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The countdown is underway as we're only 100 days away from the start of the 2013 season. We'd all agree it can't get here soon enough. ESPN's Stats & Info crew put together 100 numbers to know for the 100-day countdown. Several are of interest...

So if the Big Ten East is the "Big Boy Division," does that make the West the "Andre 3000 Division?" The East-West split has pluses and minuses, Lee Barfknecht writes. The NFL draft was a slow one both for Ohio State and the Big Ten in general....

The gap between the Big Ten and the SEC not only is widening on the field, but on the NFL draft boards. While the SEC produced a record 63 picks in the 2013 NFL draft -- eight more than any conference in any draft in the modern era and 32 more tha...

Christopher Harris offers his top 10 fantasy rookies for 2013, and profiles the top skill-position players from the final two days of the draft.

The spectacle known as the NFL draft kicks off tonight in New York with the first round. As Brian pointed out late last week, the Big Ten is in danger of going without a first-round selection for the first time since the NFL-AFL merger. Mel Kiper ...

Scouts Inc. offers a full seven-round projection for the 2013 NFL draft.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2013

Unless you've been living in a world without ESPN, the Internet or sports talk radio, you're well aware that the NFL draft begins Thursday night. What will the weekend hold for Big Ten products? Who will be the top pick from the league? Which play...

"Is there anything that makes people smile more than Broadway and football?" This clip proves it. Penn State made good progress on offense during the spring. Christian Hackenberg still looms in the quarterback race. What's ahead in the next month...

The NFL draft begins a week from today, with the first round taking center stage next Thursday night. But will the Big Ten have any players celebrating before Friday's second round? Prospects for that are starting to look slim, at least according ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Is this season James White's chance to finally be The Man at Wisconsin? Standing outside Wisconsin's locker room earlier this spring, White began to answer the question when a passer-by interrupted him. "You da man!" new Wiscon...

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Kevin Weidl looks at the declining early-round value of running backs, and why durability concerns are affecting the 2013 class.

Blog | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Sport Science examines the speed and power of NFL draft prospect Montee Ball, a star running back at Wisconsin, in its game-changer test....

The men's college basketball season is over and the Big Ten's title drought continues, but spring football marches onward. Link time ... Jack Hoffman's story has captured the nation after his touchdown run at Nebraska's spring game. Coach Bo P...

Some questions and answers before the weekend ... Antonio from Omaha writes: As I read Brian's article "Huskers take aim at turnover problem" earlier, it hit me how much an impact a team's offensive success or failure has on it's defense, and vice...

We'd love to have an unlimited travel budget, free reign on our choice of assignments and the ability to go to the best Big Ten game on the schedule every week. But like MGMT once sang, we're fated to pretend. And pretending we are with this ultim...