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We're less than 100 days away from the kickoff of the 2013 season. Hooray. Want another reason to celebrate? There's just one more season to go before the BCS officially dies and we get a new, four-team college football playoff. As the BCS era -- ...

1. Ohio State: The Buckeyes haven't lost a game since January 2012, and nothing that happened this spring changed the reality that they're the team to beat in 2013. The defensive front was a major question mark, but sophomore defensive ends Adolphus ...

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....

In honor of "College Football Playoff," I'm calling this intro line "Lunchtime Links Intro Line." Two Iowa defensive backs left the team. Kirk Ferentz says the proposed Big Ten realignment "makes perfect sense." Iowa approved a conflict-of-intere...

"He was just saying what everybody else was thinking." So good to have Roger Sterling back in our lives. A receiving prospect committed to Illinois rather than wait for other offers. Illini football is being overshadowed by basketball. Kevin Wi...

It may be spring, but winter is coming on Sunday. Iowa has a simple slogan for 2013: Make a play. Examining the Hawkeyes' offensive line. Brady Hoke is pleased with Michigan's progress this spring. Jake Ryan had his knee surgery and could still...

Answering a few emails before I leave the great state of Nebraska ... Rob from New York, NY, writes: Brian, one thing that's bothered me since Nebraska came into the league is the league's insistence on artificially creating "rivalries" for the sc...

Links are a little scarce today, almost as if everyone is focusing on another sport right now. Hmm. Michigan's defense is facing life without Jake Ryan. Drew Dileo says this Wolverines senior class has what it takes to lead. Ohio State's defens...

Little basketball tournament starts tomorrow in Chicago. Who ya got? Penn State is well stocked at receiver and tight end going into spring ball. A Joe Paterno tribute movie will be screened. Ohio State is looking at some junior college offensi...

I think the ball is still bouncing on the rim in Ann Arbor. Bring on the Madness. Nebraska's defense is young in most places, but the cornerback spot is rich with experience. Spring is a time of urgency for the defensive line. Tom Osborne was hon...

Happy Friday. Illinois' new offensive line coach went to work right away. The Illini held their pro day. Kevin Wilson says Indiana was lucky to land a top-ranked receiver recruit (subscription required). Check out how Wilson and his staff sent ...

It's Wednesday. Business time. Tyvis Powell and Jordan Hall led "The Chase" for Ohio State as the Buckeyes began practice. Notes from OSU's first spring session here, here and here. The consensus No. 1 recruit in the 2014 class will soon visit ...

Send it in, Jerome! Linebacker will be one of the priorities for Illinois in the 2014 recruiting class. As spring practice began for Indiana, Kevin Wilson was still searching for a linebackers coach (subscription required). An official report f...

Spring ball officially opened in the Big Ten on Wednesday when Northwestern hit the practice field. The Wildcats did so wearing the numbers "5:03" on the back of their practice jerseys, which was Pat Fitzgerald's way of reminding his team how close h...

Phew, for a minute there I lost myself. Reports say former Ohio State playcaller and current Purdue offensive line coach Jim Bollman will be the new Michigan State offensive coordinator. Michigan State's Johnny Adams fared well at the NFL combine...

As we told you last week, many Big Ten coaches have serious concerns about the new NCAA recruiting rules which would allow virtually unlimited contact and mailings to high school prospects, among other changes. Now we know it's not just the coache...