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A top five emerged for ESPN 300 prospect Garrett Dickerson (Oradell, N.J./Bergen Catholic) a few months ago, and he was hoping to visit some of those schools this summer. Those visits never came to fruition, so Dickerson decided to cut his list to th...

Blog | June 18, 2013

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...

The summer camp season is when you see schools send out several new offers. Some of those offers turn into immediate commitments. Such is the case with athlete Nathan Hall (Sylvania, Ohio/Southview). Hall landed an offer from Northwestern over the...

Blog | June 18, 2013

Sophomore tight end Dan Vitale will help Northwestern's passing attack create better balance in the offense during the 2013 season...

Northwestern first-year coach Chris Collins is set to hire Armon Gates as the final assistant to his staff, according to a source. Gates has spent the past two seasons as an assistant to Loyola coach Porter Moser. He was also an assistant coach at...

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. ...

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: ...

Alabama, Ohio State or Kentucky will know by Sunday evening if their recruiting classes increase by one. Wide receiver Derek Kief (Cincinnati/La Salle) confirmed he will announce where he will continue his academic and athletic future on his perso...

On this day, 224 years ago, the Rev. Elijah Craig did something wonderful. Denard Robinson says he used to coat himself with vaseline to stay warm at Michigan. Um, OK. Devin Gardner said the Jadevon Clowney hit will serve as inspiration for the W...

1. In two weeks, the draft will be over and it will be easy to assess by reviewing the draft to see who made a mistake by coming out too soon from college. Late second-round picks usually don't get guaranteed money and not getting drafted means the p...

As Kanye West says, all I want is dopeness. Bring it. Denard R. from Columbus, Ohio: Brian, what do you think the chances are two BIG teams make it to a BCS game, and should they win one or both how much would that improve the perception of the co...

Northwestern coach Chris Collins named his former high school coach Brian James to his coaching staff as an assistant on Thursday. James coached Collins at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill. James spent the last three seasons as an a...

Earlier today, Adam and I debated who would lead the league in rushing yards in 2013. Now, it's your turn to decide. Here are five candidates to win the rushing title: Carlos Hyde, Ohio State: Adam's choice to lead the league in rushing yards,...

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. In the ...