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Serving up the links at lunch because, well, it's my job. Kirk Ferentz opens up in this Q&A with Bryce Miller. True freshman Dymonte Thomas has a chance to contribute right away in the Michigan secondary. The Wolverines' hopes of landing a ...

Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies: a story we agree to tell each other over and over until we forget that it's a lie. Ohio State AD Gene Smith talks about Urban Meyer and other issues in this wide-ranging ...

So if the Big Ten East is the "Big Boy Division," does that make the West the "Andre 3000 Division?" The East-West split has pluses and minuses, Lee Barfknecht writes. The NFL draft was a slow one both for Ohio State and the Big Ten in general....

Remember two years ago, when Michigan created a lot of big plays by having Denard Robinson basically throw a jump ball that his receivers would somehow go up and grab? Well, by the looks of things, that might become a staple of the offense in the fut...

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...

Monday got you down? The Monday mailbag is here to lift you up. Andrew from Omaha, Neb., writes: After listening to all of the local media (and more than a few here on the blog) freak out about the new divisional alignments, it's made me do a litt...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Last year, Ohio State led the Big Ten in scoring at 37.2 points per game. Great, right? Not in the minds of the Buckeyes, who thought they could have fielded a much better all-around attack. "I feel like last year we didn't pl...

The Girl Scouts were founded 101 years ago today. Let's celebrate with some cookies. Adam is at Northwestern all day and we're trying out a new live blog platform. Make sure to check it out. The Wildcats will keep six games per year in Evanston a...

Happy Friday. Illinois' new offensive line coach went to work right away. The Illini held their pro day. Kevin Wilson says Indiana was lucky to land a top-ranked receiver recruit (subscription required). Check out how Wilson and his staff sent ...

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...

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...

The Big Ten has traditionally been reluctant to stage night games in November. That could be changing. League coaches expressed support for more primetime games in the final full month of the regular season during conference meetings the past two ...

The letters have all been signed and the faxes sent in. Signing day is officially over. So how did each Big Ten team do in fulfilling its most pressing needs? Of course, the real answer to that question won't come for another one, two or even thre...

Ohio State has added more speed to its offense with the signing-day addition of wide receiver James Clark to the 2013 class. Clark, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound, prospect from New Smyrna, Fla., chose the Buckeyes over Florida and Clemson. He also visite...

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...

As we've written for the past several days, Big Ten athletic directors have a whole host of decisions to make over the next few months, including how many league games they should play, how to align the divisions, the next bowl lineup and even what t...