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Under Jim Tressel, it was hard not to trip over a Tarblooder. Ohio State's lineup was loaded with Glenville products under the former Buckeyes coach as he tried to keep a budding pipeline strong. During his stay, Tressel managed to get 16 Tarblood...

One thing is becoming abundantly clear in the Urban Meyer era. The two-time national champion coach likes players with NFL bloodlines. In the Class of 2014, Ohio State has offered Christian McCaffrey the son of three-time Super Bowl winner Ed McCa...

Brandon Harris named his top seven. Demarre Kitt waxed poetic about his top three. Demetrius Knox booked his official visit and a slew of offers went out -- and we mean a slew. Just another week in the life of Ohio State. Here's a look at what ...

BuckeyeNation continues to hit the road in search of budding Division I talent that should catch the eyes of Ohio State fans. Here's what we came up with this week: This week's targets: BuckeyeNation swung out to Akron and made stops at St. Vincen...

The fights in Columbus, Ohio, next fall might be heard all the way up Interstate 77. With Parris Campbell Jr. (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) already in the fold for Ohio State, the arguments regarding how to use the junior have already started...

Mason Cole (Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake) will head off to Ann Arbor, Mich., next fall. Quenton Nelson (Red Bank, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) and Sam Mustipher (Olney, Md./Our Lady Counsel) are going to play at Notre Dame. Miami (Fla.) picked up ...

This isn't Woody Hayes' team anymore. Three yards and a cloud of dust has been replaced by three split out wide on one side and another two receivers on the other with an empty backfield. While Ohio State will likely still keep one bruising run...

AKRON, Ohio -- Getting Dante Booker (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) to say much of anything about his recruitment oftentimes can be like trying to wear a short-sleeved shirt in Northeast Ohio during the month of February. It's just not going to...

Growing up in Cleveland, Jerome Baker Jr. knew everything he needed to about Ohio State's football team. What the Benedictine sophomore wanted to find out Sunday was the other side of the Buckeyes. On his first unofficial to Ohio State, the 6-f...

Jamarco Jones made some big news Sunday, but last week was about Ohio State looking toward the future, as the Buckeyes handed out 13 offers. It started with Jashon Cornell and ended with CeCe Jefferson nabbing offers. In between was one of the big...

As May begins, the 2014 recruiting class appears to be taking shape. While it's a small class -- right now Ohio State can sign only 14 prospects -- it could grow through attrition. Bradley Roby probably will move on to the NFL following the season. T...

It's time to dip into the BuckeyeNation recruiting mailbag and answer some of your questions. We'll try to give everyone a chance to get their questions answered. We encourage you to send your questions by Twitter at @bbournival, by e-mail at b...

As the 2014 recruiting class comes into focus, BuckeyeNation will take a position-by-position look at the juniors. Today, we examine the running back position. Though it's a position of strength for Ohio State with junior Parris Campbell Jr. (Akro...

Throughout the next few months, BuckeyeNation will look further into those juniors offered by Ohio State. We'll give as much detail as we can and go behind the scenes to see why these Class of 2014 standouts are so attractive to the Buckeyes. N...

On a hot summer afternoon during two-a-days last August, Cleveland Glenville coach Ted Ginn Sr. walked over to anyone listening and presented them with the next big thing. Three weeks later as an unheard of junior ready to embark on the season ope...

Calm down. That's what Marcelys Jones (Cleveland/Glenville) is doing and that's what he wants Ohio State fans to do as well. Jones, who visited the Buckeyes on April 6, made a few comments on Twitter a few months ago that didn't exactly jibe wi...