Hoge: Respectful Rivals Meet On Neutral Turf
When you think about the best rivalries in college football, "Wisconsin-Michigan State" probably doesn't come to mind very quickly, if at all.
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When you think about the best rivalries in college football, "Wisconsin-Michigan State" probably doesn't come to mind very quickly, if at all.
The last week of bowl projections before bids come out next Sunday. See which teams moved around this week.
In one division, the Big Ten is getting exactly what it wanted when it added Nebraska and split the conference in two divisions to create a conference championship game.
The Big Ten might be out of the national title hunt, but the conference still benefitted from this weekend's BCS craziness.
Nebraska and Michigan are still in the hunt for the Big Ten title, but Saturday's clash in Ann Arbor also has a BCS twist.
Though he's a tad older, Dale Sveum fit in perfectly with Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer at his introductory press conference Friday morning.
With two weeks to go in the regular season, it's time to start sorting out the Big Ten's bowl picture.
There are some good ones this weekend and Penn State-Nebraska was going to be a big game even before all these horrible allegations came out.
Nothing like this has ever happened before in my lifetime. It is without question the worst sports story I have covered.
As far as NCAA scandals go, this is as bad as it gets. It's worse than the worst recruiting violation. It's worse than free tattoos. It's worse than top bowl officials skimming money off the top for themselves.
Here's a crazy, but true thought: Iowa could still play in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game.
Consider the White Sox a dangerous dark horse in 2012. To get you ready for the off-season, here are five burning White Sox questions for the winter.
All 12 Big Ten teams have played at least half of their conference schedules and seven teams are still realistically in the hunt for a trip to the first ever Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
While the Badgers will once against lace them up under the lights Saturday -- this time at Ohio State -- it's the Spartans that are playing in the game of the week.
While most conferences around the country continue to juggle expansion talks, Commissioner Jim Delaney reiterated Thursday that the Big Ten is not currently interested in further expansion.
When the Red Sox endured their epic collapse in September, there was immediate speculation that Boston's loss could be the Cubs' gain.
Full preview and predictions of this week's Big Ten action.
After one quarter, the Bears are out to an early 16-0 lead over the Vikings behind Jay Cutler's 48-yard touchdown pass to Devin Hester.
The Illini host Ohio State in a game they should win. If they lose, I think a lot of concerns about this team will be realized. But how much stock can we put into a win?
The Cornhuskers head to Madison and face the defending conference champs in the biggest game of the week -- not just in the Big Ten, but nationally.
White Sox general manager said Tuesday that a new manager will not be hired this week, but it could happen before the World Series.
It's an idea that has been casually floated around for over a year and Tuesday Kenny Williams confirmed that he offered to leave the general manager position and take up a different role within the White Sox organization.
Even when the White Sox were bad, Ozzie was the story. Sometimes he was a negative story, but for a franchise like the White Sox who can hardly draw a sellout crowd when the team is good, any publicity is good publicity.
After Lovie Smith and Mike Martz said all week that the Bears would be more balanced against the Packers, Cutler threw the ball 37 times and running back Matt Forte had just nine carries.
If you haven't looked at this week's slate of Big Ten games, you might not want to. It's ugly.
