Will Howard hasn't played a game yet for Ohio State, but his emergence this soon in preseason camp makes Ryan Day and Chip Kelly's choice to lead their team the obvious one.

True freshmen are rarely a factor at Ohio State, especially on a team as experienced as this one. But Jeremiah Smith is already doing things most freshmen don't, and he's going to be ready to do it on Saturdays.

The recent promotions of three recent Ohio State baseball players gives pause to the theory that talent doesn’t seek Big Ten baseball as a development path to the big leagues. I swore I wouldn’t go here. Said to myself that I would ignore those who have written over the past two years to criticize time