Wisconsin's Ball Returning For Senior Season
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball, this year's Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, announced Thursday in a press conference that he will return for his senior season.
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Wisconsin running back Montee Ball, this year's Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, announced Thursday in a press conference that he will return for his senior season.
Illinois sophomore center Meyers Leonard was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
I will never be one of those insane chest thumpers that feel it is necessary to puff out my chest based on how my "conference" plays in bowl games, but apparently, I am one of the few who actually feels this way.
The Big Ten released a statement Thursday announcing it will be involved in the investigation of Penn State in light of the allegations of child sexual abuse by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
I offer up this proposal to Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany: If game attendance and ticket demand in Indy doesn't improve markedly the next few years, the Big Ten should bring its football championship to Chicago's Soldier Field in 2016.
The Badgers ran out the clock for a 42-39 victory Saturday night in the inaugural Big Ten championship game.
It turns out the Big Ten is not looking for seat-fillers for Saturday's Big Ten Championship game.
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and Penn State defensive tackle Devon Still was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
The Big Ten sent out a statement on Twitter Wednesday denying that the conference is hiring seat fillers for Saturday's Big Ten Championship Game between Wisconsin and Michigan State.
Illini receiver A.J. Jenkins and defensive lineman Whitney Mercilus made the All Big Ten First Team, while fellow first-teamer Drake Dunsmore of Northwestern was named the conference tight end of the year.
The last week of bowl projections before bids come out next Sunday. See which teams moved around this week.
Urban Meyer has accepted the job as Ohio State football coach, according to ESPN.
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.
At this point, about every media outlet in the country has reported that Urban Meyer will be taking the Ohio State head coaching job that isn't even available yet.
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.
Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus was named a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, given to the nation's best defensive player.
Ask most coaches how they view their life's work, and you'll get an answer like this: "I consider myself a teacher, first and foremost."
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.
The Big Ten needs to dump the names. For one thing, more than two months into the season, I can't even remember which division is which – they sound almost exactly the same – and have to look it up to remind myself every time.
Here's a crazy, but true thought: Iowa could still play in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game.
Gerry DiNardo of The Big Ten Network joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to break down the Big Ten match ups from last weekend and preview this week's games.
Northwestern senior tight end Drake Dunsmore was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after catching four touchdowns in the Wildcats' 59-38 win at Indiana Saturday.
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.
