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Did the Big Ten redeem itself in the bowl season? That's a story for another post. But I can tell you that I gained some manner of redemption for my sorry regular-season predictions with a perfect 7-0 mark on my Big Ten bowl picks. That wasn't eno...

Big Ten bowl season officially arrives tomorrow night when Minnesota kicks off the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas against Texas Tech. Heavens knows I need a new season to begin after a horrible showing in the regular season, when I finished a full...

If we're going to grade every Big Ten team's regular season, as we began doing today, then it's only fair that we turn the red pen on ourselves. Back in late August, Adam and I each offered three bold predictions for the 2012 season. Let's see ho...

Back in the preseason, we took a stab at picking the over-under regular-season win totals for each Big Ten teams. We used some over-unders established by oddsmakers and came up with the rest ourselves. Well, now that regular season is over, it's t...

It's mail time. Let's see what's on your minds this week. Matt T. from Des Moines writes: Your bold prediction was that Michigan goes to the Rose Bowl. I'm not going to sit here and say Iowa will go, or any team in a shaky, unpredictable Legends D...

Our series looking at the best- and worst-case scenarios for each Big Ten team comes to a close today with Wisconsin. As a reminder one last time, these are by no means predictions for the season. They are meant to illustrate the realistic potenti...

We've got just a few more Best Case/Worst Case scenarios to go through before actual games begin. As a reminder, these pieces are not in any way predictions. They are meant to illustrate the realistic potential highs and lows for a team's season, ...

Our preseason predictions are getting into full swing with a look at the over/under win totals for each Big Ten team. Here's how this works: Bovada Sportsbook provided baseline totals for regular-season wins only for every Big Ten team except Indi...

It's time to dive back into our series examining the best- and worst-case scenarios for each Big Ten team. As a reminder, these pieces are not in any way predictions. They are meant to illustrate the extreme potential highs and lows for a team's s...

Our look at the best- and worst-case scenarios for every Big Ten team moves on to Michigan today. These scenarios should not be viewed as predictions; rather, we're illustrating the extreme highs and lows that are possible for each team while having ...

Our look at the best and worst possible outcomes for each Big Ten team (in alphabetical order) rolls on with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Remember these are not actual game-by-game predictions, and we're having a little fun here while trying to illustrate t...

Mail time! I asked for some of your bold predictions in the last mailbag. A few of you responded. Keep 'em coming! Jordan in Lakeland writes: I predict USF will avoid the midseason melt down. Haven't ruled out the early season meltdown yet. And...

So far, we have seen Big East predictions from Phil Steele and College Football News. Athlon is up next. The pick: Louisville and USF are co-champs, but the Cardinals win the head-to-head matchup between the two and make it to the BCS. Here is ...

Athlon has come out with its 2012 Big Ten predictions, and the magazine sees Michigan and Wisconsin playing for the league championship. But neither will be the best team in the conference. Athlon bestows that honor upon Ohio State, which it forec...

The mail does not stop her at Big East blogging headquarters. Dave in Charlotte, N.C., writes: What is your prediction of what happens in the next 30 days? And how does this decision affect the incoming schools (especially San Diego State), the ou...

Noted college football guru Phil Steele has made a pretty bold prediction in his 2012 College Football Preview. Steele says USF will win its first ever Big East title. I have to say, I am not surprised to see Steele make this pick. As you guys ...