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Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...the Big 10 (12) the capability to host a conference championship game to be competitive with the SEC, Big 12, ACC, etc.2. Expanding allows the Big 10 (12) to continue playing into December, thus...
Blog | December 24, 2009Big Ten recruiting nuggets
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...around the Big Ten. Here are a few items from ESPN's Scouts Inc. Penn State chasing SEC schools for DT Defensive tackle Michael Thornton (Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson) made an official visit to Penn...
Blog | December 23, 2009ESPN.com experts on Big Ten expansion
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...fan of conference championship games, but the fact is, they've worked in college football -- for the SEC and Big 12, especially. Given that, it's time for the Big Ten to get over the...
Blog | December 22, 2009Big Ten Friday mailblog
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...division alignment is a yearly scheduled game in the opposite division or rival if you will. The SEC does this. Alabama plays Tennessee every year. Then there is Georgia vs. Auburn and Florida vs. LSU...
Blog | December 18, 2009Time is right to explore Big Ten expansion
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...allow for two divisions and a league championship game played the same day as those from the SEC, Big 12 and ACC. But the real reason why this is happening now is the league can...
Blog | December 15, 2009Ohio State's Gee supports BT expansion
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...the need for a 12th team in league, which would create a conference championship game like the SEC, Big 12, ACC and others. "We have to be thoroughly modern and realize the world has moved...
Blog | December 15, 2009Big Ten expansion debate heats up
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...make UC even more attractive considering they play with a dynamism like that of Pac 10 and SEC offenses, something the Big 10 has been hugely criticized for lacking. Looking at it that way, one...
Blog | December 14, 2009Tressel used to Buckeye BCS bashing
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...s only been three, or four, I don't know. Three?" Yes, three. Two blowout losses to SEC teams in the BCS title game and a 24-21 loss to Texas in the final minute...
Blog | December 14, 2009Jones, Angerer named FWAA All-Americans
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...from the media, while both he and Angerer were consensus first-team All-Big Ten selections. The SEC (7), Big 12 (4) and ACC (3) led the way in All-America selections, followed by the...
Blog | December 14, 2009Illinois expected to tab Petrino as OC
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...in the mix for Western Kentucky's head-coaching vacancy, guided a Razorbacks offense that leads the SEC and ranks eighth nationally in scoring (37.3 ppg). Arkansas ranks 10th nationally in passing and 14th...
Blog | December 13, 2009Alvarez: Big Ten will push for expansion
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...divisions, a championship game and a season that ended at the same time as leagues like the SEC and the Big 12. But as Delany often reminds me, expansion is about more than football, basketball...
Blog | December 11, 2009Big Ten mailblog
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...both Northwestern and Michigan State.Don't expect the Big Ten to gain any respect versus the SEC when they send Northwestern to play Auburn. Wisconsin fans travel and the physical smashmouth style of football...
Blog | December 08, 2009Big Ten bowl projections: Week 14
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...by Citi: Ohio State* vs. Oregon* FedEx Orange: Iowa vs. Georgia Tech* Capital One: Penn State vs. SEC team Outback: Wisconsin vs. SEC team Champs Sports: Northwestern vs. ACC team Valero Alamo: Minnesota vs. Big...
Blog | December 06, 2009Big Ten virtually locks up at-large berth
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...Bowl Game presented by Citi is already set with Ohio State vs. Oregon). The Allstate Sugar Bowl (SEC tie-in) will select its replacement pick, almost certainly Florida. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Big 12 tie...
Blog | December 05, 2009Odrick, Jones named AFCA All-Americans
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...recorded six sacks and 10 tackles for loss for the Nittany Lions. The Big Ten trailed the SEC (7), Big 12 (6) and Pac-10 (3) in AFCA All-Americans this year
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