumni no longer have to consult Google to determine which teams plays in each division. With the new East and...
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Jim Tressel is Doing What Jim Tressel Does Best
Jim Tressel, football coach. That’s the association most people make of the former Ohio State head coach. It’s no wonder – he did spend 36 years as a coach. But Tressel’s true calling is mentoring...
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Did the Bengals Get a Steal in Reid Fragel?
Living on the lighted stage approaches the unreal / for those who think and feel / in touch with some reality / beyond the gilded cage – Rush, “Limelight”Reid Fragel was there for his team as a...
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Braxton Miller's Top Five Jukes of 2012
Shake and bake, breaking ankles, clowning, or okiedoke freakshow. The term "juke" goes by many names but we all know it when we see it. The ability of one human to make another human think one way then...
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Ohio State Football to Play Three Night Games in 2013: Wisconsin,...
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer pressed for more night games. The message was well-received from university brass and TV networks with the Buckeyes scheduled to play three night games this season,...
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The B1G List: Ranking the State Mottos of the Big Ten
Mottos.Everybody has one, whether they think they do or not. Sometimes it can be as simple as "if I found it on the ground and it's edible and non-poisonous, you'd better believe that it's got a 65%...
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Tuesday Skull Session
Well, today is the last day of April and we will soon be another month closer to August and the start of football. But geez, if May is anything like the last few days have been around the sports world,...
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The Night Life
From the moment an Ohio Stadium-record crowd of 106,102 roared for three hours, thirty-three minutes on Oct. 6 as Ohio State tallied 63 points on the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Urban Meyer has been...
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