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Big Ten bloggers Adam Rittenberg and Brian Bennett will occasionally give their takes on a burning question facing the league. We'll both have strong opinions, but not necessarily the same view. We'll let you decide which blogger is right. We're i...

Big Ten bloggers Adam Rittenberg and Brian Bennett will occasionally give their takes on a burning question facing the league. We'll both have strong opinions, but not necessarily the same view. We'll let you decide which blogger is right. We rece...

The Big Ten made news a little more than a week ago by announcing its new division alignment for the 2014 season, as well as a move to nine conference games beginning in 2016. We covered all the news here and here and here, but several components of ...

The Big Ten made big news Sunday by announcing its new division alignment for the 2014 season, as well as a move to nine conference games beginning in 2016. We covered all the news here and here and here, but several components of the moves merit fur...

The NFL draft starts tonight after endless months of hype. Here at the Big Ten blog, we thought, "Why should the NFL guys get to have all the fun of making mock drafts?" So we're going to out-mock the mockers by creating our own, totally fake Big ...

Unless you've been living in a world without ESPN, the Internet or sports talk radio, you're well aware that the NFL draft begins Thursday night. What will the weekend hold for Big Ten products? Who will be the top pick from the league? Which play...

Big Ten bloggers Adam Rittenberg and Brian Bennett will occasionally give their takes on a burning question facing the league. We'll both have strong opinions, but not necessarily the same view. We'll let you decide which blogger is right. Spring ...

On Wednesday, the head coach and one player from each Big Ten Legends Division team participated in a spring football teleconference with the media. On Thursday, it was the Leaders Division's turn. Here are some notes and updates from the call: Il...

Every Legends Division head coach, along with a player from each of the six teams, participated in a Big Ten spring teleconference with the media on Wednesday. Here are some notes and updates from those teams: IOWA After six practices, the ...

By this point in our ultimate Big Ten road trip, we're probably looking a little haggard. Too many fast-food binges, too little exercise and too much time in airports and hotels likely has made us delirious. Good thing it's just imaginary, then. W...

If this were an April Fool's post, we'd tell you about how we have an unlimited travel budget and the ability to pick whatever game we want to cover during the season. But it isn't, and we don't. Instead, we're imagining which 2013 Big Ten games w...

The reality is that we don't get to pick where we want to be each weekend during the Big Ten football season. Travel budgets and editors get in the way sometimes. Well, reality bites. Which is why we're having some fun and picking which 2013 Big T...

We'd love to have an unlimited travel budget, free reign on our choice of assignments and the ability to go to the best Big Ten game on the schedule every week. But like MGMT once sang, we're fated to pretend. And pretending we are with this ultim...

When a horse wins a big race like the Kentucky Derby, people usually say it had the perfect trip. We're seeking our own perfect trip through the Big Ten this fall. Now, perfection is nearly impossible to achieve in reality. There are budgetary con...

We're back with our picks on which Big Ten games we would attend in 2013 if we had an unlimited travel budget and total control over what we cover. A magical world, if you will. We're limiting ourselves to one game per week and trying to diversify...

Adventure? Excitement? A Big Ten blogger craves not these things. Unless we're talking our gameday trips, and then we want to be at the best venues for the best possible matchups. Alas, we don't have an unlimited travel budget or complete freedom ...