Cleveland Press

Cleveland State concludes its brief two-game homestand when the Vikings host St. Bonaventure on Friday (Nov. 18) at 7:00 p.m. in the Wolstein Center. The Vikings have opened the season with two wins, including an 86-57 triumph over Rio Grande on Tuesday (Nov. 15) in the home opener. St. Bonaventure has played just one game this year, a 79-58 win over Cornell on Nov. 11. This will be the eighth all-time meeting with the Bonnies holding a 6-1 advantage in the series. CSU earned a 69-51 win in last year's meeting in the Wolstein Center.

PREVIEWING THE VIKINGS: Sixth-year head coach Gary Waters will combine an experienced group of upperclassmen with one of the most talented freshman classes in school history as the Vikings set out to win a second straight Horizon League title. The strength of the team is at the guards where seniors Trey Harmon and Jeremy Montgomery return after starting all 36 games last season. They will be joined in the backcourt by freshmen Sebastian Douglas and Charles Lee. Senior D'Aundray Brown returns to the lineup after missing last season with a finger injury to man the small forward spot with freshmen Marlin Mason and Ike Nwamu ready to step in and provide minutes. Senior Aaron Pogue returns as the starting center with junior Tim Kamczyc back at the power forward slot. Sophomores Devon Long and Luda Ndaye and freshman Anton Grady add depth, athleticism and length to the frontcourt.

The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in an exciting game in Ohio.

Braxton Miller tossed a 40 yard TD pass late in the fourth quarter to give the Buckeyes the lead.

Devon Miller got behind the Badger defense and made the reception for ta TD with about 5 seconds left. This highlighted an exciting 4th quarter that saw the lead change and Wisconsin come from behind.

The Ohio State defense played very well and stopped the Wisconsin running game for most of the night.

Colt McCoy lead the Cleveland Browns to an impressive win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday 27 - 19

Peyton Hillis ran for 94 yards on 27 carries and also caught four passes for 23 yards for the Browns (1-1), who were coming off a 27-17 loss to the Bengals in their opener. McCoy connected on 22-of-32 passes for 211 yards and was not picked off Sunday, as the Browns stopped a five-game slide against the Colts.

Ohio State Won its home opener as Luke Fickell gets his first win.

Including first-year head coach Luke Fickell, the last 21 Ohio State coaches are 20-0-1 in their debuts. The last Ohio State coach to lose his debut was Jack Ryder, who suffered a 40-4 loss at Oberlin in 1892.

• The last 22 Ohio State coaches are 21-0-1 in their home debuts. The last Buckeye coach to lose his home opener was Alexander Lilley in 1890.

• Ohio State has started 1-0 every year since 2000. The Buckeyes last lost an opener when they suffered a 23-12 defeat to Miami (Fla.) in the 1999 Kickoff Classic at Giants Stadium.

• Ohio State is 31-2 in its last 33 season-openers.

• Ohio State is 53-5 at Ohio Stadium since the start of the 2002 season.

• Ohio State has won 55 consecutive regular-season non-conference home games against teams not ranked in the AP Top 25.

• Ohio State has not lost a home opener in 33 years - Sept. 16, 1978 to be exact when No. 6 Ohio State suffered a 19-0 loss to No. 5 Penn State in Woody Hayes’ final season as head coach.

• Ohio State has an all-time opening game record of 105-12-4. The Buckeyes’ last opening day loss away from Columbus was to Miami (Fla.) in the 1999 Kickoff Classic in East Rutherford, N.J.

• All-time, the Buckeyes are 109-8-4 in home openers since 1890. The largest opening day crowd at Ohio Stadium was 105,092 in the 2009 opener vs. Navy.

• The game marked just the second time since 1977 Ohio State opened the season with a shutout. The only other was a 43-0 victory against Youngstown State in 2008.

• Ohio State has 820 wins all-time, the fifth-most among FBS teams.

• The Buckeyes had 27 first downs to five for Akron.

• Senior center Mike Brewster, senior right tackle J.B. Shugarts and junior defensive tackle John Simon served as game captains.