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Last week, we asked you to pick the nonconference opponent you'd most like to see your favorite team play in the near future. You could pick a team already on the upcoming schedule or one that inexplicably hasn't been added. The response, not surp...

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Three years ago, this happened. More on Danny O'Brien's departure from Wisconsin here and here and here. Zayd Issah's status with Penn State is up in the air as he'll likely play for a prep school this fall. Lineman Andrew Nelson looks forward ...

Summer, feel free to show up any time. Rainy and 59 in Chicago. Yeesh. Link time ... Rutgers once again embarrasses itself in sticking by athletic director Julie Hermann, Ian O'Connor writes. Hermann faces the media in Piscataway. A co-chair o...

ESPN colleague and stat wizard Brad Edwards has taken a stab at identifying five sleepers for the 2013 season by trying to find teams that were better than their records last year. Edwards did so with an advanced metric called Extra Points Added whi...

Looking at Michigan State's "X factor" for 2013, and it involves a potential new wrinkle for the offense....

The Big Ten will feature a record 18 games in prime time this season. November night games likely are on the way in 2014. So what's the next logical step? More rivalry games under the lights. We've seen delicious conference matchups like Ohio S...

Big Ten bloggers Adam Rittenberg and Brian Bennett will occasionally give their takes on a burning question facing the league. We'll both have strong opinions, but not necessarily the same view. We'll let you decide which blogger is right. Colleag...

Now that we've moved into June, it's time once again to take stock of the Big Ten's 2014 recruiting efforts. Indiana got its first commitment for 2014 over the weekend, giving every league team at least one in this class. Michigan continues to lea...

Gods do not answer letters. But blogs do. Andrew from Los Angeles writes: Greetings from Pac-12 country. I'm about to start grad school at USC, and I don't care for Lane Kiffin. In the event that we replace him in the next year or two, I would lik...

We admit that some numbers we use as yardsticks of success in college football can be somewhat arbitrary. For example, Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde had a terrific 2012 season, rushing for 16 touchdowns. But because he missed two games with ...

Yesterday, we took a look at five players from the Leaders Division who have a lot to prove in the 2013 season. That can only mean one thing for today: it's time to turn our attention to those who have something to prove this fall in the Legends Divi...

Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday weekend. Kevin from Minneapolis writes: Adam, Morgan Burke's comments comparing the difference in the number of varsity sports sponsored by Big Ten and SEC athletic departments translating to on the field pe...

Have a great and safe Memorial Day weekend, everybody. Ohio State landed the third linebacker in its 2014 class in Akron's Dante Booker. Former Buckeye Ray Small apologized for his missteps. Brady Hoke doesn't know where Michigan's "Not in Ohio...

I love it here: manicured lawns, planned activities, early dinners. What more does a kid need? A must read: the second part of Mgoblog's look at a week in the life of Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Here's Part I. It seems unlikely the ...

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...