Preview: Illinois at #3 Ohio State

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
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The seniors need to rise to the occassion ... #3 Ohio State 25-2, 12-2 Big Ten Roster Schedule ... February 22, 2011 7:00 PM ET - ESPN —— The Schott Columbus, OH ... Illinois 17-10, 7-7 Big Ten Roster Schedule ... One of the great aspects of college basketball is if you lose a game or even 2 of your last 3, the season is not lost and you don't have to wait a full week to get back into the action. Luckily for Ohio State, they didn't have time to dwell on the Purdue loss, but they

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Batch Says Talks Going Well Between League and Union

Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 11:42 p.m.

The good news keeps coming in on the CBA front for the NFL, as Steelers ... player rep Charlie Batch did give the media some comments after ... meetings on Monday, and they were mostly positive.Today Batch attended meetings, which was the fourth day in a row of ... [ ... ] ...

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Buckeyes Look to Bring Sunshine to Ohio in 2012

Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
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The Buckeye coaches have gotten to know this well ... The first priority in recruiting should always be to get the top players in your state to come to your school. In the recruiting class of 2012, that mission won't change for Ohio State, as the current junior class is one of the best in the history of Ohio high school football. Coaches from all over the country will be swarming the Buckeye state over the next 6-12 months to take their best shot at the abundance of talent available, but Jim

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Moore's 38 Powers Purdue Past Ohio State

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 8:39 p.m.
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Moore's big day kept Purdue perfect at home ... Tip your hat. E'Twaun Moore was a beast today ... Looking for revenge after the Buckeyes harrassed him into a 4/13 shooting night during OSU's 87-64 pasting of Purdue back on January 25th, Moore was a man amongst boys this afternoon netting a career high 38 points on a scorching 13/18 from the floor including a red hot 7/10 from distance as the Boilers posted an impressive 76-63 victory in Mackey Arena ... Not that he needed any help, but Moore

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My Orange Duffel Bag

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 6:29 p.m.

Almost forgot - put up a post over at The Cleveland Fan about My Orange Duffel Bag. Sam Bracken’s story of growing up alternatively abused and neglected, only to find salvation in football, only to have his knee blow out the summer before college is an inspiring read ...

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Purdue Open Thread

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
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TIPOFF ... FAVORITE ... PREVIEW ... TELEVISION ... RADIO ... 1:00PM ET ... Purdue (-1.5) ... #3 Ohio State at #11 Purdue ... CBS ... OSU Basketball Affiliates ...   ...

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Preview: #3 Ohio State at #11 Purdue

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.
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Johnson scored at will in the first meeting ... #3 Ohio State 25-1, 12-1 Big Ten Roster Schedule ... February 20, 2011 1:00 PM ET - CBS —— Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ... #11 Purdue 21-5, 10-3 Big Ten Roster Schedule ... With 5 games remaining in the Big Ten schedule, Ohio State comes into West Lafayette looking to strike a major blow in their quest for the regular season conference title.  With a win over the Boilermakers, OSU will be up by 3 games in the standings with 4 to play.

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Plenty of Talent in the 2011 Free Agency Class at QB

Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 4:31 p.m.

Below is an updated list of Free Agent QB’s that will be out there for anyone to pick from ... Peyton Manning (IND) Franchised – Won’t be going anywhere, and will get a record deal from the Colts that should allow him to retire as a Colt and make a few more runs at a [ ... ] ...

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Where to go from here?

Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 5:25 a.m.

 It’s been a tough few months for me after since  season ended and I am finally over  2010  and looking forward to the 2011 season (if there is one). The Browns ended the season playing some pretty poor football as we all know. The Steelers game was in my opinion the worse game at Cleveland Browns Stadium.There [ ... ] ...

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Dawson and Vickers Among Top AFC North Free Agents

Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 4:42 p.m.

James Walker of ESPN has the 10 Top AFC North Free Agents, and the Browns have two on the list, kicker Phil Dawson and FB Lawrence Vickers:10. Phil Dawson, place-kicker, Cleveland BrownsAnalysis: Dawson has been the face of Cleveland’s special teams since the Browns returned to the NFL in 1999. He had another consistent year [ ... ] ...

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