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Rounding out the work week every Friday around this time. John from Phoenix writes: Hi Adam,I'm a 1971 Purdue Grad and am excited about Coach Hazell heading the Boilermaker program. Now that Gunnar Kiel has decided to transfer from ND, do you thin...

Big Ten officials ejected only one player (Illinois safety Earnest Thomas against Penn State) for a helmet-to-helmet hit during the 2012 season. If the new NCAA rules for targeting had been in place, that number would have swelled to seven or eigh...

Our Big Ten postseason player rankings creep closer toward the top 5. Every player left on the list is either the league's best or second best at his position, in our estimation. As a reminder, these rankings are based solely on performance during th...

Other than Katherine Webb, Johnny Manziel and, of course, Jadeveon Clowney, no person logged more airtime during college bowl season than Michigan running back Vincent Smith. Unfortunately for Smith, his 15 minutes consisted of one play being show...

The 2013 NFL draft is more than four months away, but all the Big Ten hopefuls have finished their college careers after the bowl games. While we wait on several underclassmen to finalize their draft decisions -- Michigan's Taylor Lewan, Michigan ...

Michigan's offensive forecast looked gloomy Oct. 27, when quarterback Denard Robinson aggravated an elbow injury and Russell Bellomy struggled mightily in relief as the Wolverines lost to Nebraska. At that point, Devin Gardner's contributions this se...

Big Ten bowl season is finally here. How ya feeling? Jones from Omaha, Neb., writes: I was originally opposed to additional B1G expansion (Maryland, Rutgers) on grounds of brand dilution. They don't seem to bring nearly as much to the table as the...

Our snapshots of each bowl game featuring a Big Ten team continues. OUTBACK BOWL Michigan (8-4) vs. South Carolina (10-2) Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa When: Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET TV: ESPN About Michigan: After an 11-2 record and ...

Devin Gardner gave Michigan fans little to complain about during his first three and a half games as the team's quarterback. After Gardner became the top signal-caller Nov. 3 at Minnesota, Michigan averaged 38.3 points and 440.3 yards during its n...

The 2012 college football season saw a redshirt freshman (Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel) win the Heisman Trophy for the first time. The number of young starting quarterbacks for major conference programs likely has never been higher. And while the r...

The Big Ten bowl season kicks off Dec. 28 in Texas, continues the following day in Arizona and wraps up with five games on New Year's Day. Seven Big Ten teams appear in the postseason, and the number would have been larger had Ohio State and Penn Sta...

It's not gonna work, Mickey. My bladder's as big as your betrayal. The Big Ten will be tested as it expands into new markets. Scratch off Mel Tucker's name from your list of Wisconsin coaching candidates. In case you missed it, Bret Bielema's S...

Hours before Michigan's game at Nebraska, Wolverines offensive tackle Taylor Lewan and two of his linemates killed some time in the hotel by watching South Carolina take on Tennessee. Not surprisingly, Lewan soon noticed No. 7 in maroon for the Ga...

Only one Big Ten game took place since the last edition of the power rankings, but the surprising result left quite a conundrum. How should we rank teams 2 through 6 after Wisconsin smashed Nebraska by 39 points in the Big Ten championship game? W...

Jermarcus "Yoshi" Hardrick hears it every time he returns home to his native Mississippi. "I get a lot of crap about why didn't I pick the SEC," the Nebraska senior offensive tackle told ESPN.com. Hardrick did pick the SEC, at least for a littl...

The 2011 season has been all about getting up to speed for Nebraska's offense. In film sessions. In practices. In games. The Huskers had to absorb a new system under coordinator Tim Beck, and do so with one of the Big Ten's youngest units. Nebr...