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CHICAGO — In the wake of the Monday night firing of Ohio State wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Zach Smith, head coach Urban Meyer addressed the move Tuesday morning when he initially met the press at Big Ten Media Days.

“Obviously had to make a change on our Read More

CHICAGO — The 2018 Big Ten Football Media Days continued Tuesday with the remaining seven head coaches taking the podium in the morning for roughly 15 minutes each.

In addition to the coaches, Big Ten coordinator of football officials Bill Carollo and FOX Sports National Networks and Big Ten Network President Read More

CHICAGO – Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer took the podium at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours after he announced the firing of wide receivers coach Zach Smith after reports of multiple domestic violence accusations surfaced. Meyer addressed the change on his coaching staff, Read More

CHICAGO — As more information regarding a domestic violence incident continues to come out, Ohio State announced Monday evening it has fired wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Zach Smith.

“Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has announced the termination of wide receiver’s coach Zach Smith,” the statement read. “Coaching Read More

CHICAGO – According to most accounts, Ohio State is likely to be the favorite to win the Big Ten after topping the conference last season. That said, the general opinion is that the conference’s top offensive player will be suiting up for Penn State, not the Buckeyes.

That player is Read More

CHICAGO – The 2018 Big Ten Media Days got underway Monday morning with podium appearances from half of the league’s coaches. The list included Nebraska’s Scott Frost, Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald, Penn State’s James Franklin, Purdue’s Jeff Brohm, Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck and Rutgers’ Chris Ash with Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh Read More

CHICAGO — Following Jim Delany’s press conference that signaled the start of the 2018 Big Ten Football Media Days on Monday, seven of the conference’s 14 head coaches took the podium for roughly 15 minutes each. Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh was the last of the coaches to speak, and Read More

CHICAGO — The 2018 Big Ten Football Media Days began Monday with conference commissioner Jim Delaney’s press conference kicking things off.

What follows are updates from Delaney’s presser.

• The commissioner said he believes last year’s football season was among the best in Big Ten history, despite the conference not having Read More

CHICAGO — A domestic violence civil protection order was filed Friday against Ohio State wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Zach Smith, according to a report from Brett McMurphy.

Smith’s ex-wife, Courtney, 33, filed the order with Delaware (Ohio) Police Department. Unless reversed by a judge on an Aug. Read More

CHICAGO – Ohio State stars Nick Bosa and J.K. Dobbins are expected to be two of the Buckeyes’ top players in 2018, and the Big Ten handed them each an honor that reinforces that.

Ahead of the start of Big Ten Read More