Big Ten mailblog

...bye weeks and the final weekend of regular-season play in December. I've heard that Ohio State and Michigan would never go for this -- there's enough grumbling about playing The Game after Thanksgiving...

Television lineup for the SEC bowls

...a.m., ESPN Capital One Bowl: LSU vs. Penn State, 1 p.m., ABC Allstate Sugar Bowl: Florida...

Paterno Exclusive Interview Pt. 2

Joe Paterno sits down with his former QB, Todd Blackledge, to discuss changes in the Big Ten and Bobby Bowden

Paterno Exclusive Interview Pt. 3

Joe Paterno sits down with his former QB, Todd Blackledge, to discuss good friend Bobby Bowden

Paterno Exclusive Interview Pt. 4

Joe Paterno sits down with his former QB, Todd Blackledge, to discuss the state of college football

Paterno Exclusive Interview Pt. 1

Joe Paterno sits down with his former QB, Todd Blackledge, to talk about coaching at 83-years old

Big Ten lunch links

...ticket sales, Tom Mulhern writes in the Wisconsin State Journal. Safety/wide receiver Marvin Robinson is among...at Michigan, annarbor.com's Dave Birkett writes. Penn State's mid-decade turnaround started with a...

Forbes report says Texas No. 1

The Texas Longhorns are the most valuable team in college sports.

Joe Paterno Convo

Joe Paterno believes the Big Ten should add another team and there should be a playoff system in college football

Scouts Inc.: Penn State vs. LSU

Big Ten lunch links

...One Bowl, according to this study from a Penn State student. Paterno and his Penn State players arrive...

Big Ten recruiting nuggets

...a few items from ESPN's Scouts Inc. Penn State chasing SEC schools for DT Defensive tackle Michael...

Big Ten mailblog

...can bet a 12th member will add something from a TV market standpoint. That's why Iowa State doesn't seem like a viable candidate -- just not enough TV sets in Ames. Rutgers, meanwhile, is...

ESPN.com experts on Big Ten expansion

...drawbacks. Missouri makes sense geographically and as a state university of similar academic profile to most of...in non-revenue sports -- arduous. Pittsburgh would give Penn State a partner on the eastern frontier -- which...

Big Ten lunch links

...weigh in on facing Rose Bowl participants Ohio State and Oregon, Doug Lesmerises writes in The Cleveland...Furman. Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti reflects on Penn State's only other meeting against LSU, Bernard...