OSU expects return of 3 on defense Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said Monday that the No. 3 Buckeyes expect to get two defensive starters back for Saturday's rivalry matchup at Michigan. Linebacker Curtis Grant and cornerback Doran Grant should suit up against the Wolverines after missing time with injuries, Meyer said. read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...rn-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-michigan-wolverines
AD: Brady Hoke not on hot seat Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon has placed his strong support behind coach Brady Hoke, writing in a blog post that Hoke will lead the program "well into the future" despite a disappointing 7-4 season. Brandon used his blog to quash rumors about Hoke's job status. His comments come a day after Jabrill Peppers, Michigan's top recruit in the 2014 class, said he plans to take official visits elsewhere because of "the rumors about Coach Hoke possibly not being there," Peppers told ESPN.com's Tom VanHaaren. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...hletic-director-dave-brandon-backs-brady-hoke
Ohio State survives when Michigan's 2-point attempt fails The 110th game between Ohio State and Michigan might have been the most thrilling, a back-and-forth affair that came down to one final play. The Wolverines went for the win -- and the Buckeyes stayed undefeated. Tyvis Powell intercepted Devin Gardner's 2-point conversion pass with 32 seconds left and No. 3 Ohio State held on for a 42-41 victory against Michigan on Saturday as one of the greatest rivalries in sports added another memorable chapter to its storied history. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333340130
No. 11 Michigan State completes perfect Big Ten regular season Bullough led another fabulous effort by the Michigan State defense, and the 11th-ranked Spartans wrapped up an unbeaten regular season in Big Ten play with a 14-3 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. Jeremy Langford ran for 134 yards and a touchdown for Michigan State, which had already clinched a spot in next weekend's league championship game against Ohio State. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333340127
Christian Hackenberg, Penn State ruin Wisconsin's BCS hopes A bright future for Penn State emerged on a cool, crisp day in the Midwest. Strong-armed freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg figures to only improve for the Nittany Lions. Hackenberg played with the poise and touch of a seasoned veteran, throwing for 339 yards and four touchdowns, and Penn State pounced on a slew of Badgers blunders before holding off a late rally to upset No. 15 Wisconsin 31-24 on Saturday. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333340275
Urban Meyer won't suspend players If two key Ohio State players are going to miss any additional playing time following ejections for fighting, that punishment will have to come from the Big Ten office. Urban Meyer will have conversations with both athletic director Gene Smith and league officials on Sunday, but the Buckeyes coach twice indicated that the amount of action starting right guard Marcus Hall and versatile offensive weapon Dontre Wilson missed after getting penalized in the second quarter on Saturday at Michigan should fulfill the on-field punishments. And while he indicated no final decision had been made, Meyer certainly seemed to anticipate having both players available for a huge showdown this week in the Big Ten championship when the No. 3 Buckeyes take on No. 11 Michigan State. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...keyes-players-marcus-hall-dontre-wilson-fight
Michigan St. ruins Ohio State's win streak, path to BCS title game Connor Cook was determined to shake things up in the Big Ten title game. By the end of the night, the sophomore quarterback's teammates were bouncing up and down right along with him. No. 10 Michigan State rallied from a seven-point third-quarter deficit by scoring the final 17 points Saturday night to upset No. 2 Ohio State 34-24 and deny the Buckeyes a chance to play for the VIZIO BCS National Championship. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333410127
Multiple arrests in East Lansing Thousands of Michigan State students and fans celebrated the football team's Big Ten title win Saturday night with large, rowdy bonfires. East Lansing police arrested "multiple people" Saturday night near River and Cedar streets, Capt. Jeff Murphy said in a statement. No injuries were reported in what he called "a large civil disturbance." The No. 10 Spartans defeated No. 2 Ohio State 34-24 late Saturday, earning its first Rose Bowl appearance in a quarter-century. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...n-state-spartans-fans-get-rowdy-big-ten-title
Raekwon McMillan commits to OSU Raekwon McMillan (Hinesville, Ga./Liberty County), the nation's top linebacker and the No. 12 overall recruit in the ESPN 300 rankings, committed to Ohio State on Monday afternoon. McMillan chose the Buckeyes over Alabama, Clemson and Auburn. The 6-foot-2, 249-pound Under Armour All-American gives a huge recruiting win to Urban Meyer, who continues to recruit the Southeast extremely well. McMillan will join quarterback Stephen Collier (Leesburg, Ga./Lee County High) with the Buckeyes. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-sports/r...ion-no-12-recruit-commits-ohio-state-buckeyes
Melvin Gordon to return to Badgers Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon will return for his redshirt junior season in 2014, he announced Friday. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...ordon-pass-nfl-draft-return-wisconsin-badgers
Devin Gardner iffy for bowl game Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner likely will miss the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl with a turf toe injury if he doesn't return to practice by Wednesday, coach Brady Hoke said Monday. Gardner, who sustained the injury to his left foot in Michigan's regular-season finale against Ohio State on Nov. 30, exited the team plane Monday afternoon on crutches and wearing a walking boot. He will not practice Monday. Hoke said freshman Shane Morris, who has been working with the starting offense throughout bowl practices, would start at quarterback against Kansas State if Gardner cannot. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...higan-wolverines-iffy-buffalo-wild-wings-bowl
Michigan will start freshman quarterback Shane Morris in place of Devin Gardner in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl against Kansas State on Saturday, coach Brady Hoke announced Thursday. Gardner, a redshirt junior, remains sidelined by a turf toe injury. Morris has appeared in only four games this season. He has completed 5 of 9 passes for 65 yards and accounted for one interception. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...k-michigan-wolverines-buffalo-wild-wings-bowl
Spartans' Max Bullough suspended Michigan State has suspended senior linebacker Max Bullough for violating team rules, making him ineligible to play in the Rose Bowl. In a news release sent early Thursday, Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said Bullough had been suspended for the rest of the season. He did not say what rules the two-time team captain violated. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...higan-state-spartans-suspended-miss-rose-bowl
Nebraska's Avery Moss ruled out Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive end Avery Moss did not accompany the team to the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl and won't play against Georgia as he deals with a "personal issue," Huskers coach Bo Pelini told reporters Friday. As a redshirt freshman, Moss ranked third on the team with eight tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks this season. Moss has a scheduled court date on Monday to answer public indecency charges from a December 2012 incident. He is accused of exposing himself to a convenience store worker in Lincoln. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...ebraska-cornhuskers-avery-moss-personal-issue
Noah Spence suspended 3 games Ohio State sophomore defensive end Noah Spence has been suspended three games, starting with Friday's Discover Orange Bowl against Clemson, for violating an unspecified Big Ten rule. The Buckeyes announced the suspension on Wednesday morning and said Spence and his parents did not agree with the ruling by the conference. Ohio State and the Spence family then spent time "exhausting the appeals process that was available to them with the Big Ten," the statement read. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...te-buckeyes-noah-spence-suspended-three-games
99-yard TD pass propels Cornhuskers past No. 23 Bulldogs No. 23 Georgia was near the end zone all day. Seven times to be exact. The Bulldogs scored just one touchdown in seven trips inside the 21-yard line, their biggest downfall in a 24-19 loss to Nebraska in the rain-soaked Gator Bowl on Wednesday. read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=340010061
Michigan State stops Stanford to win 100th Rose Bowl When Kyler Elsworth soared over the pile to deliver the final hit of Michigan State's season, the storybook ending came with a moral. After so many years outside the spotlight, the Spartans are in nobody's shadow anymore. And for the first time in 26 years, they're Rose Bowl champions. Connor Cook passed for a career-high 332 yards and hit Tony Lippett with a tiebreaking 25-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, leading No. 4 Michigan State to a 24-20 victory over No. 5 Stanford on Wednesday night in the 100th Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=340010127
Assistants may join O'Brien - Eight coaches with ties to the Penn State program have left in the wake of Bill O'Brien's departure for the NFL's Houston Texans, a university spokesman confirmed Monday. Only three coaches, including interim head coach Larry Johnson, remain on the Nittany Lions' staff. Assistant coaches John Butler, Stan Hixon, Charles London and Anthony Midget have submitted their resignations, effective Monday, as did Jim Bernhardt, special assistant to the head coach. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...ssistant-coach-leave-penn-state-nittany-lions
Michigan fires OC Al Borges Michigan fired offensive coordinator Al Borges on Wednesday. "Decisions like these are never easy," coach Brady Hoke said through a news release. "I have a great amount of respect for Al as a football coach and, more importantly, as a person." Borges, who also was the Wolverines' quarterbacks coach, was a member of Hoke's staff at San Diego State during the 2009 and 2010 seasons and was previously an offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Auburn (2004-07), Indiana (2002-03), Cal (2001), UCLA (1996-2000), Oregon (1995) and Boise State (1993-94). Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...lverines-fire-offensive-coordinator-al-borges
Michigan hires Doug Nussmeier Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier will join Michigan in the same capacity to replace Al Borges, the school announced Thursday. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...es-hires-doug-nussmeier-offensive-coordinator
