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Big Ten chat: today at noon ET

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Some of you aren’t too pleased with me because of this and this. Well, here’s your chance to take a swing at the human piñata.

Join me today at noon ET for the Big Ten chat. Let’s talk all things Big Ten football.

My chat will be going on hiatus the next few weeks because of BCS meetings and the like, so don’t miss out. See you at noon ET.

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Roots of Auburn's struggles in baseball, basketball may date to year of change in 2004

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AUBURN, Alabama – Two months ago, the men's basketball season ended with a first-round exit in the SEC tournament at New Orleans Arena, only a few hours after it was revealed that suspended starting point guard Varez Ward had been investigated for point-shaving.

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Mid-American Conference recognizes year's best, Hall of Famers at Honors Dinner – photo gallery

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Six Hall of Famers recognized during May 17 event at Renaissance Cleveland Hotel.

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Quick Bullets

Silver Bullet Recruiting — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:36:00 +0000

2013 RB Taquan Mizzell Will announce his summer visits sometime next week 2013 OL Dorian Johnson Going to camps at Penn State and Pittsburgh in 2 weeks Visiting Ohio State June 23rd 2014 WR Dominique Booth Could be receiving new offers soon from Minnesota, Arkansas, Stanford, and Nebraska 2014 ATH Jalen Hurd Might be attending the Rivals Elite Camp at end of June Definitely attending camps at Ohio State and Alabama Has top 2 of Alabama and Ohio State 2014 OL Mason Cole Knows he will be camping at Clemson, South Carolina, and Florida State 2014 OT Jimmy Byrne Told me he has 4 schools sticking out: Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Illinois Visiting a lot of them in June which should give him a good idea of where he wants to go Will keep his options open A decision should come after his junior season 2014 RB Devine Redding Michigan at school last week showed interest. Want him to come to camp. Definitely going to camp at Alabama on June 3rd. 2014 Safety Devon Rogers Definitely going to camp at Cincinnati and Ohio State Also trying…

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Ohio State Football: What You Need to Know About the Buckeyes’ RB Depth

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Ohio State’s new inside zone-read game will depend heavily not just on Braxton Miller, but also on the running backs the Buckeyes have to offer. This group is a diverse mix of smaller, quicker backs and bigger power backs that can help out in a large array of offensive situations.
OSU returns only three backs with experience: Jordan Hall, Carlos Hyde and Rod Smith. But those three do have the ability to make plays in the running game.
Hall is the best receiver of the three. He should be more heavily utilized in the passing game this year, rather than taking handoffs and running up the middle. He has some good quickness and the ability to make some players miss, even though he doesn’t have breakaway speed.
Hyde has excellent speed for any back. To have it at 240 pounds is just a huge bonus. He has a little bit of Beanie Wells in him when it comes to the speed-size combination. However, Wells has many more moves in the open field than Hyde does, and he has the amazing stiff arm that…

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A year after his departure, Jim Tressel carries no regrets from his Ohio State years

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A year after was forced out at Ohio State, Jim Tressel said he carries no scars and hopes one day to reconnect with the Buckeyes.

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Big Ten Football Top 150 Players: No. 119, Corey Linsley, Ohio State Center

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No. 119: Corey Linsley, #71, C, Ohio State
2011 Stats: Backup guard/center
Strengths
Few, if any Buckeyes have undergone as complete a transformation as Linsley has under Urban Meyer, and for that he finds himself starting at center and leading a reloading offensive line. Linsley’s strength has always been there, but coaches can now count on his focus and commitment as well, and that’s how Linsley won the center job so easily in the spring of 2012.
Weaknesses
What Linsley still lacks, however, is a lot of game experience. He was a backup throughout his first three years on campus, and one would have hoped for more physical development to show for that amount of time in the program. He was also suspended for an undisclosed violation of team rules last season. One would think most of these weaknesses are things of the past, though.
2012 Prediction
Linsley is a new starter in a conference full of very good returning starters at center, so no matter how well he does in 2012, he’s a…

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Ohio State Football: 10 Players with the Most Work to Do This Summer

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For most, summer is a time for fun, vacation and relaxation, but for these certain players, it will be a time of rigorous work and hopefully, improvement. Last year’s Buckeyes were extremely far from perfect and were honestly one of the worst Ohio State teams in the past 10 years.
Luckily, Urban Meyer looks to have things heading in the right direction, but the new head coach is no miracle worker, and if the Buckeyes are going to return to their old ways, a few players are going to have to improve before the season begins.
Here’s to hoping they really bring it this summer and take the field ready to make a major difference.
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Ohio State Football: Death Threats Latest Black Eye for Buckeye Recruiting

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Ohio State’s doing a lot of things really well in recruiting. The Ohio State coaches in particular are recruiting very well. Recruits love the coaches! The coaches are not screwing anything up about Ohio State recruiting!
The fans, though…well, we’re going to have to talk about the fans. Not all of them, obviously, but enough of them that it’s hurting Ohio State’s reputation, and it has actively pushed away at least two recruits this year alone.
The latest incident on the radar is the Ohio State fan reaction to Michigan commit Logan Tuley-Tillman’s self-mail arson, or whatever you want to call lighting an Oho State recruiting letter on fire. Now, that’s a pretty disrespectful thing to do to Ohio State, and if talking to recruits and/or their families wasn’t creepy as all hell, an Ohio State fan might even be justified in calling Tuley-Tillman a jerk.
What is not justifiable in any damn sense, however, is directing death threats at Tuley-Tillman and his family, even in jest,…

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Jim Tressel's legacy may be tarnished, but he remains an Ohio icon: Bill Livingston

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Jim Tressel made Cleveland more of an Ohio State town than it ever was before. He's taking his exile one day at a time.

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