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07/19/11 Mail time. No mailblog Friday as I'll be off, but get those emails in for next week as we approach Big Ten media days. Keygan from Lincoln, Neb., writes: Hey Adam. I feel like the only one who thinks this whole "pay-for-play" idea is utterly ridiculous, so it'd be nice to hear your thoughts on it. I'm a music education major AND in the marching band at Nebraska. I support the school. I spend ...
07/19/11 Sports briefs: Big Ten schools cash in; UE associate AD named to NCAA committee.
07/19/11 Folks, we are in the midst of dawn in a new era of Big Ten football. A newly aligned conference gives birth to the Leaders and Legends divisions, while the inaugural conference championship awaits on December 3. Some new rivalries are born, whereas old ones remain. All that said, the scheduling becomes slightly altered, which (in the big scheme of things) can cause a vast differential in it's ...
07/18/11 Big Ten rules would allow Anthony Hubbard to sign with Nebraska and play basketball for the Cornhuskers next season.
07/18/11 Let's hit the links: Brady Hoke can seemingly do no wrong so far in Ann Arbor, Stewart Mandel writes in Sports Illustrated. The Buckeyes should be wary of Hoke and the Wolverines, Michael Arace writes. Mike Vrabel's NFL experience should help out Ohio State's linebackers . Ohio State is still the Big Ten's best job , Ken Thompson writes. Barry Alvarez praised the new Big Ten setup while being ...
07/18/11 Meant to post this Friday, but we finally wrap up the Big Ten preseason position rankings with the individual specialists. I'll break down the top five kickers, punters and return men in the league (sorry, long snappers). Although the Big Ten loses its most famous specialist from 2010 -- Michigan State punter Aaron Bates -- and Nebraska says goodbye to All-American Alex Henery, there are a few ...
07/17/11 Rumors that commissioner Jim Delany will bring Ron Guenther into the conference office are accurate. Guenther, who retired as Illinois athletic director July 1, will begin his job with the Big Ten as a consultant in the fall.
07/16/11 Part of Mid-Major Week . When the Pac-12 and Big Ten started the expansion craze last year, BYU could feel the tectonic plates of college football begin to shift. There were "personality" clashes in the Pac-10, which meant a place in that league wasn't guaranteed. The Big 12 had several teams rumored to be moving elsewhere and at one point, the entire conference almost ceased to exist, so that ...
07/16/11 Longtime teammates Aaron Gretz and Kris Goodman will reunite on the baseball field -- in opposing Big Ten dugouts.
07/15/11 MARQUETTE - Since the official announcement of the Big Ten hockey conference, through last week's first published report of what is now known as the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, Northern Michigan University has maintained the same position from start to finish.
07/15/11 MARQUETTE - Since the official announcement of the Big Ten hockey conference, through last week's first published report of what is now known as the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, Northern Michigan University has maintained the same position from start to finish.
07/15/11 Adam Hoge breaks down which Big Ten coaches are on the hot seat this season and which coaches are completely safe.
07/15/11 Oklahoma will host Ohio State and Oklahoma State will visit Indiana in the Big 12-Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge.
07/14/11 For more on Big Ten Football, read SBNation's Off Tackle Empire The 40th Annual Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon will take place in Chicago on Friday, July 29th with Media Days beginning the day before. This afternoon the Big Ten's Scott Chipman released the list of student athletes that will be in attendance for each school. Of note is that this will be the first time Nebraska sends a ...
07/14/11 Kansas women's basketball will host Wisconsin this season as part of the 2011 Big 12/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge. The inter-conference series began in 2010 and features a home-and-home format over a two-year agreement. Texas Tech will represent the Big 12 in two games while Big Ten member Nebraska will sit out in 2011 due to the uneven number of teams among the two leagues.
07/14/11 Two of the most powerful men in all of college sports, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and SEC commissioner Mike Slive, came out this spring in support of providing more money to college athletes to cover the full cost of attendance. When these guys speak, people listen, so naturally there has been a lot of talk about the issue. Some wonder if it's merely the start of a seismic shift in college ...
07/14/11 The Boilermakers will take on defending national champion Texas A&M on Dec. 4 in Mackey Arena in the 2011 Big 12/Big Ten Challenge.
07/14/11 It seems that the only opponent that could possibly knock the Ohio State University from its lofty perch atop the Big Ten Conference is the Buckeyes themselves.
07/13/11 With Western set to play in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association the next two seasons, the uncertainty begins in 2013-14 when the Big Ten opens hockey play.
07/12/11 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State football fans who want to guarantee their seats for Penn State's clashes with Alabama, new Big Ten member Nebraska and all seven home opponents have a limited time left to do so.
07/12/11 The schedule sets up very well for Kirk Ferentz and Iowa, which could put the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten title... | 
