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Last week, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told the Associated Press that the Buckeyes planned to scale back their games against MAC opponents and beef up nonconference schedules to get ready for the four-team playoff. The first possible e...

This we know about Iowa: the Hawkeyes would be very competitive in the MAC this year. Win the league? Probably not, but competitive. We knew Iowa had issues and that nothing would come easy for this team, but we did not expect a 32-31 loss to Cent...

The college sports arms race remains one of the few recession-proof industries. But how long can mammoth spending last?

2011 overall record: 9-4 2011 conference record: 5-3 (2nd, MAC East) Returning starters: Offense: 4; Defense: 5; Kicker/punter: 1 Top returners QB Chris Coyer, RB Matt Brown, OL Martin Wallace, LB Blaze Caponegro, S Justin Gildea, K Brandon McM...

Today, I begin taking a team by team look at each schedule in the Big East. Up first: Cincinnati Nonconference schedule: The Bearcats have a pretty mild nonconference slate -- two FCS teams, two MAC teams and Virginia Tech. They should go 4-1 a...

New Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien has only been on the job for a little more than a week, but he has already hired all but one of his assistants. The school officially announced the hiring of Ted Roof as defensive coordinator and John Butler ...

Forget letters to Santa. Here is the most important correspondence of the season: your emails. Ross from Oakwood, Ill., writes: I like the hire of Tim Beckman at Illinois, looks like Mike Thomas may have a little thing going for the MAC. But do ...

Ohio State has played two MAC teams thus far this season. But the Buckeyes feel like they've been taking on more than just that this season. They feel like most of the public is against them, as well. "I think people kind of want to see us fail," ...

Here's a tech-savvy tip for you Mac users out there: Don't spill a cup of iced tea on your Macbook. It does not in fact create a delicious, digital Arnold Palmer but in fact destroys your hard drive. It's been a rough 24 hours. But at least I've got ...

Pittsburgh has called a news conference for 4 p.m. ET Thursday to introduce Mike Haywood as its next head coach. Haywood spent two years at Miami (Ohio), going 9-4 and winning the MAC title this year after going 1-11 in his first year as a head co...

Butch Jones knows what it's like to be a MAC team looking to knock off a BCS foe, and now he's on the other side. Pitt needs to get Jon Baldwin more involved. Some answers on West Virginia. Rutgers has allowed an "unacceptable" amount of sacks ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Who could have figured that Ball State would mess up the Big East bowl plan? That's possible after the Cardinals lost to Buffalo in the MAC title game Friday night, thus erasing an intriguing matchup of an undefeate...