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What's brewing today with

the Ohio State Buckeyes:

Buckeyes buzz

The relationships between Michigan and Ohio State extend beyond the field.

Even though the schools are bitter enemies, many of the opposing players are friends. Some of the coaches have worked together, too.

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said he has known Ohio State's Jim Tressel for several years. Both represent an apparel company, both go to Big Ten coaches meetings and both are members of the American Football Coaches Association.

Rodriguez regrets one time when he crossed paths with OSU's coaches.

"Some of (Tressel's) coaches came to visit us a few years back when I was at West Virginia," he said. He joked, "If I knew I was going to be here, that trip wouldn't have happened."

Losing their marbles

Each of Ohio State's 28 seniors were given a case before the season which contained 12 marbles. Each Friday, they have handed over a marble to Tressel. The last marble is blue, to signify Michigan.

Tressel's wife, Ellen, came up with the idea as a way of impressing upon the seniors how quickly their final season passes. Apparently, they've gotten the message.

"Every time you give him one it is like, 'Man, that's one more gone,' " DL Nader Abdallah said. "It just keeps reminding you that you have only got a certain amount of games left and you better make the most of them."

Goal-line standout

Ohio State men's tennis players Justin Kronague, a former Centerville High School standout, and Bryan Koniecko will be honored on the south goal line at the end of the first quarter of the game today, Nov. 22. Koniecko defeated teammate Kronague in the final of the 2008 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships on Nov. 9.

— Staff and Wire Reports