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NEW ORLEANS -- Cameron Heyward plays football for moments like this. It's not as if the Ohio State standout defensive lineman slacks off for non-marquee games. But he understands what it means to play on the big stage against top competition, and ...

1. Big Ten offenses will emphasize the pass more in 2013. Indiana was the only Big Ten team to finish in the top 30 nationally in pass offense last season, and seven league squads finished 94th or worse. Greater balance is the goal around much of the...

We're plodding our way through the best case/worst case scenarios for each Big Ten team (promise to finish up before the season). Up next: Northwestern. As a reminder, these pieces are not in any way predictions. They are meant to illustrate the r...

We're nearing the end of our Big Ten position rankings, and it's time to finish up the defense rundowns with a look at the secondaries. Let's start off with the unit rankings. As a reminder, we're basing these mostly on last year's performance and...

Three spring games are on tap Saturday around the Big Ten, and we're taking a look at each one. Let's finish today's roundup by examining the LiFE Sports Spring Game at Ohio State. When: 1:30 p.m. ET, Saturday Where: Ohio Stadium Admissio...

The links aren't going anywhere, but the Big Ten chat starts right now! There are few definitive answers regarding Bubba Starling and Nebraska right now, Steven M. Sipple writes in the Lincoln Journal Star. Iowa's defense hopes to finish the jo...

The final Associated Press Top 25 poll is out, and the Big Ten placed three teams among the top 15. Sugar Bowl champ Ohio State leads off the Big Ten contingent at No. 5, marking the Buckeyes' seventh top 5 finish in Jim Tressel's 10 years as coac...

Wisconsin junior running back John Clay has decided to pass up his senior season and enter the 2011 NFL draft.

Brace yourself. November will be a wild ride in the Big Ten. Four Big Ten squads enter November with one conference loss, and all four teams want to emerge from the month the exact same way. We could see as many as three teams finish atop the Big ...

Many of you have been spending the past few weeks reading the nation's best college football preview, as my colleagues have dissected every league in the land. Except one. The preview finishes with the Big Ten today, and while I'm biased, I think ...

The position rankings finish with the special-teams units. For this list, I examine kickers, punters, return men and coverage units and look at each team's overall picture in the all-important third phase. The Big Ten loses several elite specialists,...

The Big Ten preseason player rankings, based on past performance and 2010 potential, continue with ... No. 3: Cameron Heyward, DL, Ohio State, Sr., 6-5, 288 2009 numbers: Led Ohio State and ranked eighth in the Big Ten in sacks with 6.5; finish...

Size does matter when it comes to the NCAA's attendance figures, and the Big Ten's mammoth venues once again helped the league rank among the national leaders. The Big Ten ranked second nationally among FBS conferences in average attendance (71,76...

Let's be clear: a win against Ohio State won't salvage Michigan's season. The Wolverines still would have six losses on their record, including three defeats of 21 points or more. They would still finish no better than 2-6 in Big Ten play for the ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Great questions the last few weeks, and thanks for all the kind words. Big Ten fans are in midseason form. Steve from Indiana writes: Hey Adam, why do you think Purdue is unable to finish games every week? T...

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg What an exciting day so far in the Big Ten. I think the league gained a small degree of national respect with several extremely exciting finishes. I've already weighed in on Michigan State's overtime win ove...