Gophers lay ground work vs. Cal
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.comAs Minnesota geared up for its showdown with No. 8 Cal, ESPN.com tagged along for the final stages of game week.
Story | Conversation | September 22, 2009The ultimate Big Ten road trip
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...distance traveled: 647 miles WEEK 3 Sept. 19 -- California at Minnesota There's a new stadium...team take on Jahvid Best and nationally ranked Cal at TCF Bank Stadium. The weather should still...
Blog | May 07, 2009Fitzgerald doesn't see Northwestern as pit stop
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...national coach of the year at Northwestern in 1946 and coached Otto Graham before moving on to Cal. If Pat Fitzgerald continues to win in Evanston -- his victories total has increased from four to six...
Blog | April 17, 2009Minnesota's Brewster excited for USC series
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...one headline game every year to go along with others against mainly regional foes. Minnesota hosts Cal on Sept. 19, faces USC the next two seasons and takes on both Colorado and Syracuse in...
Blog | January 27, 2009Minnesota announces USC series, future dates
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...his approach to nonconference scheduling. The Golden Gophers repeatedly breezed through one-ply Septembers before...quot; Minnesota will face Air Force and Cal next fall and begin a series against Colorado...
Blog | January 23, 2009Big Ten mailblog
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...easy non conference schedule. Ohio State played and lost to Usc and Minnesota played and lost to Cal, and you got teams like Wisconsin who pad the schedule every year and can easily bump teams...
Blog | November 10, 2009Ohio State to wear throwback uniforms
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...jerseys, but you have to be careful when messing with tradition. Ohio State isn't Oregon or Cal. And you can bet if the Buckeyes lose to Michigan for the first time since 2004, many...
Blog | November 05, 2009Penn State still searching for signature win
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...Disastrous season debut against Boise State, overcame suspension of star running back LeGarrette Blount, crushed USC and Cal, frontrunner for Rose Bowl berth, incredible turnaround. Then you get to No. 11 Penn State. What do...
Blog | November 04, 2009For Hawkeyes, style points not their style
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...Ferentz, who told me way back in the spring, "Nobody's going to mistake us for Southern Cal." For the record, Iowa is ranked one spot ahead of USC in the latest BCS standings. Given...
Blog | October 29, 2009Gophers' bowl hopes dealt a big blow
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...games and drew some well-deserved national attention after a gutsy performance in Minnesota's loss to Cal on Sept. 19. For a Gophers offense going through a lot of transition this year, Decker was...
Blog | October 27, 2009Spartans taking aim at targeted Hawkeyes
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...elicits different responses from different teams. Teams like Florida and USC tend to embrace it. Teams like Cal and Clemson tend to fall apart. How will the Hawkeyes respond? Business as usual. "It's probably...
Blog | October 23, 2009Midseason review: Minnesota
Adam Rittenberg, Big TenPosted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Minnesota Golden Gophers Record: 4-3 (2-2 Big Ten...Syracuse and Air Force and stayed close with Cal until the fourth quarter. Since then, there have...
Blog | October 20, 2009Big Ten midseason review
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...conference teams and Notre Dame. The Big Ten struggled in its premier intersectional matchups, falling to USC, Cal, Missouri and Oregon and dropping two of three against Notre Dame. Scott Boehm/Getty Images...
Blog | October 20, 2009Iowa's Ferentz is right on the money
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...salaries to Ferentz, but they recruit locally in California, Texas, Florida and Ohio, four of the more...around the country as talent-stocked teams like Cal and Florida State implode at the first sign...
Blog | October 05, 2009Big Ten recruiting nuggets
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...and graduated in 1988. His mother also graduated from Penn State. Cousin Troy Polamalu played for Southern Cal and is currently a star safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
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