No. 1 Ohio St. rolls over Bowling Green
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Troy Smith threw three touchdown passes, Antonio Pittman ran for two scores and Ohio State started its second month as the No. 1 team in the nation with an easy 35-7 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday.
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Ohio State keeps winning. Barely. Jamar Butler scored 18 points and Greg Oden had 17 points and 14 rebounds to help the No. 2 Buckeyes beat Penn State for the second time in eight days, 68-60 on Wednesday night.
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By RUSTY MILLER  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The way Ohio State coach Thad Matta sees it, a freshman-laden team is much-improved by February. He's banking on that Sunday when the Buckeyes take on Wisconsin in the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between Big Ten teams.
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Ohio State (7-2) handled Texas Tech&#39;s (5-2) pressure defense and overcame anemic foul shooting to hang on for their first road win of the season, 77-71 over the Red Raiders.
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Troy Smith and Ted Ginn Jr. were looking out for No. 1. Smith tossed touchdown passes of 5 and 58 yards to Ginn on top-ranked Ohio State's first two possessions to fuel the Buckeyes' 35-12 victory over Northern Illinois on Saturday.
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Troy Smith barely got on the field for Ohio State this season. After the Buckeyes&#39; biggest game of the year, he had trouble getting off of it.
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Greg Oden took a half to get acclimated. Once he settled in, he became the force on offense that No. 1 Ohio State needed for its 15th straight victory.
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Ohio State matched the record for the most lopsided victory in the women&#39;s program when the 11th-ranked Buckeyes defeated Ohio 107-37 Wednesday night.
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Speed wins. Or at least that is the perception in many quarters of college football. And Louisiana State had more speed than Ohio State, which was one of the reasons the No. 1-ranked and once-beaten Buckeyes were slight underdogs against the twice-beaten and No. 2-ranked Tigers in last night's BCS championship game at the Superdome.
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This time, Ohio State needed four whole plays to reach the end zone in the BCS national championship game. Mirroring its quick start in last year's final game, Chris "Beanie" Wells broke off a 65-yard run on the first possession and the top-ranked Buckeyes and No. 2 LSU were tied 10-10 in the second quarter of the title game.
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Miami of Ohio has the emotion and Iowa State has the motivation.
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By Perryn Keys, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Sep. 10--AUSTIN -- They braved the roads, battled the massive crowds, took in the atmosphere and even walked all over the University of Texas campus looking for overpriced tickets -- just to cheer on their beloved Ohio State Buckeyes.
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Bruce Gradkowski throws three of his four touchdown passes to Lance Moore, leading Toledo to a 35-27 win over Miami (Ohio) in the MAC championship game Thursday night.
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If Ohio State can play this well when there&#39;s turmoil, keep the scandals coming. The Buckeyes fought through the Maurice Clarett allegations by obliterating Michigan, and then dismissed the Troy Smith fiasco by playing its best game of the year.
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For a change, there was little change at the top of the Top 25. Ohio State was No. 1 with Boston College second and LSU third, which is how they they lined up last week.
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Greg Oden scored 22 points &#151; 15 in the second half &#151; and No. 1 Ohio State won its 15th straight game, beating Michigan 72-62 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament.
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Justin Zwick overcame a hamstring pull to throw for 189 yards and a touchdown Wednesday night as Ohio State downed Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl, 33-7.