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The Sporting News has come out with its list of the Top 25 players in college football for the 2013 season, and it includes three from the Big Ten. The list is based on both college performance and pro potential. Returning Heisman Trophy winner Jo...

So, yeah, this happened. Ohio State canceled its 2016 game with Central Michigan to make room for a nine-game Big Ten season. A closer look at incoming Buckeyes linebacker Trey Johnson. E. Gordon Gee will be sticking around in a new role after hi...

Be sure to follow us on Twitter. To your emails ... David from Chicago writes: I may be out of step with other fans, but I would like to see Iowa schedule a MAC team and a Sun Belt team every year as non-conference opponents, in addition to kee...

Ricky DeBerry (Richmond, Va./Saint Christopher's School) has more than 30 offers and is doing his best to see as many teams as he can. He checked out Michigan and Michigan State in April. He visited Oklahoma, Clemson and Georgia in June. He is not...

Blog | June 18, 2013

Earlier today, Adam and I debated who will lead the Big Ten in receiving yards in 2013. Now, it's your turn to choose. Here are five candidates: Allen Robinson, Penn State: The obvious choice, as Robinson led the league by a wide margin last y...

Former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez is enjoying life in the wild, wild West. More on QB Wes Lunt's transfer to Illinois here and here and here and here. Check out the latest ESPN 300 recruiting rankings. Michigan still tops ESPN's class rankin...

Mitch Sherman stops by to talk about the suddenly red-hot Nebraska Cornhuskers, and Jared Shanker talks about a return of the Cradle of Quarterbacks at Purdue....

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. We're i...

I like the way you work it. I got to 'bag it up. A.J. from Ann Arbor, Mich., writes: Hey Brian, this is a question regarding the B1G and the SEC. Could part of the reason it's been so hard for the B1G to stay competitive on a national level with t...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- When Abu Lamin and DaVonte Lambert heard they would be paired for an official visit to Florida this past weekend, they sought each other on social media and struck up the beginnings of a friendship. After all, the juco prospects ...

You know the season is getting closer and closer as more publications come out with their official previews and preseason all-conference teams. Phil Steele offered his All-Big Ten selections earlier this month, and now Athlon has come out with its...

Had a good weekend. Went bird hunting with Ken Cosgrove. Some reasons for optimism for Illinois, according to Howard Griffith. Indiana defensive line signee Darius Latham put his appetite on display (subscription required). Iowa's opener vs. ...

The Big Red weekend met several goals for Nebraska, not the least of which was mitigating fan panic about the Huskers' 2014 recruiting class. Angst usually runs high in the football-obsessed Cornhusker State, and fans had some understandable conce...

RecruitingNation's Reggie Rankin looks at how each basketball team in the Big Ten is shaping up for 2014 recruiting, including who they have, who they want, storyline to watch, bold prediction and overall recruiting trend.

Story | Conversation | June 17, 2013

Four-star athlete Brandon Powell (Deerfield Beach, Fla./Deerfield Beach) has committed to play for Tennessee. Powell announced his decision Sunday morning on Twitter. The news was confirmed by multiple media reports throughout the day: ...

Nebraska capped its camp season with the second annual Big Red Weekend on Saturday, emerging in vastly different shape than it entered the week of key recruiting activity. In fact, the past 72 hours in Lincoln likely marked the most important summ...

Blog | June 16, 2013