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The Big Ten has released its conference schedule for the 2014 season, when new members Maryland and Rutgers join the league and play in the East and West divisions begins. The league hopes to release the 2015 schedule, which will flip the game sites ...

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is becoming a big fan of neutral-site games. He can't stop talking about them. When we met in March, he discussed the benefits of such games. The following day, Wisconsin announced it would open the 2015 s...

When Indianapolis and Chicago made bids to host the first set of Big Ten football championship games, Indy won in a landslide, as the Big Ten awarded it the title game through 2015. A first-rate indoor facility (Lucas Oil Stadium) surrounded by re...

Wisconsin has long been criticized for its soft nonconference schedules, and rightfully so. But as the playoff era approaches in college football -- and with it an increased importance of schedule strength -- the Badgers are showing a greater willing...

Less than a week after joining the ACC in all sports but football, Notre Dame pulled the plug on its annual series with Michigan. The two teams will meet in 2013 and 2014, but beyond that, it's anyone's guess as Notre Dame canceled games from 2015-17...

Most of us saw this coming, but the first championship game in the playoff era won't take place in Big Ten country. Colleague Brett McMurphy reports today that six cities are under consideration to host the title game on Jan. 12, 2015 -- and all s...

Links are schedule-heavy today, as everyone is weighing in on the 2015/2016 slates. One downside of the future schedules is a four-year break for Ohio State and Nebraska. Wisconsin finally returns to Michigan's schedule in 2015. Wolverines coac...

The Big Ten on Monday released the league schedules for the 2015 and 2016 football seasons. These schedules were approved last Tuesday by the league's athletic directors at the spring meetings. Unlike the 2013 and 2014 seasons, which have two separat...

When the Big Ten schedules for both the 2015 and 2016 seasons are released later this month, they'll look familiar. Conference play once again will kick off on the last Saturday in September or the first Saturday in October. There had been interes...

Northwestern made it official Tuesday and announced a new contract for coach Pat Fitzgerald that runs through the 2020 season. Fitzgerald's previous extension, signed in June 2009, ran through the 2015 campaign. His new 10-year contract begins imm...

Northwestern on Tuesday announced a new contract for coach Pat Fitzgerald that runs through the 2020 season.

Wisconsin announced Friday that it has approved a contract extension for football coach Bret Bielema through the 2015 season. Some might ask: Didn't Bielema just receive an extension last year? Yep. And if he keeps doing well, he'll get one of the...

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema has had his five-year rollover contract extended through the 2015 season.

One way or another, Penn State fans likely will be seeing a lot of Al Golden in the coming years. Penn State and Temple have agreed to play games in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Temple will visit Happy Valley to open the 2014 season (Aug. 30) and on Sept....

Bret Bielema's tweet was not a tease. The Wisconsin head coach caused a bit of a stir April 6 when he tweeted: "Also trying to lock up a home and home contest with Notre Dame or Nebraska for the future. (Home 2012 away 2015). Would be fun for WI f...

Indiana has finalized its schedule for the 2010 season and is pretty much done for both 2011 and 2012. These slates probably will elicit a lukewarm reaction. The school also announced future series against Missouri (2013-14), Wake Forest (2015-16)...