Massillon (OH) Washington ATH Gareon Conley is one top prospects in the state of Ohio for the class of 2013. Conley was a Michigan commit for about nine months, but de-committed back in December, a couple of weeks after Ohio State offered him a scholarship. Conley took a visit to Columbus from Decem...

Full Recap of the OSU victory over Illinois on February 1, 2013 Interviews by Curt Heinrichs Assistant wrestling coach J Jaggers spoke with Curt Heinrichs following the #5 Buckeyes' victory over #6 Illinois. Jaggers was a 2-time NCAA Champion in his career as a Buckeye, as well as a multiple t...

Last June, Indianapolis (IN) OG Timothy Gardner committed to Ohio State, or at least he thought he did. It turns out there was some miscommunication between Timothy and the staff and he did not have an offer at the time. The coaches asked Gardner to shed 30 pounds and if he achieved that goal, they ...

Today the Buckeyes officially added 24 new players, which could grow to 25, depending on where Johnny Townsend ends up. I caught up with Toledo (OH) Central Catholic safety Jayme Thompson to talk about officially becoming a Buckeye shortly after he signed his NLOI: Signing/Becoming a Buckeye...

Here is the current scholarship count following NSD. 58 returning players and 24 signed letters of intent. Johnny Townsend is still in the queue. As you can see, if the Buckeyes do indeed add Townsend to this count, it would mean that one of the players below would not be on the roster come the sta...

The first big holiday of 2013 is here as college football's National Singing Day is finally upon us. As is normally the case the last few days and weeks have been a whirlwind of commitments, de-commitments, rumors and guesses but today the rubber meets the road as kids all over the country put p...

Recap by Curt Heinrichs Last night, the #5 ranked Ohio State Buckeye wrestling team (ranking according to January 29th NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll) took their youthful show on the road to Oak Harbor High School to lock horns with #6 Illinois. While it was a home match on the schedule, Oak Harbor HS...

i know this is does not mean vonn bell is a lock to Ohio State, but this is definately a big confidence boost. Mike Farrell is the best recruiting insider i have seen. I rarely see him miss on a recruit prediction. This has got to mean something, right? Bell i believe is a cant-miss, do-everything-p...

Due to the recent addition of my alma mater to the Big Ten, and since I am a life long Ohio State fan, I thought I would share my knowledge of Rutgers, and some personal views on its football program.  Hopfully this will enlighten some B1G fans unfamiliar with Rutgers.  Even better would b...

The hours are starting to seem like days themselves at this point.  It's every college football fans version of Christmas, their birthday, and their wedding anniversary (for those of us that are tied down) all rolled into one.  National Signing Day is the time when every college footba...

Most people seem to think that more people equals more talent.  That is to say that talent is random.  They say if there are more people in the south than in the north then there will be more talented players to choose from in the south.  This logic dictates that not only will more pe...

2013 Rossvile (GA) Ridgeland safety Vonn Bell has been one of Ohio States' top targets for quite some time. Bell has taken his time with the recruiting process. However, it's about to come to an end as he will be announcing his college decision on National Signing Day (02/06/2013) at 10 AM E...

Greetings and salutations fellow 11dubbers. I'm an Art Director for the NFL's Digital Media department, and will be walking amongst all the players tomorrow for Media Day. I thought I'd alert the 11dub nation since, as we all know, no fewer than 4 former Buckeyes(Larry Grant, Alex Boone,...

It's not very often that a recruiting service reviews and reranks recruits, however eSPIN has gotten some good perspective on themselves with this article.  They also go over the top 2009 players and conclude that more times than not, top players fail in their rankings because of off the fi...

With conference expansion talk percolating again in recent days, I've been revisiting my previous analyses (here and here) of logical Big Ten expansion strategy and potential targets. Let's remember the givens: On-field product isn't everything (but it is nonetheless a piece of t...

Here is the latest on the 2014 offensive lineman from Red Bank (NJ) Catholic: The Nelson family spoke with Ed Warinner and Urban Meyer yesterday on the phone. Quenton tries to call Coach Meyer once a week. Because "Q" plays basketball it has been tough to get out for a visit,...

 The SEC recruiting landscape is changing right before our eyes! Its been well documented that college football is cyclical and as of the last decade or so, we all know what conference has been at the top of it. Right  now we are on the verge of a new college football cycle&...

I was reading a wikipedia biography of Urban Meyer and saw where in 1990 a young coach Meyer while still the linebacker coach at Illinois State, called Toledo, Ohio head coach, Nick Saban to see if a position was available on his (Saban's) staff. Saban, however, never returne...

I've talked to a lot of angry people about the way the NFL HoF is run and the selection process is, and I have this to offer. Cris Carter vs Michael Irvin. A Hall of Fame for a sport doesn't necessarily HAVE to include anyone based on stats. Irvin was blessed to preform with elite coaching...

Ohio State has recently put out offers to several 2014 prospects. S Erick Smith, DB Kiy Hester, and DE Solomon Thomas. I caught up with DE Lawrence Marshall, who received an offer a couple weeks ago, and TE Nic Weishar, who received an offer last night. Lawrence Marshall is a 2014 DE from Southfiel...