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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...

It was just a coincidence that our Big Ten postseason Top 25 player rankings wrapped up the same week when players were showing off their skills at the NFL combine. But the convergence of the two raised one pressing question: Where are all the sta...

There are only three players left on our Big Ten postseason player rankings, which are based on 2012 performance only. We'll unveil No. 2 later today and the No. 1 player on our list Monday. Checking in at No. 3 is the man who might well have had ...

Our postseason position rankings are getting close to wrapping up, but first let's put a bow on the defensive side of the ball with a look at the defensive backs. Star power matters, but depth is also important. The secondary wasn't a particularly...

Our postseason Big Ten player rankings, based solely on 2012 performance, have advanced to the final four. Everyone from this quartet has an argument to be ranked No. 1, though only one can win that honor. Leading off our fantastic foursome is a g...

Our Big Ten postseason player rankings, based on 2012 performance only, have reached the rarefied air of the top 5. These are the best of the best. Kicking off the fab five is a man known to create a little magic ... No. 5: Taylor Martinez, QB,...

It's time for another installment of our postseason position rankings, and today we're looking at one of the strongest groups in the Big Ten in 2012: the linebackers. Just about every team boasted one standout linebacker last season, and many had ...

Our postseason position rankings wrapped up the offensive side of the ball Wednesday with a look at the offensive line. Now it's time to switch to the other side of the ball. We'll stay in the trenches with our rankings for the defensive lines. Th...

Our postseason Big Ten player rankings, based on 2012 performance only, march on today with the first member of our Elite Eight. Up next is a guy whose hometown of Steelton, Pa., pretty accurately describes what he brought to the field ... No. ...

Our Big Ten player rankings, which are based on last year's performance only, roll on today. From now on, every player named will have one of those coveted single digits next to his name. Next up is a guy who didn't exactly come out of nowhere but...

We have reached the top 10 in our Big Ten player rankings, which account solely for 2012 performance. These are the best of the best, and we're getting closer to the summit. Appropriately enough, No. 10 on this list also wears No. 10, and he left ...

The Big Ten postseason player rankings have reached the dandiest dozen. As a reminder, these rankings are based solely on performance from the 2012 season. Checking in at No. 12 is a guy who might go in the first 12 picks of the April NFL draft .....

Most of today's blog coverage will naturally be focused on recruiting and national signing day. But we're also continuing to roll out our postseason player rankings, which are based on 2012 performance only. Up next is a guy who seemed wildly unli...

We kicked off our 2013 postseason position rankings on Monday with a look at the quarterbacks. Let's keep it rolling by staying in the backfield and ranking the running back position for each Big Ten team. We're basing this solely on last year's p...

Our postseason Big Ten player rankings march on, as we reach the top 15 and land on our second Michigan State defender. Remember, these rankings are all about last year's performance only. This next guy was the anchor for one of the nation's top defe...

Way back in the heady days of the 2012 preseason, we ranked every Big Ten position group from No. 1 through 12. We had to base our thoughts on previous performance and a lot of projections in August. We're going back now and issuing a final, posts...