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Since news of the Big Ten division realignment first broke, some Nebraska fans have fretted that they are entering a new Big 12 North. The comparisons at first glance seem valid. Michigan and Ohio State seemed poised to dominate the league from th...

Former Big Eight and Big 12 rivals Nebraska and Colorado have agreed to play each other again in a new home-and-home series beginning in 2018.

We're borrowing an idea from the Big 12 blog and starting a new series today breaking down the best and worst moments of the season for each Big Ten team. Let's begin with the Minnesota Golden Gophers: Best moment: Getting bowl eligible The Gop...

Pretty much everybody thought the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl would be a low-scoring game, given the two outstanding defenses and the, uh, challenges facing the offenses. TCU and Michigan State lived up -- or down, depending on your point of view -- to e...

Michigan State (6-6, 3-5 Big Ten) vs. TCU (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) WHO TO WATCH: Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell. The 6-foot-2, 244-pound junior has carried the Spartans offense at times this season. He ranks third in the country in average yard...

Forget about the prospect of superconferences in the future. They're already here -- at least in terms of money. Colleague Brett McMurphy reports that the five so-called power leagues -- the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12 and (for some reason) the A...

Ohio State and Texas will play a home-and-home series in 2022 and 2023, the schools announced on Wednesday.

In 2009 and 2010, Bo Pelini's Nebraska defenses were regarded as some of the very best in the nation. Even playing in the wide-open Big 12, the Cornhuskers controlled the action with their defense. They allowed fewer points per game than anybody i...

Time for your final mailbag of the week. Hope everybody has a great weekend! Charles in New Jersey writes: Andrea, I see that the Blue Ribbon preseason rankings have WVU at second in the Big 12. Given that the majority of their Big East games last...

Lots of angry readers this week. Was it something I said? Michael in Louisville writes: Andrea your last post is garbage. You are making assumptions on things that have not even been decided yet. You are making the SEC/Big 12 game another top bowl...

I had a chance to catch up with Big East interim commissioner Joe Bailey on Wednesday to get his thoughts on the future four-team playoff and where the Big East fits into the picture. Here is what he said. How does the future four-team playoff imp...

A final sendoff for the week with another Big East mailblog. Paul Boger in Cokato, Minn., writes: Andrea, Re: college football playoffs, I've always totally believed two things. 1. The champion should always be determined on the field. Not by a bu...

With Geno Smith off to the Big 12, the Big East is left without a marquee player at the quarterback position for 2012. So who is going to emerge as the best of the best in the league? I asked you last week, and you responded in a big way. With ...

Let's open up the mailbag! Michael in Louisville writes: "The guy who makes us go is Teddy Bridgewater. He's unique. I've been coaching this position for about 20 years now, and I've had some really good kids. Teddy is the best I've been around, a...

The Big 12/SEC "Champions Bowl" concept dredged up more talk of the potential that college football would eventually consolidate into four, 16-team superconferences. Such a model would simplify choosing four playoff teams and would seem to fit int...

I send you out for Memorial Day with these hot dog questions! Graham in Dallas writes: Andrea, us conservative, remain-classy-and-quiet - and-prove-yourself-on-the-field Bearcats have gotten very little love (in fact, unfair negative love ) from v...