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More reaction to the Big Ten division alignment and nine-game schedule is rolling in. Check it out ... Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez (to ESPN.com) On being in the West: "I love the regional aspect of it. And that was our No. 1 prior...

Adam Rittenberg and I appeared on Thursday's ESPNU college football podcast with host Ivan Maisel. The topic was spring football and why coaches and fans love it. We also touch on the outlooks for Ohio State, Wisconsin, Nebraska and others. To lis...

You've got to love spring practice. Never are things more laid back and open to unusual moments than during the spring. We saw Nebraska use the spring game to let 7-year-old cancer patient Jack Hoffman live out a dream. And Brutus Buckeye might ha...

Thanks to Max in Toronto for inviting me to join the B1G Blog Group tournament bracket. My entry name is Hugh Juppside, and hopefully I won't embarrass myself too much. You can find the group here. On to your emails ... Brandon from State Colle...

Dozens and dozens of recruits officially became Big Ten players during Wednesday's signing day. There are lots of new names to learn, and some of them are much more fun than others. With that in mind, we've come up with our annual recruiting all-n...

I love nothing! Evaluating the first season for Illinois' Class of 2012. Iowa still hasn't given any information out about assistant coaching changes, but the school posted an advertisement for a coaching position on its website. Hawkeyes produ...

My favorite weekend of the NFL season is upon us. I love the conference championship games, as we get two thrilling contests with none of the silliness that Super Bowl weekend brings. (And as a side note, I think the upcoming college football semifin...

Merry Christmas! As much as we love talking Big Ten football year-round here at the Big Ten blog, this should probably be a day we spend with our families, at least pretending to be interested in something else. So the blog will take today off for...

We love to talk about quarterbacks and running backs and all the other glamor positions, but the Big Ten -- and all of football -- is usually won on the defensive line. The league has many standout linemen once again in 2012, but several schools a...

It's that time of year again. You know it, you love it, you can't live without it: our rankings of the top 25 players in the Big Ten. Today we begin our preseason countdown of the best of the best in the B1G. For reference sake, here's how we r...

Today, I apparently am defending the Big East too much. So do I love the league or hate the league? Depends on your perspective. Greg Bowron in Indianapolis writes: Great. Another whiner/hater. Are you a moron, too? Comparable schedule? Look ag...

College football fans are breathlessly following every incremental movement from this summer's meetings about a new postseason format. Understandably so. But what could radically change the very nature of the sport we love might be happening in the r...

I send you out for Memorial Day with these hot dog questions! Graham in Dallas writes: Andrea, us conservative, remain-classy-and-quiet - and-prove-yourself-on-the-field Bearcats have gotten very little love (in fact, unfair negative love ) from v...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Everybody ready to sit beside the campfire and sing kumbaya? The message out of the Big East spring meetings Monday was one of love and devotion to each other. There was no other message to send, really, not after the tu...

The league meetings in Chicago and playoffs (cue Jim Mora clip) dominate your hump day links: The Big Ten's love of the Rose Bowl is making it act irrationally and against the league's best interests, Dan Wetzel writes. There's no guarantee on ...

Let's take one final peek into the mailbag before the weekend begins. Mike in Southern R Country, N.J., writes: AA. Love the blog. My comment/question: With the loss of the AQ status, where does the Big East end up? I'm a huge Rutgers fan and have...