Post-spring position check: Top Big Ten receiving corps
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Up next in Tom Dienhart's 2017 positional preseason rankings: wide receivers and tight ends.

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BH: Project Z | Offensive line sees one go
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The Buckeyes stopped to check on Brown earlier this spring. “They were down here about two weeks ago,” Brown said. “It was coach Larry Johnson. I talk to coach (Greg) Stud(rawa) the most, but I also talk to coach (Urban) Meyer and coach (Tim) Hinton.”.

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College volleyball: Buckeyes bounce 'Bows in semifinals
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The nation's leader in blocking, the Warriors managed only one block, compared to 9.5 for the Buckeyes (31-2). Wade pointed out afterward that Hawaii's only losses this season came to the other three teams in the final four, all on their home court ...

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An Ohio State coach says LaVar Ball stole his logo for Big Baller Brand’s new shoes
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Here we go again.

Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith is nothing is not animated on social media.

Having picked Twitter feuds with opposing teams’ positional coaches — mostly in a college football recruiting contexts — prior, his latest target appears to be the controversial father of Lonzo Ball, LaVar Ball.

Ball famously recently unveiled a ludicrously expensive signature shoe under his own “Big Baller Brand”. The ambition is hard to knock, but the showmanship is a bit much.

Smith also thinks Ball ripped off his “Zone6” logo to do it:


Zone6 is what Smith has dubbed the Ohio State wide receiving corp. Each player has gear (including dog tag style necklaces) adorned with a logo of Smith’s creation representing their brotherhood.

Has Ball (or any of his associates) ever seen the logo, or for that matter even heard of Smith and/or Zone6? We’re skeptical. But there is some unmistakably similar qualities to the logos.

Here’s the Big Baller Brand ZO2 one:


And here’s Smith’s Zone6 logo:


A bit alike, but far from identical. It’s possible this is all just one big coincidence after all.

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Ohio State tops Johns Hopkins in Big Ten semi-finals
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The Buckeyes will face Maryland Saturday in the finals.

The seventh-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes men’s lacrosse team earned a 15-13 win over Johns Hopkins in the first round of the Big Ten conference tournament Thursday in Columbus. Ohio State, the two-seed in the tournament, never trailed the three-seed Blue Jays.

Ohio State opened up scoring with a 3-0 run in the opening minutes of the first quarter, with freshman midfielder Tre Leclaire starting things off for the Buckeyes. Senior midfielders Jake Withers and Tyler Pfister followed up to complete the run. Hopkins added a goal of their own midway through the quarter, but Leclaire found the back of the net once more to keep Ohio State’s lead to three. After another goal by the Blue Jays, Leclaire completed his first-quarter hat trick to bring the Buckeyes’ lead to 5-2.

Leclaire kept his hot streak through the second quarter, adding his fourth goal of the game 54 seconds into play. Johns Hopkins hit a shot to keep the margin to three before the Buckeyes broke out on goals by Pfister, senior midfielder Johnny Pearson and yet another by Leclaire. Ohio State traded goals with the Blue Jays to close out the half, with senior midfielder J.T. Blubaugh adding his first goal of the game to bring the Buckeyes; lead to 10-5 at the half.

Things evened out somewhat for the Blue Jays in the second half. While junior attackman Colin Chell scored the opening goal of the half, and senior attackman Eric Fannell added one of his own after a Hopkins score, the Blue Jays went on a 4-0 run through the start of the third quarter to narrow the Buckeyes’ lead to 13-10.

But Ohio State did not relinquish their lead, as Leclaire scored his sixth goal of the day early in the final quarter. Senior attackman Austin Shanks followed up with his first goal of the game. Sophomore attackman Jack Jasinski sealed the game for the Buckeyes, scoring Ohio State’s final goal midway through the fourth quarter.

Leclaire led the team in scoring with six goals on the day. Pfister had two goals of his own, and nine Buckeyes scored in total. Fannell led the team in assists with three on the day.

Senior goalie Tom Carey had five saves on 18 shots on goal. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, had seven saves on 22 shots. Overall shots were 34-30 in favor of Johns Hopkins.

Withers won 20-of-31 faceoff attempts on the day. He also led the team in groundballs, picking up 11 of the Buckeyes’ 37.

Next up, the Buckeyes face one-seeded Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament finals.

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Ohio State baseball headed up north for weekend clash with Michigan
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The Buckeyes need an upset to keep their slim Big Ten tournament hopes alive.

Nine games are all that remain of the Big Ten schedule for the Ohio State baseball team. Nine chances to defy what have become nearly impossible odds to secure a berth in the conference tournament at season’s end. At 5-10 in Big Ten play, the Buckeyes sit in a tie for 11th in the standings, but just two games behind the eight spot needed to reach the postseason.

It will not be easy, as Ohio State will spend the next two weekends on the road against Michigan and Iowa teams that are currently tied for third in the conference. But the Buckeyes have been playing an improved brand of baseball lately, even if it hasn’t manifested into wins. The club played Nebraska incredibly tough last weekend, and hung with Texas Tech, the fourth-ranked team in the country, in a midweek game.

One reason head coach Greg Beals’ squad has looked better of late is the maturation of this season’s freshmen class. A handful of first year players have seemed to find a comfort zone, and their playing time has increased as a result. Instead of lamenting the frustration this season has been dishing out, let’s turn our attention to a few encouraging signs for the future.

At the top of this list is right fielder Dominic Canzone. The Walsh Jesuit High School product has become an anchor in the middle of the lineup, proving to be the most dangerous hitter Ohio State has. Canzone is currently working on the team’s longest hitting streak of the season at 10 games, the second time he has reached that mark in 2017.

After a slow start to the season found him on the bench for likely the first time in his life, Canzone has come alive over the past month. A Louisville Slugger High School All-American a season ago, he leads the team with a .351 batting average and .474 slugging percentage, and ranks second with a .395 on-base percentage and 24 runs batted in despite being eighth on the team in plate appearances.

Canzone’s success recalls that experienced just a few years ago by Ronnie Dawson, who slashed .337/.396/.454 with four home runs and 25 RBIs in his first season in scarlet and gray. Dawson went on to be named a 2014 Freshman All-American and, last June, was the highest selected Buckeye in the Major League Baseball draft since 2009.

While Canzone may not be the same kind of athlete and has a lot of development ahead of him if he hopes to replicate that kind of success, the start to his career in Columbus indicates it’s a possibility.

Also making contributions as freshmen have been Noah West and Connor Pohl, who have split time at second base, and right-handed pitcher Jake Vance. West had the hot hand early in the season, only to come back to earth and struggle. He’s got a .232/.333/.357 slash line, showing some pop in his bat and a smooth glove in the field.

When West began to falter some at the plate, Pohl was inserted, and he has responded with a .271/.327/.354 triple-slash. While his defense is more of a work in progress, the duo of Pohl and West could be the future of the middle infield for the program.

Vance comes to mind due in part to the maturity and execution of pitches he showed this week against the potent Red Raiders’ lineup. Though he ran into trouble after just 3.2 innings, he struck out a career-high five and held one of the most high-powered offenses in the country largely in check.

The overall numbers for the season aren’t eye-popping (0-2, 5.60 earned run average, .343 opposition batting average), but Vance has competed and improved each time out. If he learns to command his stuff better, he should find a place as a useful arm for Beals as his career moves forward.

Michigan Wolverines (33-10, 9-6 in Big Ten Play)


Michigan enters the weekend ranked No. 19 in the country according to the NCBWA poll, fresh off a series victory at Rutgers, and winners of seven of their last 10. Head coach Erik Bakich has a team that is especially lethal at home in Ann Arbor, posting an 18-4 record. Only Illinois and Indiana (twice) have defeated the Wolverines at the Wilpon Complex in Big Ten play.

The maize and blue are the most complete team in the conference, period. They lead the Big Ten in batting average, on-base percentage, runs scored, hits, walks, total bases, and RBIs at the plate, and earned run average, opponent batting average, runs allowed, hits allowed, and strikeouts on the mound. For good measure, the team also sports the highest fielding percentage and has made the fewest errors in the field as well.

As a team, Michigan is slashing .298/.397/.424 and averaging more than seven runs per game. The Wolverine lineup can mash from one through nine, boasting seven regulars with batting averages over .300, seven with 20 RBIs or more, and five with at least 12 extra-base hits.

About the only solace for Ohio State heading into the weekend is knowing that, in all likelihood, two of those players will not be in the lineup. Sophomore second baseman Ako Thomas, the team’s leader in batting average, on-base percentage, runs scored, and stolen bases, broke his hand two weeks ago, and senior center fielder Johnny Slater, second on the team in extra-base hits and RBIs, sprained an AC joint in his shoulder last weekend.

That said, there’s still plenty for Buckeye hurlers to worry about. Most notably, junior third baseman Drew Lugbauer and senior shortstop Michael Brdar. Lugbauer is the cleanup hitter, and he’s among the very best sluggers in the Big Ten with 11 homers and 50 RBIs. Brdar, who hits one spot ahead of him in the three-hole, leads the team and places fifth in the conference with 57 hits, while adding 32 RBIs of his own.

Junior first baseman Jake Bivens, sophomore right fielder Jonathan Engelmann, sophomore designated hitter Nick Poirier, and Thomas’ replacement at second, sophomore Jimmy Kerr, have all proven themselves dangerous with a bat in their hands, and add to the stress of attacking the Michigan lineup.

For as good as the Wolverines have been at the plate, they can win games purely based on their pitching talent as well. With a trio of juniors in the weekend rotation and one of the deepest, toughest bullpens in the Big Ten, runs promise to be at a premium for Ohio State.

The rotation consists of a pair of lefties in Oliver Jaskie and Michael Hendrickson and right-hander Alec Rennard. All three have been workhorses, but Jaskie has been by far the most dominant, going 5-2 with a 3.77 ERA in 11 starts covering 59.2 innings, limiting opponents to a .229 average, and averaging nearly 12 strikeouts per nine innings.

Rennard and Hendrickson each rely more on command and pitching to contact, and their numbers are remarkably similar. The former is 5-1 with a 4.34 ERA and just nine walks issued in 45.2 innings of work. Hendrickson is also 5-1, with a 4.50 ERA, .244 opponent batting average, and a meager eight extra-base hits allowed in his 52 innings on the bump.

Behind the starters, the bullpen has been straight up lights out for Bakich. Redshirt junior closer Jackson Lamb has yet to allow an earned run in his 20 innings, saving nine games, holding opponents to a .167 average, and sporting a 0.85 WHIP.

Like Lamb, senior Mac Lozer has an ERA of 0.00, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out 20 in 13.2 innings of work.

Freshman Tommy Henry, sophomore William Tribucher, and junior Jayce Vancena eat up relief innings without conceding much to opposition, offenses either. None has an ERA above 2.60 or an opponent batting average over .225, with Henry and Vancena both striking out more than a batter per inning.

On paper, the Buckeyes have a steep hill to climb if they hope to keep the tiniest glimmer of hope for the postseason alive. Ohio State won all five meetings between the two sides in 2016, including two games to eliminate Michigan from the Big Ten tournament. The Wolverines will no doubt have revenge on their minds when the rivalry is renewed on Friday.

Game times and probable pitching matchups


Friday, May 5th, 6 p.m. ET (streaming live on BTN Plus)

Jake Post (1-4, 3.51 ERA) vs. Jaskie (5-2, 3.77)

Saturday, May 6th, 2 p.m. ET (streaming live on BTN Plus)

Connor Curlis (3-2, 4.74) vs. Rennard (5-1, 4.34)

Sunday, May 7th, 4 p.m. ET (streaming live on BTN Plus)

TBA vs. Hendrickson (5-1, 4.50)

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Ohio State offers 3 Texas standouts scholarships
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On Thursday, the Buckeyes put in work in the longhorn state.

Before you can run out onto the Ohio Stadium turf, you need to first earn an opportunity to suit up in the Scarlet and Gray.

On Thursday, numerous top prospects from the state of Texas did just that by receiving a scholarship offer to play for the Buckeyes, courtesy of the Ohio State coaching staff.

Want to know who the staff offered yesterday? Land-Grant Holy Land has your back.

Nebraska pledge nets OSU offer


Almost every recruiting cycle Urban Meyer and crew flip a prospect or two to the Buckeyes. With more than a year until he can sign on the dotted line, it looks like Ohio State has already set their eyes on a current Nebraska class of 2019 commit.

Nearly a month after giving the Cornhuskers his pledge, the Buckeyes have thrown their hat in the ring for four-star wide receiver Marquez Beason.


Ohio State now joins the likes of Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Purdue and Indiana as programs to offer the 5-foot-11, 173-pound Dallas native a scholarship since his commitment to Mike Riley and Nebraska.

As a sophomore at Bishop Dunne last season, the shifty Beason accounted for over 1,000 all purpose yards and 12 touchdowns for the 8-6 Falcons.

Buckeyes offer Williams


Beason wasn’t the only Bishop Dunne standout to walk away from Thursday with an offer from the Big Ten power Buckeyes.

His teammate and fellow 2019 four-star rated prospect Brian Williams also earned himself a chance to attend The Ohio State University.


Williams, a 6-foot, 185-pound safety, has more than his fair share of college offers currently on the table. After racking up 78 total tackles and eight interceptions last season, he’s picked up offers to play at not just OSU, but programs such as Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia and Stanford.

One of most sought after players in his class, Williams is considered the top safety, and 12th overall prospect in the class of 2019 at the moment, per the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

4-star TE earns Ohio State offer


Two days after picking up his scholarship from Ohio State arch rival Michigan, the Buckeyes dished out their own offer to four-star Prestonwood Christian (Plano, TX) tight end Austin Stogner.


“Coach Wilson was at my practice and he told my coach for me to call him, and I called him after practice and he offered. It's a big time offer. It's a school that I will for sure go up to this summer,” Stogner stated to Land-Grant Holy Land after announcing his Ohio State offer via his Twitter page.

Watching his college recruitment stock skyrocket, the 6-foot-6, 230-pounder has picked up a long list of scholarships this spring. Some of the programs to beat Ohio State and Michigan to the punch in offering Stogner were LSU, Notre Dame, Florida, Florida State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

A big target in the redzone, the sophomore hauled in over a dozen passes for around 275 yards and five receiving touchdowns. Not just a pass catching option, Stogner has also shown solid pass rushing ability on the defensive side of the ball for Prestonwood Christian. Playing on the defensive line, he accounted for 42 total tackles and eight quarterback sacks last season at Prestonwood Christian.

Quick Hits

• Yesterday, Ohio State also offered three-star class of 2018 athlete Leddie Brown (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna). A current West Virginia commit, the 6-foot, 210-pounder put up over 1,600 all-purpose yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior at Smyrna.
• Per Marc Givler of Rivals, Ohio State assistant coaches Zach Smith and Kerry Coombs stopped by American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla.on Thursday to check in on 2018 five-star cornerback Patrick Surtain Jr. and others.

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Men's Volleyball: Buckeyes advance to NCAA championship with 3-0 win against Hawai'i
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After a tight first set, the Buckeyes dominated the Rainbow Warriors from the service line and at the net en route to a 25-22, 25-18, 25-19 victory. OSU junior outside hitter Nicolas Szerszen led the Buckeyes with 10 kills and senior opposite hitter ...
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Elite Texas prospect calls offer from the Buckeyes 'awesome' - 247Sports
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Elite Texas prospect calls offer from the Buckeyes 'awesome'
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The Buckeyes did not sign a 2017 tight end and have signing at least one great one as a 2018 priority. But Wilson is also looking even further ahead. Stogner has a list of scholarship offers that in addition to Ohio State includes Texas A&M, TCU ...
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Kerry Coombs may be over the top about the number, but he has plenty of depth at corner in 2017.
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The Point Pleasant Register | Meigs avenges loss to Buckeyes, 7-1
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Wolverines looking to avenge last year's loss to Buckeyes
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The Buckeyes, despite taking an early 1-0 lead over No. 4 Texas Tech Wednesday, dropped the game, 5-3. As Texas Tech is a serious contender for the College World Series, Ohio State's early lead over the Raiders shows that its record is not indicative ...

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Cox says more big commitments coming, Georgia still in pursuit
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The Buckeyes are one of the staff's recruiting Smith the hardest. “Ohio State definitely,” Smith said. “Penn State, Oregon, USC, Notre Dame, LSU, there's a lot of schools really hitting me up. There's a lot of schools.” Smith, who is from California ...


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Denzel Ward is primed to be the next first round Ohio State cornerback
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Last year’s “third starter” is already being talked about as a first round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

“I know he didn’t walk out for the first snap of the game, but [Ward] played the same number of snaps as Marshon and Gareon. We had a true three-man rotation. There was never a series where he didn’t go in and somebody didn’t come out.”

Ohio State cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs via Ryan Ginn, Land of 10


Many times when a team has three players at a position taken in the first round of the NFL Draft in a two-year span, it takes some time to replenish their stock of quality players to replace those draft picks. Ohio State isn’t your normal team, especially when it comes to cornerbacks. When the Buckeyes kick off their 2017 season, they’ll have a number of players who will be ready to take the field and continue the recent tradition of strong play at cornerback.

The cornerback who position coach Kerry Coombs is most excited about this year is Denzel Ward, who Coombs refers to as Ohio State’s third starting cornerback last year. While technically Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley were the starters at cornerbacks for Ohio State during the 2016, Ward was on the field just as much as the duo. The rotation that Coombs employed will help Ohio State to lessen the losses of the two cornerbacks taken in last week’s NFL Draft. Now as Ward is the elder statesman among the cornerbacks, he is also taking more of a leadership role and helping his fellow corners improve. If Ward is able to match the high expectations placed upon him, it’s likely Coombs will see another cornerback taken early on in the 2018 NFL Draft.

“I just want to get better at everything. There is not one thing that I feel like I’m weak at so I feel like I need to up everything I do and I think I have so far a lot.”

Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa via Tim Shoemaker, Eleven Warriors


After what his older brother did during his time in Columbus, expectations were high for Nick Bosa even before he set foot on the field for the Buckeyes. An ACL injury during his senior year of high school brought some of those expectations back to reality, but the younger Bosa still had a big impact for Ohio State’s defense last year. While Joey Bosa registered 7.5 sacks as a starter during his freshman year, Nick registered five sacks while sharing time with Jalyn Holmes, Sam Hubbard, and Tyquan Lewis.

Now that Nick Bosa is completely recovered from the ACL injury he suffered during his senior year of high school, even bigger things are expected from the defensive end in his sophomore season with the Buckeyes. The older Bosa really made a name for himself during his sophomore season, and while defensive line coach Larry Johnson isn’t expecting Nick Bosa to exactly mirror Joey’s growth, Johnson is looking for steady improvement from Nick. If Nick Bosa is able to continue to improve at the rate he has so far during his short time in Columbus, it could be another long season for quarterbacks that have to go up against the Buckeyes this year.

“The final four teams left standing in collegiate men’s volleyball will continue to do battle inside St. John’s Arena for the NCAA Semifinals Thursday (May 4) before coming to a crescendo Saturday evening with the NCAA Finals aired nationally on ESPN2.”

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Defending champion Ohio State will have a home-court advantage when the NCAA men’s volleyball Final Four gets underway tonight at St. John’s Arena. The top-seeded Buckeyes will face Hawaii in tonight’s second semifinal with the winner moving on to battle the winner of the other semifinal between Long Beach State and BYU. Earlier this week five Buckeyes received All-American honors, with Miles Johnson and Nicolas Szerszen being named to the first-team. Johnson is the active NCAA leader in kills, while Szerszen is the active leader in aces. Along with the duo, Christy Blough is the active NCAA leader in assists, Gabriel Domecus is the active leader in digs, and Driss Guessous is the active leader in hitting percentage.

St. John’s Arena has always been kind to Ohio State, where the Buckeyes have posted a 541-104 record in 50 years of competing at the historic venue. This year Ohio State posted the best record in the country, going 30-2 as they aim to win back-to-back volleyball national titles. Should Ohio State and BYU advance to the final, it will be a rematch of last year’s final, where Ohio State swept BYU 32-30, 25-23, 25-17. If Ohio State is able to take home the championship for the second straight year, it will mark their third men’s volleyball title in school history, with all of them coming since 2011.

“I told them, ‘Listen, everyone is tired at this time of year and you reset the clock.’. You play for May. You play for your teammates. The NCAA championship is your ultimate goal and you don’t want it to end.”

Ohio State lacrosse coach Nick Myers via Mark Znidar, The Columbus Dispatch


Ohio State’s men’s lacrosse team is already in good shape to make their third NCAA Tournament since 2013, but that isn’t enough for the Buckeyes. After amassing a 12-3 record in the regular season, Ohio State will play Johns Hopkins tonight in one of the Big Ten Tournament semifinals in Columbus. Maryland and Penn State play in the other semifinal, with the winners squaring off in the championship game on Saturday night. Not only would a win against Johns Hopkins earn them a spot in the Big Ten title game, but it would also possibly earn them a first round NCAA Tournament game at home.

While Ohio State cruised through most of the regular season, they suffered a hiccup in the season finale with a 12-11 loss to Rutgers, which denied the Buckeyes a share of the Big Ten regular season title. Being able to play not only the Big Ten Tournament at home, but also the possibility of getting a NCAA Tournament game at home, will likely put some extra pep in Ohio State’s step after the disappointing finish to the regular season. After quarterfinal appearances in 2013 and 2015, this could be the year the Buckeyes finally get over the hump and make their first Final Four appearance.

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Post-spring position check: Top Big Ten offensive lines
Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer via Big Ten Network

With spring practices finished, schools are focusing on offseason work before fall camp kicks off. Some positions are in better shape than others for certain schools. Let’s take a look at the seven schools in the best shape along the offensive line.

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May the Fourth be B1G: BTN LiveBIG
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Aaron Craft, Dallas Lauderdale, OSU alumni team entering TBT
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Breakfast with the Buckeyes registration deadline is May 5
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BM5: 'Those two were basically flawless'
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Third annual event to be held May 4 and May 6 in Columbus, Ohio
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The Terrapins' Tim Muller was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year, Ohio State's Jake Withers earned Specialist of the Year honors for the second consecutive year, while the Buckeyes' Tre Leclaire was named Freshman of the Year. Maryland mentor ...

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