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Capital One Bowl Preview: South Carolina vs. Nebraska
Big Ten by Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman on Twitter) Capital One Bowl  Nebraska vs. South Carolina Date: Jan. 2, 1:00 PM ET   Location: Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando, Fl...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, SEC, Nebraska Cornhuskers, South Carolina Gamecocks, capital one bowl, college football bowls

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Preview: Illinois vs. UCLA
Big Ten by Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman on Twitter) Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Illinois vs. UCLA  Date: Dec. 31, 3:30 PM ET  Location: AT&T Park, San Francisco, Calif. ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Pac 12, Illinois Fighting Illini, UCLA Bruins, college football bowls, Kraft Fight Hunger bowl

2012 Quarterback Rankings: Big Ten
Big Ten -by Braden Gall (follow at @BradenGall) There is no doubt this is the Era of the Quarterback. Houston’s Case Keenum (152) and Boise State’s Kellen Moore (142) both broke Graham Harrellâ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinios 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

Meineke Car Care Bowl Preview: Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
Big Ten by Mitch Light (@AthlonMitch on Twitter) Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Texas A&M (6–6) vs. Northwestern (6–6) Date: Dec. 31 at 12 noon ET Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston,...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Northwestern Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies

Insight Bowl Preview: Iowa vs. Oklahoma
Big Ten -by Braden Gall (follow at @BradenGall) Insight Bowl Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5) Date: Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. ET Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Ariz. The 23rd annual Insight B...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Iowa Hawkeyes, Oklahoma Sooners

The NFL Draft's Impact on College Football's Preseason Top 25
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) The 2012 preseason college football top 25 is already starting to take shape. USC quarterback Matt Barkley has decided to return for another sea...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, college football top 25, NFL Draft

Little Caesars Bowl Preview: Western Michigan vs. Purdue
Big Ten by Rob Doster Little Caesars Bowl Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6) Date: Dec. 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET Location: Ford Field, Detroit. Mich. Purdue has a chance to post its first winn...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, MAC, Purdue Boilermakers, Western Michigan Broncos

Ohio State Bowl Sanctions: What They Mean for the 2012 Big Ten Race
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Ohio State’s football program has been under investigation since last December, and the NCAA finally announced its penalties on Tuesday. And the ne...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big Ten, Ohio State Buckeyes

College Football Bowl Predictions
Big Ten Bowl season kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 17 in Albuquerque and ends on Jan. 9 in New Orleans with the BCS Championship. With 35 games on the docket, there's plenty of options to keep college fans in...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12 SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, college football bowl predictions

Athlon's 2011 College Football All-America Team
Big Ten Putting together an All-America team is never easy and that’s certainly the case in 2011. Several players didn’t make the cut on Athlon’s All-America team, but that doesn’t take anything aw...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Snyder, Miles and Hoke lead Coach of the Year Candidates
Big Ten There were many great coaching jobs around college football this season, and the Coach of the Year selection is always a tough decision. Les Miles of LSU was the only coach in the country to go und...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, Andrew Luck, Collin Klein, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, Clemson Tigers, Kansas State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Virginia Cavaliers, Art Briles, Bill Snyder, Brady Hoke, Dabo Swinney, David Shaw, Hugh Freeze, Les Miles, Mike London

A Very Early College Football Top 25 for 2012
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) (Published December 8th, 2011) Click here to view Athlon's updated top 25 for 2012. It's never too early to start thinking about next season...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Ranking All 35 College Football Bowls: From Must-See to Must-Miss
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Which bowls should you tune into? Athlon ranks and previews all of the matchups from the must-see to the ones you can avoid. 35. Little...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, BCS championship, college football bowls

College Football Week 14 Preview: Match-ups and Upset Picks
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) 10 Key Storylines to Watch for Week 14 1. When commissioner Larry Scott envisioned the first Pac-12 title game, a 6-6 UCLA team is probably ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 14
Big Ten By Mitch Light (@AthlonMitch) Here are previews and predictions for the 10 best college football games this weekend. Wisconsin (-9) vs. Michigan State (Big Ten Championship Game) The Badg...
1 year ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, SEC

Illinois Coaching Candidates: Who’s the Leader?
Big Ten The rollercoaster tenure of Ron Zook has ended after seven seasons at Illinois, and athletic director Mike Thomas is conducting a search that has a wide array of candidates. Houston coach Kevin Sum...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Cincinnati Bearcats, Eastern Michigan Eagles, Houston Cougars, Illinois Fighting Illini, Michigan State Spartans, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Wisconsin Badgers

Urban Meyer Will Lead Ohio State to the 2012 Big Ten Title
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Ohio State is coming off its worst season since 1999, finishing with a 6-6 record and not earning at least a share of the conference title for t...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Ohio State Buckeyes, Urban Meyer

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Big Ten By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 13 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. And two Big Ten teams came in at #1 of our Top 25 College ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hooisers, 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

Dan Mullen Leads Coaching Candidates at Penn State
Big Ten The search for the next Penn State head coach took an interesting turn over the weekend with the news that current Miami coach and former PSU player Al Golden signed a new four-year contract extens...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big Ten, SEC, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones, Miami Hurricanes, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Cavaliers, Al Golden, Dan Mullen, Greg Schiano, James Franklin. Mike London, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Kevin Sumlin, Kirk Ferentz, Mike London, Paul Pasqualoni, Paul Rhoads, Tom Bradley, Urban Meyer

Urban Meyer will win big at Ohio State
Big Ten By Mitch Light You can mock Urban Meyer about his family-first statements. You can question his ability to handle the rigors — both physically and mentally — of coaching at Ohio State. You ...
1 year ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Urban Meyer, Florida Gators, Ohio State Buckeyes

Ron Zook Fired; Here are 16 Illinois Coaching Candidates
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) The Ron Zook era had a few highlights, but his seven-year tenure at Illinois was mostly met with mixed results. During Zook’s watch, the Fight...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Ron Zook

Bowl Projections: Post-Week 13
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) With 13 weeks in the book, it's time to take a look at how teams project to the postseason. There's going to be a lot of changes over the next c...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, bowl projections

College Football Week 13 Preview: Match-ups and Upset Picks
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) 10 Key Storylines to Watch for Week 13 1. Rivalry week has to be one of the best parts of any college football season. 10 of Athlon’s top ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC

Alabama-Auburn edges Ohio State-Michigan in Intensity
Big Ten The Wolverines versus the Buckeyes. The Iron Bowl. We will witness two of college football’s greatest rivalries this weekend when Alabama plays at Auburn and Ohio State travels to Michigan. Many ...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big Ten, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Big Ten By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 12 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. And two Big Ten teams came in at #1 of our Top 25 College ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hooisers, 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

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