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As you might have noticed, ESPN and ESPN.com will begin counting down the top 20 coaches in NFL history later this week. Trey Wingo provides the basic parameters in the video, and from an NFC North perspective, this list is going to boil down to wher...

Follow us on Twitter. Let's get to those emails ... Jeremy from Columbus writes: With regards to the future Big Ten schedules (2016 and beyond), will we go to a system of staggered crossover games? Since we went to divisions, we've played two non-...

When the Detroit Lions hired Jim Schwartz as their coach in 2009, hope emerged from the sports analytics industry. Had it gained a patron saint? Schwartz, after all, had acknowledged his interest in the subject during his time as the Tennessee Titans...

The Detroit Lions are expected to create and operate a new bowl game at Ford Field starting in 2014, according to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, and the game could feature an ACC vs. Big Ten matchup. McMurphy reports the Lions would keep the Big Ten as an...

100 days away ... Illinois is very much in the mix for Oklahoma State QB transfer Wes Lunt. Illini coach Tim Beckman and his assistants are social-media machines. A great look inside a week with Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Michiga...

Welcome to Twitter, Teddy. Colleague Ted Miller says that college football spring prognosticators turn into fun fodder. Former Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt has not visited Louisville yet, but is sincerely considering Illinois, colleague ...

The Detroit Lions are expected to create and operate a new bowl game at Ford Field starting in 2014, which would eliminate the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl after this season, sources said Tuesday.

Prepare to say goodbye to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl as a Big Ten bowl, though the league could still send a team to Detroit for the postseason. Colleague Brett McMurphy reports that the NFL's Detroit Lions are planning to create and operate th...

It's Rankings Week at NittanyNation. Through Thursday, we'll rank some aspect touching on PSU heading into the 2013 season. Today we're ranking each opponent on Penn State's schedule, from the most difficult test to the easiest. Ranking the schedu...

I'm willing to chat on May 21 if you are. I'm sure we'll find plenty to talk about as organized team activities continue around the NFC North. See you over at SportsNation at 2 p.m. ET....

We're Black and Blue All Over: Why is the NFL considering a reorganization of its offseason schedule, as reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter? Naturally, to avoid the kind of quiet period that leaves players, teams and media members fighting over whet...

Good news: We are just 100 days away from the start of college football. To mark the occasion, we're pulling out a checklist today of things that Big Ten teams need to accomplish between now and the start of the season. It's not quite "The Final C...

BuckeyeNation Brad Bournival writes : WR commit Lonnie Johnson has the size (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) and speed (sub 4.5-second 40-yard dash) to become a major deep threat for the Buckeyes. Austin Ward writes: Here's a ranking of OSU's opponents f...

Pitt isn't the only team in need of an ACC rival. The good news in the ACC is that six teams -- Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Virginia and Virginia Tech already have rivalries in place should the ACC decide to reserve the fina...

I missed our correspondence during my vacation. Let's let the letters commence: Alex from New York writes: As a Michigan fan, the release of the new schedules starting in 2014 is pretty infuriating. Both MSU and OSU on the road in a given year? Ar...

It was a Thursday night in late April and Alex Bookser (Pittsburgh/Mount Lebanon) was watching the NFL draft. A 6-foot-6, 295-pound prospect, Bookser is being recruited as a lineman on both sides of the ball. Bookser was an offensive lineman by th...

Blog | May 20, 2013