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Northwestern, Illinois to end tomahawk trophy's 60-year run

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

The Sweet Sioux Tomahawk trophy will be retired after Saturday's Northwestern-Illinois game.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2008

Rest of the season doesn't matter when Michigan, Ohio State meet

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

The annual Michigan-Ohio State game is always of the utmost importance to both teams, and that's no different this year, no matter what their records say.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2008

A pig, tomahawk, bucket and wooden box at stake in Big Ten rivalry games

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

The stakes are high in the Big Ten on Saturday as a bronze pig, a tomahawk, a bucket and a giant wooden box are up for grabs, writes Adam Rittenberg.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Rodriguez's offense is innovative but not completely foreign to Big Ten

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Rich Rodriguez is said to be bringing an innovative offense to the Big Ten. But it wasn't long ago that Joe Tiller shook up the conference with his unique offense, writes Adam Rittenberg.

Story | Conversation | August 19, 2008

Williams will redshirt after missing season with knee injury

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Illinois defensive tackle Sirod Williams will miss the season with torn ACL in his right knee, coach Ron Zook said after practice Wednesday.

Story | Conversation | August 13, 2008

Big Ten: No evidence games called by referee were compromised

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

A Big Ten Conference investigation into officiating conduct in two games last season found no evidence that the games were compromised, the league announced Friday.

Story | Conversation | August 08, 2008

Uniform start date keeps warm-weather teams on ice

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

College baseball's rules changes didn't give northern schools an advantage -- but they did help to even the playing field. Shared suffering for the sake of competitive balance was a by-product of the uniform start date, writes Adam Rittenberg.

Story | Conversation | June 06, 2008

Big Ten has benefited most under BCS system in past decade

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Despite boasting the fourth-best record in BCS bowl games in the past decade, the Big Ten has sent the most teams to bowl games. Adam Rittenberg looks at the conference's best teams, players, games and moments.

Story | Conversation | May 20, 2008

Breaking down the Sun Belt

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Take a look at what questions were answered this spring and what problems linger heading into the fall.

Story | Conversation | May 15, 2008

Breaking down the C-USA East

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Take a look at what C-USA East questions were answered this spring and what problems linger heading into the fall.

Story | Conversation | May 13, 2008

Breaking down the MAC West

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Take a look at what questions were answered this spring in the MAC West and what problems linger heading into the fall.

Story | Conversation | May 12, 2008

Breaking down the MAC East

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Take a look at what questions were answered this spring and what problems linger heading into the fall.

Story | Conversation | May 10, 2008

Breaking down the Big Ten

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Take a look at what questions were answered this spring and what problems linger heading into the fall.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2008

Breaking down the independents

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

Take a look at what questions were answered this spring and what problems linger heading into the fall.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2008

Jones using his Notre Dame experience as kindling

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

After a tumultuous start to his career at Notre Dame, Demetrius Jones hopes the drama is over and that a Hollywood ending at Cincinnati is in his script.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2008