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The spectacle known as the NFL draft kicks off tonight in New York with the first round. As Brian pointed out late last week, the Big Ten is in danger of going without a first-round selection for the first time since the NFL-AFL merger. Mel Kiper ...

The rosters are set for Illinois' Orange and Blue Spring Game, which will kick off at 8 p.m. CT Friday at Memorial Stadium. Illinois' seniors on Tuesday night drafted the two teams, which you can see here. Because of depth issues, eight players --...

The Michigan State spring practice live blog kicks off at 1 p.m. ET -- be sure and follow along throughout the afternoon -- so the mailblog comes to you a little early. To your emails ... Ben from Chicago writes: I personally love the idea of a...

Michigan State will kick off its season on a Friday night for the third consecutive year. The team on Tuesday announced it has moved its season opener against Western Michigan to Friday, Aug. 30. The Spartans opened the 2012 season against Boise S...

Snow around Big Ten country, and two more spring practices (Ohio State and Illinois) kick off. To the links ... More on Michigan State's new offensive playcaller -- Dave Warner. The staff shakeup has Mark Dantonio's fingerprints all over it, G...

As spring practice kicks off around the Big Ten, we're taking a look at one potential breakout player for each team. We're looking for players who could take a major step during spring ball, so those who have started multiple seasons or earned All-Bi...

I caught up with Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson on Tuesday night and will have a full Q&A with him in the next day or so, but Wilson said he expects to have a full complement of quarterbacks on the field when spring practice kicks off Saturday i...

The NFL scouting combine kicks off Saturday in Indianapolis, and we'll have plenty of updates on how the Big Ten contingent fares in Underwear Olympics. Taking a page from my pal Chris Low, I wanted to look at the recent lists of combine invitees ...

Illinois' new wide receivers coach knows a lot about catching passes for the Orange and Blue. Mike Bellamy earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as an Illini receiver in 1989 (he also earned second-team All-America honors as a kick returner that se...

National Signing Day is in the rear-view mirror, but spring practice in the Big Ten is just around the corner. Spring ball actually kicks off earlier than normal at many spots, including Northwestern, which will be the first Big Ten team in recent me...

Minnesota's linebackers, cornerbacks and offensive linemen are three groups that need big winter performances before spring ball kicks off....

The college football postseason all-star games kick off in the next few weeks, so I thought it would be a good time to see who from the Big Ten is headed where. These games feature NFL draft hopefuls from around the sport, and we'll have full coverag...

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...

Your questions, my answers ... A.J. from Madison, Wis., writes: If everybody's eligible, how many bowl games does the B1G win? Adam Rittenberg: Good question, A.J., and a potential Take Two topic before the bowls kick off. Assuming Ohio State d...

I like the Iowa-Nebraska game on Black Friday. It's a fun way to kick off rivalry weekend in the Big Ten, and it gives the Hawkeyes and Huskers the national stage on a day with fewer games and a lot of folks watching on TV. But the Heroes Game mig...

The Big Ten championship kicks off tonight between No. 12 Nebraska and Wisconsin, and we're here for all your coverage needs. We'll be doing interviews during Big Ten fan fest and monitoring some of the action around the country, leading up to kickof...