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Bored at work? Need a break? Let's talk Big Ten football in late May. After all, we're less than 100 days until the 2012 college football season kicks off. Join me for today's Big Ten chat, which starts at noon ET. See you there....

Haters unite. In case you haven't noticed, it's Hate Week at ESPN.com. (Then again, isn't every week Hate Week for college football fans?) We're taking a look at the coaches fans love to hate, often because they win a lot of games. Earlier toda...

CHICAGO -- The first Saturday of the 2012 college football season is highlighted by a blockbuster game taking place at a cavernous NFL stadium. On the night of Sept. 1, Michigan and Alabama will take center stage in Arlington, Texas, at a shrine t...

Just a quick reminder that we'll be chatting about all things Big Ten football today at noon ET. Let's discuss the news coming out of the Big Ten spring meetings in Chicago, how the Big Ten fits into college football's future playoff and anything els...

CHICAGO -- The Big Ten favors having a college football playoff within the existing bowls, which essentially pushes those games to warmer climates in the south and west. As Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said, "Let's say it is 5 degrees. ...

CHICAGO -- When the college football playoff push kicked off, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith planted himself in the campus-sites camp. Smith favored having the semifinals on the campuses of the higher-seeded teams. The setup would give Bi...

CHICAGO -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany didn't reveal the future college football playoff model Tuesday, but he made it clear the process is shifting from what the format will be to how it will be determined and who will participate. Although N...

CHICAGO -- Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has chaired the NCAA basketball tournament selection committee, so he knows a thing or two about difficult decisions and fan backlash. While a four-team playoff in college football will please mos...

The sense coming out of last week's BCS meetings is that college football soon will adopt a four-team playoff model with two designated semifinals and a championship game. But don't count out the so-called "plus-one," where the top two teams are s...

Here's your weekly reminder for the Big Ten chat, which takes place today at noon ET. It might not feel like it, but we're less than four months away from the start of the college football season. Spring ball has completely wrapped up in the Big T...

A number of perennial powers have fallen on tough times recently, but despite NCAA sanctions, Ohio State doesn't seem poised to join their ranks. Are the Buckeyes too big to fail?

Happy May Day. Bill O'Brien begins Penn State's coaches' caravan with a stop in Philly. O'Brien must gauge how much of the offense his quarterbacks can handle. SI.com's Stewart Mandel has details on the college football playoff proposals, inclu...

Most of you know my feelings about preseason polls, but they do provide a snapshot of how analysts around the country view specific teams. ESPN's "College Football Live" has released its preseason Top 25 for the 2012 season. Both Bennett and myself v...

If the BCS brass opens the bidding process to host future college football playoff games, three venues in the Big Ten footprint would be interested. Officials from Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium, Detroit's Ford Field and St. Louis' Edward Jones D...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jake Stoneburner had one of the strangest stat lines in all of college football last season. It said as much about his potential as a tight end as it did about Ohio State's inability to maximize that potential in an offense that ...

The BCS meetings are under way in Hollywood, Fla., and the commissioners are moving closer to determining college football's future postseason model. As Big Ten fans, you have opinions, and we want to hear them. My sense is the Big Ten's primary o...