The punishment isn't over yet, but Storm Klein's absence from Ohio State officially has ended.After a charge of domestic violence was dismissed and the senior linebacker pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor disorderly conduct on Wednesday, Klein's status was re-evaluated by Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer on Thursday.Klein will continue to face discipline that includes a minimum two-game... [Read More]

The recent rough patch Ohio State has dealt with in the offseason doesn't appear to be over. A man matching the description of Buckeyes linebacker Storm Klein faces one charge of domestic violence and one for assault, according to a Franklin County Municipal Court case summary, perhaps providing new coach Urban Meyer with another early bit of adversity. According to the court records, a 6-foot-3,... [Read More]

Jordan Hall, No. 1 on Ohio State's depth chart at running back, will be out for about 10 weeks after undergoing surgery on Friday for a cut on the bottom of his right foot. Hall, with 817 career rushing yards, is a senior who first-year coach Urban Meyer had singled out as one of the team's top potential playmakers. Hall was walking in grass outside his residence in Columbus... [Read More]

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer took aim at some of the problems he sees in college athletics during a news conference promoting the Sound Mind Sound Body Academy in suburban Detroit on Wednesday morning.And what irked Meyer most was that high school athletes have to pay their own way to campuses for unofficial visits and camps. The NCAA allows five official visits to schools, paid for by the... [Read More]

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. The ancillary errors by Meyer and Smith are part of 46 secondary violations in 21 sports at Ohio State reported since last May 30. The Plain Dealer obtained the list of violations through an open... [Read More]

Alex Anzalone of Wyomissing, Pa., decommitted from Ohio State's recruiting class Friday after a convicted sex offender posted a photo on the Internet of himself and the junior linebacker, taken during Anzalone's unofficial visit to the Buckeyes' campus last month.Anzalone, rated No. 65 in the ESPN 150 and the No. 4 prospect in Pennsylvania, committed to Ohio State April 21 while visiting Columbus... [Read More]

Authorities say former Ohio State football player Ray Small has been charged with drug possession in southern Ohio after a traffic stop.The State Highway Patrol says Small was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for allegedly speeding on Route 33 Sunday.Meigs County Court officials in Pomeroy say the 24-year-old from Columbus was charged with possession of the narcotic oxycodone. He's accused of... [Read More]

Ohio State has announced that Bill Sheridan will join new coach Urban Meyer's coaching staff as a defensive assistant.Sheridan, a Detroit native who attended Grand Valley State University, has coached for 31 years including seven seasons in the NFL. He was the linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins the past two seasons. He won a Super Bowl ring in 2007 in his five years with the New York... [Read More]

Ex-Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter violated his bond conditions in a fraud case by twice testing positive for cocaine and by refusing several times to provide urine samples, according to a federal probation officer.The former star, whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction, made a brief court appearance Thursday following his arrest at his central Ohio residence a day... [Read More]

New Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has dismissed two players for off-the-field problems.Ohio State spokesman Jerry Emig confirmed Sunday that defensive backs Dominic Clarke and DerJuan Gambrell have been released from their scholarships.Clarke, a redshirt sophomore from Frederick, Md., has been charged with drunken driving and also had been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct after... [Read More]

North Carolina interim coach Everett Withers is heading to Ohio State to become Urban Meyer's co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach.ESPN's Joe Schad reported on Dec. 14 that Ohio State would be hiring Withers, who confirmed his move Wednesday."We've known each other for a couple years," Withers said of Meyer. "A few years ago we talked when the Florida defensive... [Read More]

For the last several months, Noah Spence's plan was to make an announcement at the Under Armour All-America Game. And up until three weeks ago, Ohio State wasn't going to be one of the hats on the table.On Sunday, during an official visit to Ohio State, though, Spence, a five-star defensive end ranked No. 4 overall nationally, committed to the Buckeyes -- the program's third ESPNU 150 commit in... [Read More]

Urban Meyer's first Ohio State team won't be bowl-bound.The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and other penalties on Tuesday for a scandal that involved eight players taking a total of $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange for jerseys, rings and other Buckeyes memorabilia. Tipped to the violations, then-coach Jim Tressel failed to speak up.The university had previously offered to... [Read More]

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Urban Meyer has hired a quarterbacks coach whose first order of business will be to tutor blossoming star Braxton Miller. Ohio State confirmed to the Associated Press on Friday that it had hired Iowa State assistant Tom Herman to join Meyer's staff. Herman has spent the past three seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Cyclones, who ran a spread offense. Iowa State... [Read More]

hio State asked for and received NCAA approval to exceed the limit of football coaches on staff through the Buckeyes' bowl game. The existing staff, under Luke Fickell, will prepare the Buckeyes on the field in the days leading up to and including their Gator Bowl game against Florida on Jan. 2. Then there is incoming coach Urban Meyer, who will handle only recruiting while hiring his own... [Read More]

Mike Stoops has met with new Ohio State coach Urban Meyer but said Thursday afternoon he will not comment whether he has been offered a job on the Buckeyes' staff. "I don't comment on that stuff," Stoops said in a telephone interview with The Oklahoman. "But I can confirm that I have visited with coach Meyer." Stoops, brother of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, was fired at Arizona... [Read More]

Former Florida coach Urban Meyer has taken the head coaching job at Ohio State, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday morning. Meyer, who led the Gators to two national championships before stepping down to spend more time with his family amid ongoing reports of health concerns, had worked as a game analyst this season for ESPN. But he asked to be taken off his assignments for the network this... [Read More]

If Ohio State offers Urban Meyer its coaching job, "I'll have a decision to make," the ex-Florida coach said, according to The Gainesville Sun. There is no offer at present, Meyer, currently a college football analyst at ESPN, told the newspaper. "I'm in a good place right now mentally and physically. So if something happens with Ohio State, I'll have a decision to make. But there... [Read More]

The NCAA has notified Ohio State that it will face a "failure to monitor" charge in addition to more allegations of rules violations by its troubled football program. Ohio State will strip itself of five total football scholarships over the next three years in response to the further alleged violations, the school announced Thursday. The Buckeyes, who were awaiting a ruling after... [Read More]