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Penn State players and coaches have said they're sticking with Sam Ficken as their kicker despite his brutal outing last week at Virginia. The Nittany Lions now don't have many other options. Ficken's backup, freshman Matt Marcincin, has left the ...

Penn State's offense took major hits when star running back Silas Redd and top receiver Justin Brown transferred. But the Nittany Lions are beginning to find some answers in training camp. Head coach Bill O'Brien said in a teleconference with repo...

Our first game featuring a Big Ten team is four weeks from today (and sorry, Minnesota fans, for forgetting this week that the UNLV game was moved to Thursday night). More importantly, today brings the first fall practice for a Big Ten team (Indiana)...

We now have our first player to take advantage of liberal transfer rules and leave Penn State. Nittany Lions fans can hope the first transfer is the only kind they will have to endure. Safety Tim Buckley, a walk-on who redshirted last season, has ...

Our series ranking each position group from the 2011 Big Ten season comes to a close today with the final group, and one that is often overlooked but is always important: special teams. Special teams is a broad spectrum, so we're combining perform...

Saw you so much clearer, once you were in my rear-view mirror. Team of the week: Michigan. The Wolverines flexed their muscles and blew out Nebraska 45-17 in their best performance and arguably biggest win of the season. Michigan is now the Big Te...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- After one quarter at Beaver Stadium, we're still waiting for our first points. Is the lackluster offensive play a result of the distractions for both teams? I don't think so. This is just how Penn State plays. It's also a ...

Three Big Ten players are among the 20 semifinalists named Friday for the Lou Groza Award, which goes to the nation's top kicker. Nebraska's Brett Maher, Penn State's Anthony Fera and Iowa's Mike Meyer all made the cut. Maher has been impressiv...

Michigan State's win over Wisconsin changed the conversation in the overall Big Ten race. But did it change anything in the individual award races Let's find out: Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year 1. Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilso...

Bring it back, come rewind. I bring it back all the time: Team of the week: Michigan State. The Spartans notched their fourth consecutive victory against chief rival Michigan, sending their seniors out without ever having lost to the Wolverines. T...

Don't look back in anger. Well, unless you're a fan of Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, Northwestern or Minnesota. Then we'll allow it. Team of the week: Wisconsin. The only real question about the Badgers after their first four games was how they wo...

Penn State is once again relying on its defense today, leading Eastern Michigan just 3-0 in the second quarter behind a sluggish offensive attack. The bad news: one of the key pieces of that defense is no longer on the field. Linebacker Michael...

What's on your mind today? Surprise -- it's expansion and realignment. OK, we'll talk about that a bit and then jump back into some real football. Ben from Lincoln, Neb., writes: Do you think the B1G would accept Oklahoma? Seems like it would be...

The first Big Ten coaches teleconference of the season was held Tuesday, while several teams also held their first game week news conferences. Here are some news and nuggets from each of the Leaders Division coaches: Illinois Ron Zook praised...

T-minus two weeks 'til kickoff ... Illinois picked a punter but has a few other position battles to decide. Here's the latest Camp Rantoul report from Bob Asmussen. An in-depth look at the Indiana quarterbacks. Lebron Daniel backed up Adrian Cl...

We're doubling up on fresh faces today as camps open around the league. This series looks at freshmen, redshirt freshmen, transfers or returnees ready to move into much bigger roles this season for each unit on a team. Let's examine Penn State: ...