Ohio State Michigan rivalry transcends the field

When you hear “Ohio State” or “Michigan,” the rivalry and The Game are one of the first things that come to mind. Growing up in Ohio with OSU al…

Turnitin to give Ohio State professors, students a plagiarism check

Ohio State students may soon notice something new after submitting their papers through Carmen. As a result of OSU purchasing a three-year license f…

First run of Ohio State semesters evokes mixed feelings

After 90 years on a quarter system, Ohio State was sure to have some growing pains as the university transitioned from quarters to semesters during…

Ohio State Class of 2017 rings in first year

Nearly 7,100 Ohio State freshmen were introduced to some of the faces and traditions of OSU, as well as some of Columbus’ attractions Monday. Th…

Ohio State tobacco ban violators may face sanctions

Ohio State is asking smokers to leave their cigarettes at home this school year, and if employees or students don’t comply, they could be facing un…

Ohio State students go green, intern for Mayor Michael Coleman

Columbus worked on improving its sustainability this summer with help from some scarlet and gray. As a part of its Get Green Columbus initiative…

Man, 28, rescued from Ohio State’s Mirror Lake is in ICU

An accidental run-in on the Olentangy Trail would end up being the last time Ohio State Ph.D. candidate Krishna Patel would see his acquaintance fr…

Armani Reeves named starting cornerback for Ohio State’s opener against Buffalo

Sophomore cornerback Armani Reeves will have big shoes to fill for the Ohio State football team when it kicks off its season Aug. 31 versus Buffalo…

OSU men’s soccer set to take on IPFW in exhibition match

The Ohio State men’s soccer team will host Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Tuesday at 7 p.m. for the team’s second preseason exh…

Speed major focus for Ohio State football

Going into the 2007 BCS National Championship game, Ohio State was undefeated, the consensus No. 1 team in America and heavily favored to beat Urban Meyer’s Florida Gators for college football’s ultimate prize. Coming out of the title game the Buckeyes were outmatched, overpowered and more than anything else, slow, losing to the Gators 41-14. A longtime weakness of the Big Ten has been its inability to match the speed of teams from the SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12. Since Meyer’s return to his home state of Ohio to head the OSU football program, speed has become a focus of the No. 2 ranked Buckeyes in fall camp. Young players like freshman running back Dontre Wilson have been the talk of Columbus since practices started, showing off blazing speed that Meyer thinks this incoming freshman class can add to an already quick team. “Well the ‘06 team did that at Florida. The ‘06 team injected a bunch of speed and playmakers into that 2006 team. I see very similar qualities,” Meyer said. “You look again and you see what number that is and I feel like same way on offense. I feel a little bit of a jolt that’s really going to help us.” At an OSU Media Day, Wilson said he was in a new situation coming into a team and not being the fastest player on the field. “I don’t know, I could probably say that right now about (Bradley) Roby. I don’t know me and him haven’t raced or anything like that yet,” Wilson said of who he thought was the fastest on the team. “I’ve been pretty much one of the fastest players on each of the teams I’ve played on.” Junior wide receiver Evan Spencer was a big part of the offense last season, finishing fourth on the team in both receptions and yards, but has seen a vast improvement in the team’s second year under Meyer’s system. Spencer said he’s confident the team knows its playbook so far. “We’ve still got a lot of tricks up our sleeve and a lot of concepts that we didn’t put in, but in terms of the base core stuff that we’ve got in, everybody’s got it down (pat)