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2012 College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 2

Big Ten College football’s second week of action features the debut of the two newest members of the SEC and a huge road trip for Nebraska. 10 Biggest Games of Week 2 Georgia (-3.5) at Missouri ...

36 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Collin Klein, Duke Johnson, James Franklin, Jeff Driskel, Johnny Manziel, Jordan Matthews, Kain Colter, Taylor Martinez, Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, UCLA, Vanderbilt

Big Ten Week 2 Preview and Predictions

Big Ten Things didn't exactly play out the way most expected in Week 1 of the Big Ten season. Penn State's emotional roller coaster continued and doesn't look to be slowing anytime soon. Wisconsin, Iowa, N...

37 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Week 2 Upset Predictions

Big Ten Week 2 of the 2012 college football season doesn’t feature many marquee matchups and with a handful of BCS teams heavily favored, there are few opportunities for upset picks. Athlon’s editors h...

37 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC

College Football Post-Week 1 Bowl Projections

Big Ten College football's bowl season is still a few months away, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With only one week of results in the books, it's hard to mak...

37 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 1 Rankings

Big Ten Week 1 of the college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches are feeling the pressure to win. Kentucky showed some progress in the season opener against Louisville, but Joker Phillip...

37 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Big Ten Post-Week 1 Power Rankings

Big Ten The Big Ten had a few marquee showdowns in Week 1 and a whole schedule of mid-major opponents and FCS snoozers. However, this weekend was anything but boring for the Big Ten. Penn State's firs...

College Football Week 1 Recap: Three and Out

Big Ten The names and faces change, but sometimes the results don’t. At least that’s what people in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Eugene, Ore., learned after the first weekend of college football. Alabama...

37 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio Bobcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Penn State Nittany Lions

Nebraska's Rex Burkhead Suffers Knee Injury Against Southern Miss

Big Ten Nebraska's offense suffered a huge loss during Saturday's game against Southern Miss. Running back Rex Burkhead suffered a sprained MCL in the first half against the Golden Eagles and was ruled out...

37 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big Ten, Nebraska Cornhuskers

Ohio State's Devin Smith Makes a Ridiculous Catch Against Miami (Ohio)

Big Ten It's only Week 1 of the 2012 college football season, but Ohio State's Devin Smith might have made one of the best plays we will see all season. Smith grabbed this one-handed catch from q...

37 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Ohio State Buckeyes

Best and Worst Offseason College Football Videos

Big Ten Viral video kept us busy during the offseason, from the creative, to the intentionally quirky to the unintentionally hilarious. Conference realignment and "Call Me Maybe" parodies entertained us si...

37 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Overtime, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Missouri Tigers, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies

College Football Week 1 Preview: Match-Ups, Upset Picks and Storylines to Watch

Big Ten Week 1 of the college football season features several interesting matchups, storylines and new faces stepping into playing time. Athlon gets you ready for the opening Saturday of action with an in...

37 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC

Michigan Over Alabama Would Be Big Ten’s Best Win in a Decade

Big Ten The Big Ten needs some good news. On the field, Ohio State won the national championship in 2002 and was beaten handily in 2006 and 2007 by SEC teams in the big game. Other than that, the league ha...

37 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big Ten, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan Wolverines

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 1

Big Ten College football kicks of this weekend with a full slate of games. Here's a look at 10 of the top games on the Week 1 schedule. 10 Biggest Games of Week 1 Alabama (-13.5) vs. Michigan (at A...

37 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, SEC

Big Ten Week 1 Preview and Predictions

Big Ten It has certainly been a tumultuous offseason for the Big Ten. Jim Delany battled Mike Slive in playoff negotiations that completely restructed the way college football determines a national champio...

38 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Week 1 Upset Picks

Big Ten Week 1 of the college football season officially kicks off on Thursday night, headlined by a SEC showdown between South Carolina and Vanderbilt, while BYU and Washington State close out the night w...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big Ten, Independents, MAC, Pac 12, SEC

College Football's Top 50 Players for 2012

Big Ten The 2012 college football season kicks off on Thursday night, and it's time to rank the top 50 players for the upcoming year. USC's Matt Barkley made a surprising decision to return to USC for his ...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC

College Football's Top 15 Breakout Players for 2012

Big Ten Every year, college football fans are introduced to a handful of players that become household names by the end of the season. Predicting which players will breakout any year is never an ...

10 Players Who Will Decide College Football's 2012 National Title

Big Ten Every college football team has personnel issues that will be a question mark going into the season, but some have national title implications. LSU fell short of winning a national title last year,...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat for 2012

Big Ten The 2012 college football season kicks off on Thursday night and the next 14 weeks are crucial to the job status of several coaches around the nation. Boston College's Frank Spaziani tops Athlon's ...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

College Basketball Sleepers: 10 teams that could return to the NCAA Tourney

Big Ten In 2012, 30 of 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament field missed out a bid a season earlier. The tally included eight from the six major conferences, including returns to prominence for Indiana and...

College Football Coaches Talk Anonymously About Top 25 Teams

Big Ten It's not easy getting college football coaches to honestly comment on another coach, player or team. Most coaches don't want to give opposing teams billboard material, which is why there ...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Boise State Broncos, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Top 25 Impact Freshmen of 2012

Big Ten Actual college football games are taking place this week! And while National Signing Day 2012 seems like ages ago, thousands of freshmen (and redshirt freshman) will take their first steps onto...

38 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC

College Football's Pivotal Players: Seven for the Big Ten

Big Ten On Monday, teams around the nation will move from preseason camp mode and into game-week preparation. We’re starting to see coaches name starting quarterbacks and settle on position battles....

38 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Top 25 Linebackers for 2012

Big Ten Notre Dame's Manti Te'o was expected to be a first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft but made a surprising decision to return back to South Bend for one more year. Te'o is one of college football's ...

College Football's Top Defensive Backs for 2012

Big Ten Interception totals can be fluky, but even when you take away his 13 picks from last season, NC State's David Amerson is one of college football's top defenders. At 6-foot-3 Amerson has the size to...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC

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