Keeping Up All you ever wanted to know about Rich Rodriguez and what he's doing at Michigan. Athletes going broke. Not a pretty sight, or tale. Two preview magazines pick Florida No. 1 in their preseason forecasting. Ohio State will play in two of the top 10 defining games of the 2008 season, writes Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated. A sports collectible firm has acquired rights to Knute Rockne memorabilia, including the famous "Win One for the Gipper" speech, but it's difficult to hear it very well. Penn State recruits say Joe Paterno has told them that a head-coach successor is already on the staff so stability will be continued.  Despite being hit in the eye by a BB-gun shot, Nevada's Quincy Bagsby is still on the big-time college football radar.  There'll be 14 OSU or former OSU athletes on hand at the Olympics in Beijing. And the swim trials are still going on. The fans speak out: As long as Joe hangs around, Penn State will never return to glory. Of the 23 commitments in the 2009 Buckeye recruiting class, 6 are linebackers, two are running backs and there are three defensive backs, defensive linemen, offensive linemen, wide receivers and athletes. . . . Which brings us to: Why does Ohio State recruit so many defensive backs but apparently so few offensive linemen?  In head-to-head competition with Rodriguez, Tressel has recruited six of the seven athletes that both of them coveted. Looking at some of the long-time traditions that include The Masked Rider at Texas Tech. Players that transcend the game. Our Archie is on the list. The Sports Blawger at the Sporting News lists his top 10 coaches. Our guy is No. 2 ESPN's Mark Schlabach re-posits his bowl selections for the coming season -- and it's Ohio state vs. Georgia.  Antonio Henton may prove to be a Buckeye after all. Sporting News choice as Best run defense scheme: Jim Heacock, Ohio State. Sporting News Choice as Best RB workhorse: Chris Wells, Ohio State. If Ohio State beats Southern Cal, nobody beats the Buckeyes in 2008. Here's ABC-ESPN's complete football broadcast schedule for 2008.

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Buck Fans Need To Warm Up Their TVs a Little Earlier

Ohio State fans will need to get their body clocks ramped up a little earlier than usual for at least three Buckeye games this fall because the Jim Tressel Machine will be facing 11 a.m. kickoffs (San Antonio time) in three games -- the opener against Youngstown State Aug. 30 and against Ohio University on Sept. 6 and Troy on Sept. 20.       That brings to six the number of OSU games with assigned starting times.       Further details.

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SA Buckeyes at Final Four       Until Opening Kickoff The Ohio State Alumni Club of San Antonio is proud to recognize those of our membership who volunteered for this year's NCAA Final Four Tournament festivities.       Facilitated by the San Antonio Local Organizing Committee (SALOC), our club heeded the call for volunteers and committed 10 to the cause. We were recognized as one of the few groups committing volunteers.       The club was assigned to the Hoops Kelley Crooks, our San Antonio club president, gives us an "O" for Ohio while volunteering at the Hole-in-One competition. The OSU Athletic Ticket Office conducted the alumni football ticket lottery June 8 and sent emails to all alumni who applied, both successful and non-winners. Many were successful. City extravaganza, an interactive event for Final Four fans dedicated to the various NCAA recognized sports played around the US. Most of the four-day event however was focused around basketball.       OSUACSA would like to thank our volunteers: Randy and Teena Larson, Kelley Crooks, Mark Frye, Maxine Portner, Mike Schwab, Anna Capote, Glenn Miller, Phil Barbee, and Greg Jellick.       The Buckeye Nation was represented at this year's Final Four, thanks to our volunteers.       Thanks again for your service! More photos of volunteers.

Our Alumni Strive To Improve OSU       Our Buckeye Club turned out in force -- 25 persons signed up -- to attend the student recruitment training session conducted here in San Antonio by the Ohio State University on May 19.       We watched a video that is shown to OSU students and prospective student, the first presentation being staged as if we were incoming Click to Continue.