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Even before the Big Ten announced its new East-West division alignment, the complaints were rolling in from Sparta (read: East Lansing, Mich.). The angst only increased when the divisions became official. No Big Ten fan base has more outrage about...

Prepare to Phil the agony of Dun-feat! Roster management remains a big challenge for Penn State's Bill O'Brien. The Lions' quarterback competition is even so far this spring. Penn State TE Kyle Carter is on the mend. Iowa's new running backs co...

You're never off the court! Iowa features new faces, position changes and a new position (Y-back) as spring ball begins. Iowa's challenge on offense is simple: make more plays. The good still outweighs the bad with Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, Pat ...

Mike Vrabel enters only his third season in coaching following a 14-year NFL playing career, but the Ohio State assistant might never again face a challenge like the one that sits before him. It's rare when a defensive line coach steps on the prac...

Wishing you a great weekend. To the emails ... Glenn from Randolph, N.J., writes: Adam - Love the analysis of rivalries. The challenge I see is that aside from Penn State, Rutgers and Maryland have no natural or historical rvialries with the exist...

From the moment Urban Meyer became Ohio State's coach, the Big Ten recruiting landscape began to shift. How many times in the past 14 months have you read about the "Meyer Effect" or the "SEC-style recruiting" Meyer has brought to a stodgy league?...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern defensive end Tyler Scott seems like the last player a coach would need to challenge. Whether he's in the weight room (where Scott made his mark as a young player), the film room (where Scott spends practically all h...

This week, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio talked about the road to success, one he's traveled for more than two seasons. "This road to success is not always even," Dantonio told ESPN.com. "There's going to be a lot of challenges. There's going...

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio's road to success hit two junctions on fateful night versus Notre Dame two seasons ago.

The Big Ten preseason position rankings are coming soon, but today the spotlight is on you and your knowledge of the entire league, not just your team. Expanding the focus beyond one beloved team is a challenge for many college football fans, but you...

We asked you Monday to weigh in on the Big Ten offensive player of the year race: specifically, which player had the best chance to challenge the 2011 winner, Wisconsin RB Montee Ball. As of noon ET today, it's a close race between Michigan QB Denard...

The Big Ten has had some odd choices for preseason offensive player of the year -- Terrelle Pryor in 2009 -- but this year's pick should be obvious. Wisconsin running back Montee Ball won the award after the 2011 season, and he's back in Madison for ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Kirk Ferentz always has been honest, sometimes perhaps too honest, about the inherent challenges Iowa faces. The Hawkeyes aren't located in the most populated state in the Big Ten footprint. Their local recruiting base is limite...

Ricardo Allen has covered several of the nation's top receivers in his two seasons at Purdue, but he prefers not to make comparisons. Allen views Western Michigan senior Jordan White as simply the next challenge in his path. "Every wide receive...

Most would agree that Michigan's Denard Robinson and Northwestern's Dan Persa were the Big Ten's top two quarterbacks in 2010. Both set Big Ten and team records (and, in Robinson's case, NCAA records). Both carried their squads at times. Both disp...

First came the shock. Jim Tressel's resignation as Ohio State coach rattled the program for several days. "It was a big blow," All-Big Ten center Michael Brewster told ESPN.com on Tuesday. "Just more hurt for him than anything. We knew how much...