February 15, 201015 yr We lost out on some alleged big time recruits this year that some "insiders" thought we were going to get - Lamarcus Joyner (Fla kid going to FSU), Sean Henderson (Minn kid going to USC). But, IMO, what hurts is that we might have had our worst year in Ohio in recent memory. The state's consensus top player, Jordan Hicks, went to Texas. Another top 5 guy, Matt James, went to ND. Latwan Anderson from Glenville verballed to WVU but might change his mind and go to USC. It appears Tressel's fence has a couple holes that need mending. That said, we do have an overall young team and that has to be discouraging to some top line recruits who want immediate PT. I suspect 2011 will be much better on the recruiting front. Can't disagree with that assessment. Apparently the Buckeyes were the second choice of two top lineman - Henderson who chose USC and James who chose ND. If one or both of them had picked OSU, the Buckeyes probably would have been ranked much higher. And according to some reports, Henderson might not be fully committed to USC... College football: Does OSU still have a shot at Henderson? Blue-chip offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson chose Southern California over Ohio State, but according to a New York Times report this morning, he did not sign a national letter of intent with the Trojans, which means OSU might still have a shot. A Times writer shadowed Henderson, from St. Paul (Cretin-Derham Hall), Minn., in the days leading up to his choice announcement on the CBS College Sports channel late yesterday afternoon in New York. The report in today's paper included the following: "And it may not be over: According to his father, Sean, Henderson is not signing his letter of intent until USC appears before an NCAA infractions committee later this month. Though any possible sanctions may not come at that time, Sean Henderson said the family would get a sense of where the investigation was heading." Henderson has until April 1 to sign his national letter of intent. February 3rd simply was the first day the letter could be signed.
February 15, 201015 yr Some miscellaneous news: OSU Football: Pryor has minor knee surgery OSU Football: Another Griffin becomes a Buckeye
February 15, 201015 yr I played against Archie's other son (who went to Shaker) when I was in high school. The local media followed him closely all season and seemed to basically ignore the feats of another player in that Shaker class - Nate Clements (currently, one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL and a 4 yr starter at OSU). This is a legacy scholarship IMO. We'll see, but the kid is very short and very light to be an OSU football player. Special teams player at best probably. Too bad, he maybe could have starred at a smaller college.
February 17, 201015 yr Trustees approve hike to $70 football tickets Friday, February 5, 2010 By Encarnacion Pyle, The Columbus Dispatch Ohio State University trustees approved increased ticket prices for football and men's basketball. OSU Athletics Director Gene Smith said the increases are needed to cover rising operating costs, such as debt service, utilities, financial aid for athletes and travel, and losses caused by the recession. Ohio State's $118 million Athletics Department is entirely self-supporting. It has 36 varsity sports and more than 900 athletes. Football tickets would increase to: $70 for single games; up $7 $56 for faculty/staff; up $4 $32 for students; up $1 Men's basketball tickets would increase to: $28 per game; up $1 $15 for students; up 50 cents $19.50 or $23 for faculty/staff; up 50 cents Full article at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/05/ohio-state-football-tickets-trustees.html?sid=101
February 17, 201015 yr The Dispatch also had a rundown of the per-game ticket prices for the top 15 college programs nationally, as ranked by average attendance in 2009. Here are the top five programs listed below - OSU is third. 1) Michigan Conference: Big Ten Stadium: Michigan Stadium Capacity: 106,201 2009 average attendance: 108,933 2009 pricing: $50, $55, $59 or $65, depending on opponent 2) Penn State Conference: Big Ten Stadium: Beaver Stadium Capacity: 107,282 2009 average attendance: 107,008 2009 pricing: Season ticket, $55 per game; single game, $67 3) Ohio State Conference: Big Ten Stadium: Ohio Stadium Capacity: 102,239 2009 average attendance: 105,261 2009 pricing: $63 4) Texas Conference: Big 12 Stadium: Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Capacity: 100,119 2009 average attendance: 101,175 2009 pricing: Season ticket, $62.50; single game, $65, $70, $80 or $95, depending on opponent 5) Tennessee Conference: Southeastern Stadium: Neyland Stadium Capacity: 102,037 2009 average attendance: 99,220 2009 pricing: $40, $60 or $70, depending on opponent College programs ranked by attendance 6th thru 15th are: Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, USC, Oklahoma, Auburn, Norte Dame and Wisconsin. Full rankings at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/02/04/football_pricing.ART_ART_02-04-10_A4_H8GGC90.html?sid=101
February 20, 201015 yr STADIUM PARKING SPOTS OSU wants top tailgaters to pay in full Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 3:06 AM By Bill Bush, The Columbus Dispatch Each of the primo parking spaces surrounding Ohio Stadium is supposed to generate $5,000 in donations to Ohio State University every year. But more than 400 people were getting season parking passes in six tailgating lots near Ohio Stadium without giving the required annual gift, an audit has found. Some were paying zero. The party is over. Letters went out recently informing 426 parkers that they must whip out the checkbook or move to a more distant lot. Members of the Buckeye Club, whose donations support the athletics program, received 252 of the letters. The rest went to members of the President's Club, who support other university causes, and longtime season-ticket holders. "It ended up being about 20 percent of the people roughly who aren't making the requisite contribution," Pat Chun, senior associate athletics director for external relations said. "We're just trying to make sure that it's a level playing field." Some of the people have held the parking privileges so long that the university isn't sure what they were promised, Chun said. Some are lifetime season-ticket holders, a program ended in the 1980s, and the university has no documentation whether their parking privileges also were billed as "lifetime," he said. Full article at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/20/buckeyes_parking.ART_ART_02-20-10_A1_L0GL6BV.html?sid=101
March 1, 201015 yr Ohio State to kick off 2014 season in Baltimore Business First of Columbus Monday, March 1, 2010 M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore will host a game between Ohio State University and the Naval Academy on Labor Day weekend 2014 to open the football season for both schools. The game, a home contest for the Midshipmen from nearby Annapolis, is the latest move by the NFL's Baltimore Ravens to bring high-profile sporting events to the 71,000-seat stadium. Buckeyes fans have a history of traveling in big numbers, with as many as 30,000 heading to road games, Ravens executives say. Chet Gladchuk, Navy’s athletic director, said the academy has never played at M&T Bank Stadium without drawing a sellout crowd. The team has played a handful of games there against Army, Notre Dame and the University of Maryland. A home game versus Ohio State was ideal for a larger park because Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium's capacity is 37,000, Gladchuk said. FULL ARTICLE: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/02/22/daily43.html
March 16, 201015 yr Antonio Underwood from Shaker Heights High School just became the 4th commit for the 2011 Class!!! Congrats Antonio, do us proud! Last player Shaker sent to Ohio State was Nate Clements... we all know how that ended. :) WOOT WOOT!
May 16, 201015 yr Some non-football, non-basketball coaching changes at Ohio State. First, the OSU men's hockey team has a new head coach: OSU men's hockey: Osiecki named head coach Mark Osiecki will be the new men's hockey coach at Ohio State. He was previously the top assistant at Wisconsin the past six years. Osiecki was the recruiting coordinator and defensive coach at Wisconsin, which advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four championship game this past season and won the national title in 2006. The Badgers made four NCAA Tournament appearances and five appearances in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five during his tenure. Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/04/24/0424-osu-hires-hockey-coach.html?sid=101
May 16, 201015 yr And the second non-football, non-basketball coaching change is baseball head coach Bob Todd announced that he would be retiring at the end of this season. His 23rd season as the Buckeyes head coach. Todd calls it a day Ohio State's longtime baseball coach will retire at end of the season Thursday, May 6, 2010 By Mark Znidar, The Columbus Dispatch The first time Ohio State baseball coach Bob Todd thought about retirement came in March during the team's annual spring break trip to sunny Winter Haven, Florida. It would have seemed that Todd was living life large. It was his 23rd season as Buckeyes coach, he was in the first year of a lucrative three-year contract and his team was star-studded. But as he blankly stared out a window 90 minutes before a team dinner, Todd thought about his family and, for once in his life, just kicking back. Todd, 61, told his wife, Glenda, and their four adult children last week that missing family occasions would soon become a thing of the past. "My feeling was the time was right," he said. "I'd rather go out too early than too late." Ohio State will lose the man who was a driving force behind transforming the Buckeyes from also-rans to national power and building 4,500-seat Davis Stadium with booster Bill Wells and his aunt, Dorothy Davis. Todd has won eight regular-season Big Ten championships and seven conference tournament championships, and has made the NCAA Tournament 13 times. He has won an Ohio State-record 897 games and 1,021 in all. Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/05/06/todd-calls-it-a-day.html?sid=101
June 9, 201015 yr http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5268408 Looks like the Cornhuskers are going to be the first to jump ship from the sinking Big 12. This will cause a domino effect IMO. Personally, I am looking forward to a 2 Division B10, which may look something like this - EAST Ohio State Penn State Indiana Purdue Michigan Michigan State WEST Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Northwestern Geographically it makes sense, and the balance of power is not that far off center (unless Michigan returns to glory). It would maintain the OSU-Mich end of season game, even if that game would lose a bit of luster.... as if it hasn't already. I could also see the B10 adding a few more teams, such as Rutgers, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Missouri, possibly even Texas (although they appear Pac10 bound if the B12 breaks up). I am going to guess it is a no from Notre Dame, or otherwise the B10 probably would have closed the fence and been happy with that pick up by itself. Some of those eastern teams would move the Indiana schools over the west I would assume.
June 9, 201015 yr I'd like to see Notre Dame and either Rutgers/Mizzou hop on board, as well, to make a solid 14 team league. I want the Big East to implode, too.
June 9, 201015 yr Geographically, I've always been partial to adding Pittsburgh, if teams from other large conferences are on the table, considering we already have Penn State. Missouri also makes much more sense to me than Nebraska. Louisville and Cincinnati could work, too (though as a Buckeye, I kind of like the advantages of being the only Big Ten school in Ohio :-)). I had no idea this was even on the table. Apparently I've been way out of the loops, since this is apparently in quite an advanced stage by now. I also have to say that I truly dislike the notion of a multiple-division Big Ten with a conference championship game. Conference championship games are strategic errors from a bowl positioning perspective; I'm actually surprised that so many conferences already have them. It's a guaranteed "L" hung on one of your best two teams at the very end of the season. Since the temptation to have a conference championship game seems to get overwhelming once you've got 12 teams, I'd actually be OK with removing Northwestern from the Big Ten (which, as a private school, is very different than most other schools in the league) and having the Big Ten actually be the big Ten again. (Realistically, if we get up to 12 or 13 teams and the Big 12 only has 11, we're going to have to rename the conference just to avoid becoming comic fare.)
June 9, 201015 yr Added: At least one news outlet is claiming that the approval has already been given: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/7044884.html
June 14, 201015 yr Well, as of this posting, Nebraska has officially been accepted into the Big Ten conference. It was also announced that the Cornhuskers will begin Big Ten play with the 2011 football season. Colorado has also officially been accepted into the PAC-10. So this leaves the Big 12 with 10 schools? And the Big Ten has 12 schools? Okaaayyy. :? But that's just what's official right now. There's a ton of speculation involving the possibility of the rest of Big 12 schools staying in a smaller Big 12, or most of the Texas schools joining the PAC(pick a number), or Texas A&M joining the SEC, or the leftover Big 12 schools merging with the Mountain West conference. It's enough to make your head spin. And it's fun to speculate about the future of the changing conferences. But much of that discussion does not relate directly to Ohio State or the Big Ten. So, here are the forum ground rules for what's on-topic vs. off-topic regarding the changing college conference landscape in this OSU discussion thread: Big Ten discussion/speculation is on-topic. All other conference discussion/speculation should go to the NCAA Football: General News & Discussion thread.
June 14, 201015 yr I don't understand why there has not been more talk of Kansas being of interest to the Big 10. KU would be a welcome addition to the basketball season and is no slouch in football... though would probably be towards the bottom of the conference in that sport (along with Minnesota, Northwestern and Indiana). Geographically, it is connected to the other B10 states and is not a "city-themed" school a la Pittsburgh, which would be unique to the B10.
June 15, 201015 yr Adding Kansas makes alot of sense from the fans perspective. But the moves being made by the Big Ten (and all the other conferences) are being made from a football focused revenue perspective. From what I've been reading and hearing, the Big Ten is looking for schools that will increase football viewership for the conference-owned Big Ten Network. Which has become a huge revenue generator for the Big Ten schools.
June 15, 201015 yr Mizzou makes more sense for the Big Ten than Kansas in my opinion, but I don't see that happening now because it looks like the Big XII is going to be sticking together. In fact, it looks like there won't be any more conference expansion at this point, so probably no Notre Dame joining the Big Ten, either.
July 16, 201014 yr Ohio State beats Alabama to capture BCS Championship* *In a season simulation performed by EA Sports using the new "NCAA Football 11" video game. http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/blog/_/name/thegamer/catId/Team~23~194
July 17, 201014 yr NICE, dont sleep on UMiami Sept, 11th. They have amazing talent at the skill positions and if their O-Line shapes up they could be very dangerous.
July 17, 201014 yr We are going to beat "The U" like they stole something (no pun intended) They did steal something from us. :) I'm cautiously optimistic about the game, hopefully they drop the hammer on the 'Canes.
July 27, 201014 yr Saw him in person in 1998 when they had a reunion of the 68 National Champs...and he still looked like he could suit up and hit hard... RIP Jack Tatum. Ex-Buckeye Great Jack Tatum Dies at Age 61 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/07/27/jack-tatum-dies.html?sid=101
August 3, 201014 yr Big Ten football: OSU picked first; Pryor is preseason offensive player of the year Monday, August 2, 2010 - 9:08 AM The Columbus Dispatch Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been selected the Big Ten's preseason offensive player of the year, the conference announced today. He also received the honor last year. Ohio State was picked first in the Big Ten's preseason poll, followed by Iowa and Wisconsin. The preseason awards and poll were voted on by media members attending the conference's media days. Ohio State enters the 2010 season having won at least a share of the past five Big Ten titles. The conference record is six consecutive, set by the Buckeyes from 1972-77. Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/08/02/0802-osu-is-pick-in-big-ten.html?sid=101
August 4, 201014 yr Anyone else see that JT said Pryor might throw the ball 25-35 times a season? The same article pointed out Troy Smith averaged 24 throws his Heisman campaign... thats a scary amount of throws. AIR ASSAULT
August 4, 201014 yr There might be 25-35 pass plays called. I doubt TP actually throws 25-35 passes. He'll pull up and run on a lot of those plays.
August 6, 201014 yr Big Ten football championship game will debut in Indianapolis in 2011 The Big Ten announced that Indianapolis has been chosen as the proposed site for the first Big Ten Football Championship Game in December of 2011. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said at the league meetings earlier in the week that the conference was likely to pick a site for one year, because there wasn't time to fully investigate the possibilities for a multi-year agreement. Once he said that, Indy jumped to the front of the line, since the Big Ten already holds its basketball tournaments there. Four other cities (Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and Green Bay) had expressed interest in hosting, and the Big Ten will have to decide whether it wants to rotate the title game or find a permanent home. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2010/08/indianapolis_to_host_first_big.html#incart_mce
August 7, 201014 yr Big Ten football championship game will debut in Indianapolis in 2011 The Big Ten announced that Indianapolis has been chosen as the proposed site for the first Big Ten Football Championship Game in December of 2011. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said at the league meetings earlier in the week that the conference was likely to pick a site for one year, because there wasn't time to fully investigate the possibilities for a multi-year agreement. Once he said that, Indy jumped to the front of the line, since the Big Ten already holds its basketball tournaments there. Four other cities (Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and Green Bay) had expressed interest in hosting, and the Big Ten will have to decide whether it wants to rotate the title game or find a permanent home. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2010/08/indianapolis_to_host_first_big.html#incart_mce Such a boring choice, in my opinion. You've got football crazy towns in Cleveland and Green Bay, and a world-class city in Chicago, yet they went with the indoors option offered by white bread Indy. Boring.
August 7, 201014 yr If they keep it stationary and it ends up being perennially held indoors I will be a sad panda.
August 7, 201014 yr I don't have a problem with the Indy choice for the inaugural game. As long as if it's part of a rotating series of locations. Not only would be more enjoyable to have different locations each year, but it would probably benefit the Big Ten brand/Big Ten Network more than a stationary location. Moving the title game between Indy, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and Green Bay would be great way to spread the excitement around the entire midwest.
August 7, 201014 yr I don't think so...Miller Park is really configured for baseball and probably only holds about 42,000. Green Bay is not that far away.
August 8, 201014 yr Milwaukee doesn't have a football stadium that would even put them in the discussion for the game. Years ago the Packers used to play a couple of games each season in Milwaukee, but those games were always at the old County Stadium.
August 8, 201014 yr ^does Milwaukee have a large football stadium? It looks like the Milwaukee football stadium question has been answered. But I wanted to share a little more info on this. Like Clevelander17 said, the Packers used to play at least two of their home games in Milwaukee County Stadium, former home of the Milwaukee Brewers. They did this from 1953 to 1994, until renovations to Lambeau Field made it more lucrative to play their full home slate in Green Bay. Milwaukee County Stadium was demolished in 2001 after Miller Park was completed next door. (SOURCE) I happened upon some aerial photos of a Packers game in the old ballpark from Stadiums of Pro Football. Note how the football field barely fits into the ballpark! It seems like the most suitable candidates to host the Big Ten title game would be an NFL stadium in one of the Big Ten states. Candidates so far are Indy's Lucas Oil Stadium, Chicago's Soldier Field, Cleveland's Browns Stadium, Detroit's Ford Field and Green Bay's Lambeau Field. Maybe Pittsburgh's Heinz Field too? (ducks) :wink: So even though Milwaukee is a mighty fine city, it looks like for the state of Wisconsin - its Green Bay's Lambeau Field or nothing.
August 9, 201014 yr College football: Ohio State opens the season ranked No. 2 in preseason Top 25 USA Today preseason coaches' poll 2009 Record Points 2009 Final Ranking 1). Alabama (55) 14-0 1,469 1 2). Ohio State (4) 11-2 1,392 5 3). Florida 13-1 1,245 3 4). Texas 13-1 1,240 2 5). Boise State 14-0 1,215 4 6). Virginia Tech 10-3 1,052 10 7). TCU 12-1 1,051 6 8 ) Oklahoma 8-5 1,035 NR 9). Nebraska 10-4 1,001 14 10) Iowa 11-2 952 7 11) Oregon 10-3 940 11 12) Wisconsin 10-3 778 16 13) Miami (Fla.) 9-4 728 19 14) Penn State 11-2 508 8 15) Pittsburgh 10-3 492 15 16) LSU 9-4 476 17 17) Georgia Tech 11-3 455 13 18) North Carolina 8-5 445 NR 19) Arkansas 8-5 438 NR 20) Florida State 7-6 374 NR 21) Georgia 8-5 312 NR 22) Oregon State 8-5 263 NR 23) Auburn 8-5 260 NR 24t) Utah 10-3 169 18 24t) West Virginia 9-4 169 22 MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/08/06/osu-top-25.html?sid=101
August 10, 201014 yr Wow--I'm as big a Buckeyes fan as anyone, but I'm really skeptical as to whether we're #2 yet. I still have only seen flashes of brilliance, not consistent performance at a high level, from Pryor. I know he's not the whole team, of course, and we had an outstanding defense last year (and won the Rose Bowl), but this is still a lot more than I expected this early. We'll see how the Miami game goes.
August 10, 201014 yr ^they return 10 started on offense and are absolutely loaded on defense. who would you rank ahead of them is the question?
August 10, 201014 yr I think that's a fair rating based on their play in the Rose Bowl last year. But in reality, as Graymayre said, it's going to come down to Pryor's consistency. When he's playing well, they can beat anyone in the country in my opinion.
August 11, 201014 yr Thanks for the vote of confidence C-Dawg! I realize how much that took for you to say Ohio State deserves the hype this year. Serious props and credit to you! :clap: I agree that they deserve the preseason hype too. Now, does that mean OSU will get another national championship? Not necessarily. The Buckeyes don't have a walkover schedule. They host #13 ranked Miami U on Sept. 11. They play #10 Iowa and #12 Wisconsin both on the road in the Big Ten. A loss in any one of those games could derail OSU's national championship hopes. But C-Dwag is right that the Bucks should be favored right now. BTW - we didn't miss Selena Gomez at the State Fair because of the triumphant return of DEVO!
August 11, 201014 yr Iowa is going to be a REAL tough game this year. They are tough every year, but this year's squad is led by good veterans (Stanzi, Clayborne) who have All-American potential.
August 11, 201014 yr Mich st is no slouch either. Tress said at the B10 media day this is the best top to bottom the B10 has been since he took over. Should make for some awesome games!
August 11, 201014 yr Iowa is going to be a REAL tough game this year. They are tough every year, but this year's squad is led by good veterans (Stanzi, Clayborne) who have All-American potential. Stanzi is a turnover machine. They were incredibly lucky to win in a lot of the games he started. I hope he's healthy for the Ohio State game!
August 11, 201014 yr Stanzi went to Lake Catholic in Mentor. Even more reason to root against him. ;)
August 23, 201014 yr The AP preseason poll came out on Friday. The rankings are pretty much the same as the USA Today coaches poll with Alabama #1 and Ohio State #2. Boise State, Florida and Texas round out the top five in both polls. Future OSU opponents are similarly ranked in the AP poll. Iowa is ranked a bit higher at #9, Wisconsin is the same at #12, and Miami U is the same at #13. Here's the ESPN compliation page of all the preseason polls.
August 23, 201014 yr Also good to see future Big Ten member Nebraska checking in at #8. Would love to see them win the Big XII in their final season there.
August 23, 201014 yr ^does Milwaukee have a large football stadium? It looks like the Milwaukee football stadium question has been answered. But I wanted to share a little more info on this. Like Clevelander17 said, the Packers used to play at least two of their home games in Milwaukee County Stadium, former home of the Milwaukee Brewers. They did this from 1953 to 1994, until renovations to Lambeau Field made it more lucrative to play their full home slate in Green Bay. Milwaukee County Stadium was demolished in 2001 after Miller Park was completed next door. (SOURCE) I happened upon some aerial photos of a Packers game in the old ballpark from Stadiums of Pro Football. Note how the football field barely fits into the ballpark! It seems like the most suitable candidates to host the Big Ten title game would be an NFL stadium in one of the Big Ten states. Candidates so far are Indy's Lucas Oil Stadium, Chicago's Soldier Field, Cleveland's Browns Stadium, Detroit's Ford Field and Green Bay's Lambeau Field. Maybe Pittsburgh's Heinz Field too? (ducks) :wink: So even though Milwaukee is a mighty fine city, it looks like for the state of Wisconsin - its Green Bay's Lambeau Field or nothing. Just curious, why is Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati not being mentioned? Did Cincinnati not bid to host the event? I know there are a lot of Big 10 grads that live in the Cincinnati area, and it's within a 5 hour drive from Ohio State, Purdue, Northwestern, Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State, so it seems like a pretty good location as well.
August 24, 201014 yr It seems like the most suitable candidates to host the Big Ten title game would be an NFL stadium in one of the Big Ten states. Candidates so far are Indy's Lucas Oil Stadium, Chicago's Soldier Field, Cleveland's Browns Stadium, Detroit's Ford Field and Green Bay's Lambeau Field. Maybe Pittsburgh's Heinz Field too? (ducks) :wink: Just curious, why is Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati not being mentioned? Did Cincinnati not bid to host the event? I know there are a lot of Big 10 grads that live in the Cincinnati area, and it's within a 5 hour drive from Ohio State, Purdue, Northwestern, Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State, so it seems like a pretty good location as well. That's a good point. You could definitely put Cincinnati in the mix for a future Big 10 Championship game with Paul Brown Stadium. As far as I can tell from all the media reports, Cincinnati did not put in a bid for the inaugural game in 2011. But I can't see why they couldn't host a future championship game.
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