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Every Wednesday during the season, we'll take a look at which players/teams/issues in the Big Ten are on the rise and which ones are on the decline. And after a couple more games are in the books, we'll give you a weekly report on where the various p...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Hello from Lucas Oil Stadium, where the second-ever Big Ten championship game will kick off shortly. There were reports of slow ticket sales earlier this week, and the game likely will fall far short of a sellout. But we saw lots o...

We take a look inside the Big Ten trends, with no insider trading needed. Stock up James White: While Montee Ball understandably is getting all the attention right now, don't forget the job Wisconsin's No. 2 back is doing. White rushed for 161 ...

Through the lens of history ... Team of the week: Wisconsin. Reports of the Badgers' demise were premature. While everybody was hopping aboard the Indiana bandwagon last week, Wisconsin simply got back to what it does best: running the ball. Bret ...

Wisconsin will turn to Curt Phillips as its new starting quarterback this week at Indiana, according to multiple reports. The fifth-year senior gets the nod for his first career start after competing with Maryland transfer Danny O'Brien last week ...

Invest with confidence in these stocks ... Stock up Brandon Moseby-Felder: Penn State has a new receiving threat in this redshirt junior, who posted career bests with six catches and 129 yards at Purdue last week to go along with a touchdown. M...

Ten weeks in, let's check out the portfolio ... Stock up Michael Carter: The Minnesota senior cornerback has had an up-and-down career, but the arrow is pointing up now. Carter was named Big Ten co-defensive player of the week after an outstand...

From Wall Street to Main Street, everyone's waiting on this stock report: Stock up Kyle Carter: The Penn State tight end was named Big Ten freshman of the week after recording six catches for a career-high 85 yards in his first career start at ...

Fire up the ticker ... Stock up Montee Ball's YAC: The Wisconsin running back said he focused on getting yards after contact last week after realizing that he wasn't getting the same big holes to run through. His YAC was anything but whack agai...

Ring the bell. It's time for the Big Ten stock report. Stock up Aaron Burbridge: The Michigan State true freshman had eight catches for 134 yards in his first-ever start last week against Indiana. Is he the missing piece for the Spartans' passi...

The NASDAQ and the Nikkei got nothing on this market. Stock up Penn State's Killer Zs: Zach Zwinak was no better than the fifth-string tailback for the Nittany Lions this summer. But in the last two games, the 230-pound sophomore has rushed for...

Ring the bell. The stock market is open. Stock up Penn State starts: Bill O'Brien's early game plans must be working. The Nittany Lions are outscoring their opponents 35-0 in the first quarter of games this year and 55-9 in the first half. "It'...

Can a guy who just suffered his third torn ACL less than two weeks ago come back and play this year? Purdue quarterback Robert Marve is going to try. And it looks like he might just succeed. As Mike Carmin reports in the Lafayette Journal and C...

Our weekly checkup on the bulls and bears of the Big Ten (and we don't mean those Chicago pro teams): Stock up A.J. Barker: When searching for playmakers among Minnesota receivers this offseason, we rarely mentioned Barker's name. Hard to blame...

Wisconsin's struggling offense could have a new starting quarterback at the controls this week. Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that redshirt freshman Joel Stave, not Danny O'Brien, took the bulk of the work with the first-...

Investor confidence in the Big Ten neared an all-time low in Week 2. But past performance does not necessarily indicate future results. Let's check the stock market: Stock up Chi Chi Ariguzo: The Northwestern linebacker moved into a starting r...