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BREAKING News: The Match-up between LSU-Troy In Baton Rouge, Louisiana This Saturday Nite has been Postponed. Tiger Stadium has been damaged by Hurricane Gustav.
Rescheduled Date: Saturday November 15th (LSU’s Bye Week). LSU Will have an extra week to prepare for North Texas this Saturady Nite - September 13.
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Three of Ohio State’s first five football games this season will be on the Big Ten Network.  The network will carry the Buckeyes’ Big Ten opener September 27th against Minnesota in Ohio Stadium.  No start time was given.  The Big Ten Network will also broadcast a second OSU Big Ten game later this season.  It [...]

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The Ohio State Buckeyes have been picked to win the Big Ten in preseason voting by media that cover the conference.
The highly-regarded Buckeyes will be seeking their fourth consecutive Big Ten title and third straight appearance in the National Championship Game.  They return 20 starters from last year’s talented squad.
Wisconsin and [...]

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The Ohio State Buckeyes added another top prospect to their 2009 recruiting class on Monday, landing highly-coveted in-state prospect Sam Longo.
Longo, a 6-5, 260-pound offensive guard from Bellbrook High School in Bellbrook, Ohio, is considered one of the top guards in the 2009 recruiting class.
Longo chose Ohio State over Penn State, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Florida [...]

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The Ohio State Buckeyes have added another Top 100 recruit to their 2009 recruiting class, receiving a verbal commitment from highly-rated receiver/cornerback Corey Brown on Tuesday.
Brown, a 6-2 185-pounder with good speed and agility, has the skills to play on either side of the ball at Ohio State and averaged 23.5 yards-per-catch last season as [...]

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The Ohio State Buckeyes continued to add to what is already an outstanding 2009 recruiting class on Monday, receiving a verbal commitment from highly-rated Naples, Florida running back Carlos Hyde.
Hyde, a 6-2 230-pound fullback, is a bruising power runner and also possesses good speed and agility, which should make him a [...]

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The Ohio State Buckeyes have received a commitment from high school All-America receiver Duron Carter.
Carter, a 6-3 185 pounder and the son of former Buckeye and NFL star Chris Carter, caught 22 passes for 365 yards (a 16.5 yards-per-catch average) and eight touchdowns last season as a junior at St. Thomas [...]

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The Ohio State Buckeyes have gone “high-tech” to help keep prized recruit Terrelle Pryor as healthy as possible.
Pryor and seven other top Ohio State recruits recently underwent tests that use motion analysis technology to identify potential weak areas in their bodies.  Then, based on those results, specific strength and exercise programs [...]

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Two newspaper accounts indicate Ohio State backup quarterback Antonio Henton is leaving the Buckeye program.  The “Statesboro Herald” quotes an unidentified ESPN writer as saying Henton told his teammates Wednesday that he was transferring to one-double-A Georgia Southern.  The Columbus Dispatch tracked down head coach Jim Tressel for his reaction, but all he would say [...]

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