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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...

This week, we told you that ESPN.com stats guru Brad Edwards picked Wisconsin as one of five teams that was better than its 2012 record and therefore looks like a sleeper pick in 2013. Edwards has also gone the opposite route in identifying five t...

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...

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. Colleag...

Now that we've moved into June, it's time once again to take stock of the Big Ten's 2014 recruiting efforts. Indiana got its first commitment for 2014 over the weekend, giving every league team at least one in this class. Michigan continues to lea...

Gods do not answer letters. But blogs do. Andrew from Los Angeles writes: Greetings from Pac-12 country. I'm about to start grad school at USC, and I don't care for Lane Kiffin. In the event that we replace him in the next year or two, I would lik...

We already knew that Big Ten coaches and athletic directors expressed serious concerns over proposed NCAA recruiting de-regulations, and that the NCAA eventually suspended those rules until it could be studied further. But thanks to some fine reporti...

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 -- ...

Northwestern's recruiting wish list and sales pitch hasn't changed much in recent years. Head coach Pat Fitzgerald and his staff still seek a certain fit: an academically oriented player who clicks with the program's culture and recognizes the ben...

100 days away ... Illinois is very much in the mix for Oklahoma State QB transfer Wes Lunt. Illini coach Tim Beckman and his assistants are social-media machines. A great look inside a week with Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Michiga...

A few years ago, most would have called Pat Fitzgerald delusional. Even more would have called his pitch sour grapes for missing out on so many prospects to the rest of the Big Ten. But in the midst of a 2014 recruiting class already considered North...

Pat Fitzgerald has never tried to impress recruits with what Northwestern can offer them. Instead, he lets his team's success be his recruiting pitch, and it's working.

It's still early, but the tide could be turning a little for Big Ten recruiting. The league undoubtedly has moved down a few pegs on the recruiting ladder in recent years, a drop that can be tied to poor on-field performance, a lack of national ti...

CHICAGO -- The Big Ten is steeped in history and tradition, but the conference needs something more to connect with the target audience of football recruits and regular students. It needs to be cooler, especially on game days. And whether it's per...

The mail comes to you a little early today as I'll have coverage of the Big Ten spring meetings this afternoon. Badger in Columbus from Columbus, Ohio, writes: Please explain giving the edge to Washington over Wisconsin. If it was a contest of whi...

There has been plenty of recent news on the recruiting trail around the Big Ten, and we're a bit overdue for a scorecard, so here's the latest rundown. Teams are sorted based on most verbal commitments for the 2014 class. MICHIGAN Total commits...