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Northwestern will be without at least three projected starters when it opens spring football in the Big Ten with the first of 15 practice sessions Wednesday in Evanston. The Wildcats announced Monday that three projected starters will miss the spr...

After a brief break for signing day, the postseason position rankings return with the wide receivers and tight ends. The Big Ten had only one team (Indiana) rank in the top 30 nationally in pass offense, and the league's overall depth at receiver and...

It's cold outside. Warm up with a piping hot cup of mailbag: Bob K. from Chicago writes: Everybody keeps talking about how the Big Ten needs to move South to recruit, but I just saw that the number 1 receiver in the country, who is from Illinois, ...

Northwestern looks for a strong winter from Kyle Prater and the wide receivers, as well as from Dean Lowry and other young defenders....

It's Depth Chart Monday around the Big Ten as most teams revealed new or updated depth charts for their upcoming season openers. Indiana and Iowa released depth charts last week, while Nebraska's won't come out until later this week. A few more teams...

We're plodding our way through the best case/worst case scenarios for each Big Ten team (promise to finish up before the season). Up next: Northwestern. As a reminder, these pieces are not in any way predictions. They are meant to illustrate the r...

I'm in the empire business. Mark Tupper predicts a 7-5 season for Illinois. The Illini need to fix their special teams, and Tim Beckman is trying to do just that. Stephen Houston is looking to power up the Indiana running game. Damon Bullock ...

With training camp winding down, several Big Ten teams held full scrimmages this weekend. Some of them were open to the media. Here's a rundown on those in which details were available: Iowa The Hawkeyes held a public scrimmage at Kinnick Stadi...

Here's the eighth post in our "film study" series. Every other day from now until Aug. 25, we're watching one of the games USC played last season and putting up a set of pertinent-to-this-year notes, going of course in chronological order from the...

Adam is taking one last bit of time off this week before the season kicks into high gear. So I've taken over his regular Tuesday mailbag slot. I'll also be doing another mailbag later this week and may do both Thursday and Friday if there is enough d...

Northwestern wide receiver Kyle Prater talks about receiving an NCAA waiver to play immediately for the Wildcats this fall after transferring from USC....

Get well soon, Montee Ball. Bo Pelini has high praise for Nebraska's new assistant coaches. The Huskers need to excel locally in recruiting because it's hard to get the top national prospects to come to Lincoln, Sam McKewon writes. Taylor Lewan...

"Megatron" is coming to a Big Ten city near you this fall. No, it's not another "Transformers" sequel (thank goodness), but the immediate and much-anticipated arrival of receiver Kyle Prater to Northwestern. The NCAA ruled on Tuesday that Prater c...

The NCAA granted ex-USC receiver Kyle Prater eligibility for this season at Northwestern, NU announced Tuesday. Prater, a Maywood, Ill. native, transferred to Northwestern earlier this year and received a residence waiver from the NCAA. That meant...

The NCAA granted ex-USC receiver Kyle Prater eligibility for this season at Northwestern, NU announced Tuesday.

On Wednesday, we ranked the top individual wide receivers and tight ends in the Big Ten heading into 2012. So of course that means it's time to look at the position group as a whole throughout the league. Remember, we're weighing past performance hea...