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Our postseason position rankings wrapped up the offensive side of the ball Wednesday with a look at the offensive line. Now it's time to switch to the other side of the ball. We'll stay in the trenches with our rankings for the defensive lines. Th...

We're back with another report card, as we're doubling down on these in order to finish before the New Year's Day bowls. Nebraska, come and get your grades for the 2012 regular season: Offense: A The Huskers led the Big Ten in total offense and...

Pretty boring week, eh? Phil H. from Vancouver, Wash., writes: Now the Coach B is gone we have been hearing and reading a lot about Wisconsin having to hire a Wisconsin guy. What are your thoughts about trying to get a big name coach who can pull ...

With just one game during the weekend, we'll dispense with the usual categories and do things a little differently with the rewind. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly from Wisconsin's 70-31 win over Nebraska in the Big Ten championship game. Th...

INDIANAPOLIS -- When the Big Ten championship game ended and both teams went to the middle of the field to shake hands, Nebraska safety P.J. Smith stayed back a few yards. Hands on his hips, Smith simply stared at the Wisconsin players celebrating...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini and Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema met with the media on Friday on the eve of the Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Here are a few highlights and notes from each coach's media session:...

We take a look inside the Big Ten trends, with no insider trading needed. Stock up James White: While Montee Ball understandably is getting all the attention right now, don't forget the job Wisconsin's No. 2 back is doing. White rushed for 161 ...

The NASDAQ and the Nikkei got nothing on this market. Stock up Penn State's Killer Zs: Zach Zwinak was no better than the fifth-string tailback for the Nittany Lions this summer. But in the last two games, the 230-pound sophomore has rushed for...

Back in January, Indiana was desperate to land another quarterback. The Hoosiers had Tre Roberson, who emerged out of a crowd to seize the starting job as a true freshman. But in part because of that, Dusty Kiel and Ed Wright-Baker transferred. On...

Nebraska's defensive players enter their first game week feeling good vibes. "Our confidence is high," senior linebacker Will Compton told ESPN.com. "And I think it's only going to get higher as the days go on." All offseason, the Cornhuskers h...

With media days in our rearview mirror, we jump back into our preseason Big Ten position rankings. Last week we unveiled our rankings for individual defensive linemen. Now it's time to look at the defensive line units as a whole. Remember, these r...

You thought there would only be one preseason award watch list announcement today? Think again, my friends. The Butkus Award list came out earlier today, and now the Rotary Lombardi Award has been unveiled. The Lombardi Award contains my favorite ...

The preseason awards watch lists parade continues today with two pretty big honors: the Outland and Bronko Nagurski trophies. The Outland Trophy honors the best interior lineman in the country, and the Big Ten usually produces several great player...

2011 record: 11-3 2011 conference record: 7-1 (Legends Division champions) Returning starters: Offense: 5; Defense: 8; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners DE William Gholston, DE Marcus Rush, LB Denicos Allen, LB Max Bullough, LB Chris Norman, C...

With spring practice over, we're looking at the most indispensable players on each Big Ten team. Not necessarily the best players, but those who would be hardest to replace because of their value to the team or because of a lack of depth at their p...

The NFL draft is a little more than 24 hours away, and our analysts Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr. have come out with their final mock drafts. (Let's pause here for a moment of silence for the 2012 mock draft process. May it rest in peace. But neve...