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To your emails ... Grant from Detroit writes: In response to your article about a Narduzzi succession, that would be extremely ideal. I know Dantonio won't be retiring any time soon, but he has brought such a sense of stability to a program that, ...

No team has gone longer without a 1,000-yard rusher than FSU, an inexplicable streak that will continue this season after the season-ending injury to Chris Thompson.

The Big Ten preseason player rankings march on, and for the second time, we head back to Sparta to profile another Michigan State linebacker. We're not done with the Spartans' decorated defense in these rankings, but this next player has establish...

Mac or PC? Most of us fall into one of these camps. Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi doesn't put himself in either, at least on fall Saturdays. He opts for The Bullough, which, at 6-foot-3 and 252 pounds, doesn't fit into most cub...

When All-America linebacker Greg Jones departed Michigan State after the 2010 season, defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi put together two-page wristbands full of plays for his players to run during the summer months. "I was worried about what they...

This week, I asked you to select the Big Ten's strongest position and weakest position entering the 2012 season. The results are definitive and, quite frankly, not very surprising. Strongest position: Running back (53 percent) Weakest position:...

The calendar has flipped to June, so it's time to check the Big Ten 2013 recruiting scorecard once again. There haven't been too many changes from the last scorecard, although teams like Illinois have made a surge, and others have picked up pieces he...

Mark Dantonio acknowledges Michigan State has some momentum right now. The Spartans have won 11 games in each of the past two seasons. They come off of a Legends division title and could enter the season as the Big Ten favorite. But they also lose a ...

As Carlos Boozer would say when grabbing an uncontested rebound, "Gimme dat!" More on the Big Ten's college football playoff proposal here and here and here. Urban Meyer is showing the Big Ten how to compete with the SEC, Bob Hunter writes. Ohi...

Fourteen former Big Ten players will soon be the proud owners of new Super Bowl championship rings. The league had 23 players on the two Super Bowl squads, and several played key roles in the New York Giants' victory against New England. Michigan ...

While watching the five-pack of bowl games involving Big Ten teams Monday, I looked for the units that had the speed, athleticism, explosiveness and playmaking ability to be branded as nationally elite. Sorry, Big Ten fans, but this is a speed gam...

It's final exam season on campuses around the Big Ten, and we here at the Big Ten blog have some grades to hand out, too. Brian and I will be grading each Big Ten team -- offense, defense and special teams -- before the bowl season kicks off. Firs...

As both Wisconsin and Michigan State are finding out, the difficult step from good program to potential powerhouse must be taken in hostile territory. Make no mistake: both programs have made significant strides in the past year and a half. They s...

Five lessons from the week that was in Big Ten football. 1. Wisconsin has Big Ten's best team and the league's best player: Not a huge revelation, but we needed to see Wisconsin and Russell Wilson against some decent competition. Nebraska came cal...

During Michigan State's practice Monday, linebacker Max Bullough went over to the players on the scout team and delivered a simple message. We need you guys. "I just wanted to relay to them how important they were," Bullough said. "Without the ...

When a team loses two of the most productive linebackers in its history, it hopes the other defensive units can pick up the slack. Michigan State could have such a luxury in 2011. To be clear, the Spartans aren't scrambling at linebacker. They ...