Big Ten lunch links: Iowa arrests 'not an epidemic'

...endowed several years earlier. Lindsay Willhite of Athlon Sports writes that Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald hopes that he will be entrenched as the Wildcats' coach for many years. Jim Tressel tells the Columbus Dispatch...

Big Ten forks in the road for 2009

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg As I prepare to hit the road next week for some much needed R&R, I thought we should take a look at the m...

Tim's mailbag: Will we ever see a Big 12 Network?

...the Big Ten has always been more conducive to sharing revenues. It makes a smaller school like Northwestern feel like an equal partner to Ohio State or Michigan. In the Big 12, the teams that...

Big Ten Friday mailblog

...Penn State, a former Division I independent now welcomed into the Big Ten. "Thriller" for Northwestern, which has been involved in several of the Big Ten's most exciting games since 1995...

Northwestern continues to explore Wrigley game

...and Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald went to Wrigley two weeks ago to assess the field dimensions. The good news is a regulation football field does fit at Wrigley, but just barely. Northwestern is...

Three fresh faces for Northwestern in 2009

...running back, Fields fills a need for Northwestern, which loses four-year starter Tyrell Sutton and backup Omar Conteh. Running back traditionally is a position where the Wildcats give true freshmen a look, and though...

Northwestern's Fitzgerald gets 7-year extension

Northwestern rewarded coach Pat Fitzgerald with a seven-year contract extension Tuesday after the team improved its wins total in each of the past two seasons.

Northwestern extends Fitzgerald through 2015

...39;s Adam Rittenberg Pat Fitzgerald has changed the face of Northwestern football, and, in the process, has become the face of the Wildcats program. Northwestern took a big step toward keeping the face in...

EVANSTON, IL - NOVEMBER 22: Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats watches the action on the field from the sidelines against the Illinois Fighting Illini at Ryan...

Fitzgerald discusses his contract extension

...Adam Rittenberg Before heading out to play what he guaranteed would be bad golf on Tuesday afternoon, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald checked in to discuss his new seven-year contract extension with the school...

Big Ten mailblog

...if ever, will it be till the Spartans are consistent contenders for the conference title. Not like Northwestern in 95/96, Illinois in 2001 but real contenders every year like an Ohio St. Adam Rittenberg...

Big Ten recruiting scorecard

...Cornerback Allen Veazie could contribute early in his career.  NORTHWESTERN 2010 verbal commits: 3 ESPNU 150 Watch List: None Quick take: The Wildcats finally got on the board and had a big week...

Big Ten lunch links

...in his blog.  The Sporting News' Matt Hayes breaks down Big Ten scheduling for 2009. Northwestern incoming recruit Patrick Ward is set up to succeed both on and off the field, Colleen Kane...

Big Ten special-teams snapshot

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Thanks to several of you for reminding me about special teams, a subject I had planned to tackle during sprin...

Northwestern off the recruiting schneid

...s Adam Rittenberg Northwestern entered mid-June as the only Big Ten team without a commitment for its 2010 class -- Purdue has Miami transfer Robert Marve in the fold -- but the Wildcats are quickly picking...