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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...

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...

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...

Brady Hoke and Urban Meyer have Michigan and Ohio State recruiting at a nationally elite level. Penn State continues to bring in decorated prospects despite the heavy NCAA sanctions and scholarship reductions imposed on the program. Northwestern's 20...

Wishing you a great weekend. Be sure to follow us on Twitter. And away we go ... Brutus from The Ninth Circle writes: Hey Adam, got a recruiting question for you. I've been watching Penn State's ability to recruit under sanctions and have been ...

The Derecho is gone, and the Blackhawks are three games from the Cup. Good times. Purdue loses incoming cornerback recruit TyVel Jemison but could gain another defensive back in the 2014 class. A Q&A with Nebraska recruiting coordinator Ros...

Happy Tuesday. Follow us on Twitter. To the inbox ... Michael from Los Feliz, Calif., writes: Is it possible you guys are overvaluing Wisconsin this year? Yes, they have a big senior class returning, but last year's team wasn't very good, and most...

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 ...

Wishing you a great weekend. Be sure to follow us on Twitter. Dan from Omaha writes: As a Husker fan who watched us get torched by the Wisconsin offense in the B1G title game, I'm a little surprised to not see Wisconsin on your list of triple thre...

ESPN has announced the Big Ten games it will televise during the first three weeks of the 2013 season. Final TV selections for some of the games will be finalized as the dates approach. Here are the games announced Friday: Aug. 31 Buffalo a...

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...

I joined colleague Ivan Maisel earlier Wednesday on the ESPNU College Football Podcast, where we discussed the retirement of Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee, the Big Ten's branding challenges, the Big Ten's new divisions and Indiana's swanky foot...

The NCAA's complete Academic Progress Rate report for 2011-12 will be released next week, but the public recognition awards are out for teams finishing in the top 10 percent of their sport. Three Big Ten teams earned awards: Northwestern, Ohio Sta...

Colleague Ivan Maisel writes that E. Gordon Gee loved attention, especially when it came to college football, and that desire eventually led to his retirement as Ohio State's president, days after he came under fire for making disparaging remarks abo...

After a nice, long weekend, let's check the mail. Be sure to follow us on Twitter. Steven from Las Vegas writes: Hey Adam, I think Nick Saban is right: Cull Division 1 to about 70 teams. Move to 5 Super-Conferences. The Pac-12 could absorb Boise S...

Roy Hibbert has been working on the links since the final buzzer Monday night. That's why he left the court so quickly. The Pinstripe Bowl addition is a brand-builder for the Big Ten, Tom Dienhart writes. Those in Big 12 country aren't sorry to s...