The following is the released depth chart by Ohio State for the Northern Illinois game this Saturday with first and second team:
OFFENSE
SE Roy Hall (SR); Brian Robiskie (SO)
LT Alex Boone (SO); Steve Rehring (SO)
LG Tim Shafer (SR); Kyle Mitchum (SO)
C Doug Datish (SR); Tyler Whaley (SO) or Jim Cordle (FR)
RG T.J. Downing (SR); Ben […]

Last November, I was interviewing Ohio State placekicker Josh Huston about the younger kickers on the team.
He offered the following insight:
“Aaron Pettrey is going to be really good,” Huston noted. “He has got a great leg.”
Yesterday at the OSU kick scrimmage, I think Huston’s foreshadowing became a prophecy.
Pettrey went 9-for-9 on field goal attempts, including […]

When Jim O’Brien was in town, if any of his basketball players (sans perhaps Scoonie Penn, Michael Redd or Ken Johnson) had made an appearance at an event like the night practice Ohio State held this past Monday evening, few people would have known or even cared.
But imagine when Greg Oden, Daequan Cook, Michael Conley, […]

I used to think that thousands of people reading your work everyday was a hefty amount of pressure.
How about 28,000 watching you practice? If Jim Tressel’s sweaters weren’t so conveniently vested, you might think he’d be sporting some nervous pit-stains thanks to the expectations these pre-season is generating in Columbus.
Ah, who am I kidding? The […]

Has Chad Hoobler flown the coup?
Rumors are surfacing that the third-year defensive end, who just was switched there this offseason from linebacker, has transferred to the Ashland Eagles - a powerhouse Division 2 program in North Central Ohio.
There has been no confirmation on the part of Ohio State thus far, but the rumor appears to […]