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Have a great and safe Memorial Day weekend, everybody. Ohio State landed the third linebacker in its 2014 class in Akron's Dante Booker. Former Buckeye Ray Small apologized for his missteps. Brady Hoke doesn't know where Michigan's "Not in Ohio...

WARREN, Ohio -- James Daniels (Warren, Ohio/Harding) is familiar with the drill. The 2015 defensive tackle prospect's father played offensive guard for Ohio State and had a brief stint in the NFL. His brother recently went through the recruiting cycl...

Blog | May 24, 2013

How does each NFC North team look at running back, and what still needs to be done? Chicago Bears: If you were drawing up plans for an experienced but diverse backfield, you could do a lot worse than modeling after the Bears. Starter Matt Forte is...

Every week, NittanyNation will pose five questions to a recruit, player, alum or coach about all things Penn State. This week's subject is Todd LaRocca, a 2016 quarterback out of Henrietta (N.Y.) Rush Henrietta who plans to attend Penn State's cam...

With spring in the books for more than a month, the long march through the offseason and back to football is only beginning. But BuckeyeNation is going to keep doing its part to speed up the journey -- or at least make it more interesting. This week,...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Thursday, we broached the topic of whether the Chicago Bears would retire the number of middle linebacker Brian Urlacher. As it turns out, the team is dealing with a backlog on that issue. Almost a half-century af...

BuckeyeNation Austin Ward writes : Here are the player power rankings after spring practice. Brad Bournival writes : Dante Booker, a four-star LB out of Akron, joins the 2014 Buckeyes class, picking OSU over a surging Notre Dame. Bournival w...

Good job filling up the mailbag during a slow time in college football. Let's do the question-and-answer session. Andy from Lincoln, Neb., writes: Do you think the Big Ten's weak crossover schedule in 2014 could potentially prevent a one-loss team...

I liked what I heard -- er, read -- from Detroit Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew this week. As Tim Twentyman of the Lions' website writes, Pettigrew has pledged to rectify the series of negative plays he made last season. "I can't put what I did...

College football begins in fewer than 100 days, and now we have some more kickoff times announced for Big Ten games. The league has announced times for several 2013 homecoming contests around the league. Here are the new announced homecoming kicko...

I love it here: manicured lawns, planned activities, early dinners. What more does a kid need? A must read: the second part of Mgoblog's look at a week in the life of Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Here's Part I. It seems unlikely the ...

Former Penn State quarterback Steven Bench is heading back to the South. South Florida, that is. Bench announced Thursday that he's transferring to South Florida, selecting the Bulls ahead of Mississippi State. He will be eligible to play immediat...

It's Rankings Week at NittanyNation. Until today, we've ranked some aspect touching on PSU heading into the 2013 season. On this final day of Rankings Week, we've released PSU player power rankings for the spring. Spring PSU player power rankings ...

Former Penn State quarterback Steven Bench will transfer to the University of South Florida and is eligible to compete for the starting position this year. "I want to get my face in the playbook and get ready to go," Bench said. "Coach [Willie]...

It's Rankings Week at NittanyNation. Until today, we've ranked some aspect touching on PSU heading into the 2013 season. On this final day of Rankings Week, we're ranking the top defensive players Penn State will face this season. Ranking the oppo...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Now that we've dissected Brian Urlacher's retirement and assessed his chances at enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we should ask the next question: Will the Bears retire his No. 54? That issue might b...