Injuries headline Buckeye practice.

For the most part, nothing has changed since Thursday's practice, except the tempo of the practices are getting to the point where it's starting to click that it's go time at Ohio State. The big news today was Jordan Hall getting hit hard on the left shoulder, and being down for a couple of minutes. While Carlos Hyde and Brandon Saine are still out, Hall and Berry are making the most of their playing time. Berry got a huge play, showing off his explosiveness rushing for 25 yards for a score. Also, the lineman Connor Smith got hurt with his leg, and his status is unsure.

Kenny Guiton and Joe Bauserman are still fighting for the right to back Terrelle Pryor up, and Guiton is making huge strides after being here only 1 year. Ohio State's QB coach, Nick Sillicano said if Pryor were to go down in a game and Bauserman were to take over, nothing should be feared. That surprises me a little, but it shows Bauserman is doing work.

Jeff Seemann, from the BBC, had this to say on his Fox Sports Ohio blog:

TE Jake Stoneburner is lining up in the slot wide-out position and is getting more than a few balls thrown his way. Stoneburner has the tools and the desire to be the best TE this team has seen in a while, and it looks like the coaches plan to use him well.

This is good news, but I'll believe we use him when I see it, and that's that.

Next, Duron Carter is still not present at practice, but Carter's dad seems to be making the appearances for him. Although, Duron does have time to get free Chipotle. Johnathan Newsome, on the other hand, was present today, hoping to start his turn-around

Terrelle Pryor had to face the media today, and here are some interesting tidbits from that for your pleasure.

-Pryor had brace on scoped left knee as precaution- "It feels 100 percent. I'm faster than I think I've ever been"

Pryor said "Buckeyes must act like they aren't ranked, but he knows they could start preseason No. 2." Said Herbstreit told him that

Quotes from OSUsportsfromPD

Keep it here, as more is to come from Spring..
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For Today's Buckeye Spring News..

Head on over to FSN, to read what our friend Jeff has to say about the happenings at the Spring Camp. It covers what I did earlier but with more information overall, since it's from today, not yesterday.

Side note - Jeff is also the owner of the Buckeye Battle Cry.

Big day for Buckeyes.

Today is a big day for all Buckeye fans. For an investigation that started in 2006, the USC confrence starts today, and we will get see if they are guilty, or not innocent. The most recent USC "hmm's" are landing Seantrel Henderson right after Pete Carroll leaving USC and Lane Kiffin coming up in a Limo everywhere. Before that, just two months ago, running back Joe McKnight was caught driving a Land Rover provided by an LA businessman…and then, what the NCAA is looking at now, is Reggie Bush's treatment, (treated like a god, apparently), and OJ Mayo’s matriculation to LA broke in 2008 and the Trojan basketball program announced self-imposed penalties that included a postseason ban, forfeiting wins, the loss of scholarships and coach Tim Floyd leaving the program. If USC does somehow get away with all this, it will be, as i like to say, reDONKulous.

In more Buckeye news, Jim Tressel and his staff are already starting to recruit for next season, and the season after that. In fact, just yesterday, Quarterback coach Nick Sillicano found a 5 foot 3 kindergarden kid who can throw about 200 yards with a perfect spiral. It was to late, though, the kid, named Luke Sands, has already commited to Florida because Urban Meyer heard that Lane Kiffin got a 13 year old to commit, so he pulled the "I had a dream" speech with his parents. No, all kidding aside, The Buckeyes got early verbals from 2011 recruits Ken Hayes and Steve Miller and some people think that quarterback Braxton Miller may be a Buckeye come spring. This is huge, and there are plenty more recruits commiting to Ohio State quickly. The 2011 class is really looking a lot better than this class has looked.

Finally, you may have already seen this in our "Inside The Shoe News" but Miami quarterback Jacory Harris is out for the whole spring, including the spring game, due to surgery on his throwing thumb. Rustiness will only follow Harris into the big game, we hope, and highly touted running back Graig Cooper is most likely not going to see the playing field all season, let alone the Buckeye game. This is some more of the injures coming from the camp: Kicker/punter Matt Bosher, seen recently wearing a sling; linebacker Ramon Buchanan (shoulder); running back Cooper (knee); guard Joel Figueroa (upper extremity); linebacker Jordan Futch (knee); defensive lineman Levi Paalua (upper extremity), running back Lee Chambers (lower extremity). UM listed defensive tackle Marcus Forston (upper extremity), defensive back Ryan Hill (upper extremity) and safety JoJo Nicolas (upper extremity) as limited. Most of these players were projected starters, so even more good news for the Buckeyes. It seems like a good day to be one. Oh, and go on over to tBBC to wish congrats to Jeff, Eric, Jim, and Mali  for getting linked by ESPN. We here at ITS can only hope to follow in their footsteps. Great job guys.

P.S. If you all didn't notice the great post by Lee, head on over there to read the recap of the game last night.

Big Ten starting to make some moves.

It has been reported throughout the day that the current Big 12 school, Texas, is currently having "preliminary exchanges" with the Big Ten and it's need for expansion. Most Buckeye fans, including other Big Ten schools, like this idea, or so we think. Personally, I would love the idea, because it seems every so often, Texas and Ohio State duke it out for the top spot. So this automatically makes the conference THAT much tougher on us, and we can continue to do better in bowl games. In this case, it would not only help the Big Ten, but also help Texas. The past year has led to a nice little downfall for Big 12 fans, and this would seem like a good time to get out. Unlike last time, this story HAS a source, and may in fact, become true.