Late links: Big Ten recruiting heats up

...sorry about the lateness of the links. • WLFI.com did a Q&A with new Purdue offensive coordinator Gary Nord and defensive coordinator Donn Landolm. • Bill Kurelic, the Midwest recruiting blogger for...

Forde: Red-hot hoops rivalries for '09

When it comes to red-hot rivalries for the 2009 season, Tobacco Road takes a back seat to Kentucky and Louisville.

Big Ten lunch links

...by a new system. Sophomore Albert Evans' shoulder is better as he eyeballs playing safety for Purdue. He's just one Boilermaker focused on his opportunity... maybe that should be a slogan? This...

Big Ten lunch links

...Pete DiPrimio takes a look at the Hoosiers' seven early commitments and the two newest Purdue Boilermakers. • Retiring Ohio State director of football operations Bob Tucker was Jim Tressel's right...

Big Ten lunch links: Iowa arrests 'not an epidemic'

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Happy Monday. Here are a few lunchtime links I'm contributing today for my fellow Midwesterner, Big Te...

Big Ten forks in the road for 2009

...road: Nov. 7 at Minnesota The Illini will be coming off a fairly manageable stretch against Indiana, Purdue and Michigan, the league's worst three teams last season. If they haven't dug...

Big Ten lunch links

...Foley writes in the Petrosky News-Review.  Joe Tiller is done coaching football, but the former Purdue boss remains pretty busy, Mike Carmin writes in The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier. Also, the Boilers pick...

...kneels down as assistant coach Cameron Dollar stands behind him in the second half against the Purdue Boilermakers during the second round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the Rose...

Big Ten lunch links

...week continues with a commitment from Berlin (not that Berlin), Jim Polzin writes in The Capital Times. Purdue also picked up a recruit in wideout Charles Torwudzo, Mike Carmin writes in The (Lafayette) Journal and...

Notre Dame schedule argument disses Big Ten

...love, especially when the schedule gets brought up repeatedly. Three Big Ten teams -- Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue -- are on Notre Dame's calendar this fall, with two of those games being played away...

Big Ten recruiting scorecard

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg A fairly busy week for Big Ten recruiting, highlighted by Michigan State landing defensive end William Gholst...

Ochs' tackle of Crouch is Big 12's No. 16 moment

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin No. 16 KSU finally slays the Cornhuskers Date: Nov. 14, 1998 Place: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kan. Score: Kansas...

Big Ten Friday mailblog

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg A few questions and answers before the weekend. Donny from Decatur, Ill., writes: I've been hearing a lot...

Big Ten special-teams snapshot

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Thanks to several of you for reminding me about special teams, a subject I had planned to tackle during sprin...

Only 291 Days Until A Shining Moment

...group: Villanova Wildcats!) 5. North Carolina (SN fan group: Tar Heel Basketball) 6. Purdue (SN fan group: United States of Boilermakers) 7. Kentucky (SN fan group: Kentucky Basketball Fans) 8. Tennessee (SN fan group...