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Former Penn State quarterback Steven Bench is heading back to the South. South Florida, that is. Bench announced Thursday that he's transferring to South Florida, selecting the Bulls ahead of Mississippi State. He will be eligible to play immediat...

Follow us on Twitter. Let's get to those emails ... Jeremy from Columbus writes: With regards to the future Big Ten schedules (2016 and beyond), will we go to a system of staggered crossover games? Since we went to divisions, we've played two non-...

100 days away ... Illinois is very much in the mix for Oklahoma State QB transfer Wes Lunt. Illini coach Tim Beckman and his assistants are social-media machines. A great look inside a week with Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Michiga...

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy's decision to prohibit quarterback Wes Lunt from transferring to the SEC, the Big 12 or Southern Miss is being justifiably panned. It's petty and hypocritical for coaches, many of whom flirt with other jobs, to rest...

Ohio State already had started paying more competitive salaries for assistant coaches before Urban Meyer arrived in November 2011. But when Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith sat down to discuss staff pay, Smith soon realized he needed to do m...

CHICAGO -- Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner jokes with his Pitt counterpart Steve Pederson about scheduling football games somewhere on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between State College and Pittsburgh. It's unlikely the Nittany Lions and Pan...

The mail comes to you a little early today as I'll have coverage of the Big Ten spring meetings this afternoon. Badger in Columbus from Columbus, Ohio, writes: Please explain giving the edge to Washington over Wisconsin. If it was a contest of whi...

Your Big Ten spring meetings version ... Future football schedules likely will be a hot topic at Big Ten meetings. So will bowl games, Lee Barfknecht writes. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has been tough on player conduct, so how will he handle Alex ...

There has been plenty of recent news on the recruiting trail around the Big Ten, and we're a bit overdue for a scorecard, so here's the latest rundown. Teams are sorted based on most verbal commitments for the 2014 class. MICHIGAN Total commits...

Red Wings-Blackhawks one last time in the Western Conference playoffs? Yes, please. No more media trailers at Michigan State? Yes, please. Here's more on the proposed Spartan Stadium renovation. Matt Charboneau is reserving judgment on a Spartans...

Alex Lewis' Nebraska career is off to a very rocky start. Lewis, an offensive lineman at Colorado who Friday said he's transferring to Nebraska, was arrested Saturday and charged with second-degree assault. Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb was wit...

When Penn State's coaches' caravan set out last May, Bill O'Brien found himself in the awkward spot of new guy/object of curiosity. "I barely even knew the people I was on the bus with," O'Brien told ESPN.com on Thursday. He knew a lot more abo...

You know, I've got problems of my own. I can't always be the lovable sidekick on the Manny Show. Did you even notice I'm binge eating? Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany will be deposed by the attorneys representing Ed O'Bannon and others in the ant...

The name, game sites and logo for the upcoming College Football Playoff are set. Now comes the most important piece of the puzzle: the selection committee. Everyone wants to know who will have the important and unenviable task of choosing the fiel...

You get older, you have kids, you stop stealing, it's sad. Mark Wogenrich tackles Penn State's 65-man scholarship puzzle. Bill O'Brien presses the reset button on the Lions' offense each spring. Ohio State incoming safety Vonn Bell talks about ...

Coach Bill O'Brien is no longer new to the Penn State program and its players, but after the departure of a special senior class, the Lions are starting over for the 2013 season. Colleague Ivan Maisel was in State College this spring and writes ab...