DALLAS — When the Cotton Bowl trophy is given to the winner between Ohio State and USC Friday, the Buckeyes will watch  nine senior starters head to the locker room dressed in Scarlet and Gray for the final time. Leaders and key players like center ...

DALLAS — In April, should he decide to forgo his final year of eligibility, USC quarterback Sam Darnold will likely be selected at the top of the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. But before one of the top quarterbacks in the nation likely ...

Depth was not an issue for the Ohio State defensive line in 2017. At the very least, it was not an issue at defensive end. That narrative could flip in 2018. Ohio State is guaranteed to lose two players at both defensive end and defensive ...

When the College Football Playoff committee announced its four teams that would compete for a national championship and excluded Ohio State, the word “devastated” was used to describe the feeling of the players by both linebacker Chris Worley and head coach Urban Meyer. But now ...

The awards continued to pile up for a trio of Ohio State players. Redshirt senior center Billy Price, junior cornerback Denzel Ward and sophomore defensive end Nick Bosa were named first-team All-Americans by the American Football Coaches Association on Wednesday. The announcement comes just two ...

Buckeye Grove will be adding a pair of trees to its ever-growing garden. Ohio State redshirt senior center Billy Price and junior cornerback Denzel Ward were named first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press on Monday. Since those two were honored as first-team All-Americans, they will ...

INDIANAPOLIS — “Defense wins championships” is the most overused phrase in sports. It will be used one million times or more in the coming weeks as four teams prepare for a shot at a national title. Saturday, the phrase was gospel. No. 8 Ohio State ...

Ohio State’s vaunted defensive line adds its fourth piece of hardware in as many years. Sophomore defensive end Nick Bosa was named the Big Ten Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year, the conference announced Thursday. This comes one year after his teammate, redshirt senior defensive ...

Wisconsin has historically been a rush-heavy team with talented running backs. But that does not happen without the massive linemen for which the program has become known. Former Badger running back Montee Ball ran behind three-time Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick. Future Hall of Fame ...

Seven Ohio State defenders and three special teamers were honored on All-Big Ten teams, the conference announced Tuesday morning. Defensive ends Nick Bosa, Tyquan Lewis and Sam Hubbard, cornerback Denzel Ward, safeties Jordan Fuller and Damon Webb and defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones represented the Ohio ...