Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers Preview and Prediction

Can Braxton Miller keep Ohio State among the ranks of the unbeaten?

In any other season, a matchup between the top two teams in the Big Ten’s Leaders Division would draw some national interest. With Ohio State ineligible to win the division title and the conference struggling as a whole, this game has lost some of its appeal.

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Big Ten Week 12 Preview and Predictions

Athlon previews the coming week of gridiron action in the Big Ten Conference.

There is very little left in the Big Ten to be determined. Nebraska shouldn't be tested by either Minnesota or Iowa, so their ticket is all but punched to the title game. Wisconsin already has their hotel reservations in Indianapolis. 

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College Football Week 12 Upset Predictions

Braxton Miller hopes to lead Ohio State to a road win over Wisconsin.

The 2012 college football season has officially entered the home stretch. With bowl games officially around the corner, there's not much time for teams to get eligible or make up ground in a conference title race. 

College Football Week 12 Upset Predictions

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College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 12

Two huge battles in the Pac-12 highlight the schedule

College football's Week 12 schedule is highlighted by two huge battles in the Pac-12. Stanford visits Oregon in a game that likely will decide the South Division champion, while USC makes the short trip to UCLA for the game of the year in the South.  

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5 College Football Coaches Who Will Be Fired at the End of the 2012 Season

Can Gene Chizik save his job?

Gene Chizik

Coaching changes are inevitable at the end of every college football season. With only a few weeks left in the regular season, some coaches still have a chance to save their job. Gene Chizik, Derek Dooley, Jeff Tedford, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope? File those five names away as coaches who will be packing up their office in a few weeks.

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Johnny Manziel, Collin Klein and Manti Te'o could create historic Heisman field

2012 field could include freshman, linebacker, more

Even a year after a Baylor quarterback won the Heisman -- beating out the eventual No. 1 overall draft pick and a running back from would-be national champion Alabama -- the 2012 Heisman race is shaping up to have one of the most non-traditional fields the award has seen.

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2012 Heisman Trophy Contenders: Post-Week 11

Johnny Manziel made his big statement in the Heisman race this weekend.

Each week, the Athlon editors and others who closely follow college football vote on the most prestigious award in the sport. A 13-man conglomerate of college football gurus from Athlon Sports and other publications cast their votes for their top Heisman Trophy candidates. The votes will be tallied and the results will be posted as the Athlon Sports Heisman Watch List every week of the regular season.

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College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 11 Rankings

Derek Dooley isn't expected to return at Tennessee for 2013.

Week 11 of the 2012 college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches saw the temperature on their seat increase by a few degrees. Boston College's Frank Spaziani remains the top spot in the hot seat watch, followed closely by Auburn's Gene Chizik, Tennessee's Derek Dooley and California's Jeff Tedford in the top five.

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 11 Rankings

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Big Ten Post-Week 11 Power Rankings

Athlon recaps another huge weekend of action in the Big Ten.

The Wisconsin Badgers have clinched a berth in the Big Ten championship game for the second year in a row. And even though it won't finish with the best record in the Leaders half of the league, UW could still finish 5-0 in the division. Games against Penn State and Ohio State technically don't mean anything, but Jim Delany would likely feel better if the Badgers could win out. 

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Safety Daimion Stafford Curses at Nebraska Coach Bo Pelini

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini isn't afraid to get vocal on the sidelines, but the tables were turned on him in Saturday's win over Penn State. 

After a sluggish performance in the first half, Pelini and safety Daimion Stafford got into a heated exchange on the sideline. It's clear from the video Stafford was not happy with Pelini and appeared to drop a couple of f-bombs in the process. It's not clear what the two were discussing, but let's just say neither party was giving an inch in the heated discussion.

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