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Conference Realignment: A History Lesson
Big Ten This article on college football realignment originally appeared in our 1998 college football annual. As the college football landscape continues to go through realignment and the whispers of super...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Baylor Bears, Florida State Seminoles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Rice Owls, SMU Mustangs, South Carolina Gamecocks, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Conference realignment, Dan Beebe, superconferences

Special season in store for Illini?
Big Ten By Mitch Light Take a look at Illinois’ remaining schedule in 2011 and tell me if I’m crazy for believing this football team can win 11 games. The Illini, already 3–0, still have five mor...
1 year ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Denard Robinson, Marquiese Gray, Nathan Scheelhaasse, Illinois Fighting Illini, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Northwesstern Wildcats

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 3 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Nebraska (3-0) – The Cornhuskers still aren...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan 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

Week 3 College Football Recap
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Athlon sums up a full slate of college football with the most important things to take away from this weekend. Winners Califor...
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 Week 3 Preview: Match-ups and Upset Picks
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) 10 Key Storylines to Watch for Week 3 1. It’s only Week 3, but Saturday’s game between Florida State and Oklahoma will have an impact on...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC

What if Notre Dame Joined the Big Ten in 1999?
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) With conference realignment back in the news, college football fans are looking for someone to blame for all of this mess. Is it Texas? Texas A&...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Conference realignment, superconferences

Big 12 On Life Support; Superconferences Coming Soon?

Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) It seems college football is preparing for a major shift in conference realignment very soon. Although the 2011 season is just getting underway,...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, college football expansion, superconferences

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 2 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Nebraska (2-0) – Saturday’s win over Fres...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan 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, college football rankings

Week 2 College Football Recap
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) The Most Important Things to Take Away From Week 2 Athlon sums up a full slate of college football with the most important things ...
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

College Football Week 2 Preview: Match-ups and Upset Picks
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) 10 Key Storylines to Watch for Week 2 1. It’s only Week 2 of the college football season, but the South Carolina-Georgia matchup could go a lon...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, college football predictions

Boise State May Be Headed for Another Undefeated Season
Big Ten Boise State won its third straight opener over a BCS team, and the Broncos did it in impressive fashion with their 35-21 dismantling of Georgia. Many college football fans and media have questioned...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, MWC, SEC, WAC, Kellen Moore, Shea McClellin, Air Force Falcons, Boise State Broncos, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, San Diego State Aztecs, TCU Horned Frogs, Chris Petersen

College Football's Superconferences
Big Ten -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) The end of the world is not upon us. The sky isn’t falling. And the gates of hell are not opening to swallow conference commissioners, univers...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, college football expansion, superconferences

Big Ten Notebook: Week 1
Big Ten The first week of college football action is complete in the Big Ten. Here is our look at the week that was. Team of the Week – Northwestern Wisconsin made a strong case for ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan 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

Post-Week 1 Big Ten Power Rankings
Big Ten By Steven Lassan Post-Week 1 Big Ten Power Rankings Also check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Nebraska (1-0) – The Cornhuskers first game as a Big Ten member was a succe...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan 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, college football rankings

Week 1 College Football Recap
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) The Most Important Things to Take Away From Week 1 Athlon sums up a full slate of college football with the five most important things to ta...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC

Week 1 Big Ten Game Previews and Predictions
Big Ten By Steven Lassan and Mitch Light Big Ten Week 1 Game Previews and Predictions It's the first week of college football. Athlon will be breaking down each conference game. Here's the Big...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan 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, college football predictions

Texas A&M & The SEC: A Breakdown of Conference Realignment
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) College football as you know it is long gone. Conference realignment chaos is back in the news as Texas A&M's potential move to the SEC has ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, baylor, Texas A&M, Texas Longhorns

Big Ten Coaches' Candid Quotes on Conference Rivals
Big Ten Each year we ask college football coaches to tell us what they really think about the other teams in their conference. But we don't want the cliche'd press conference platitudes, so we as...
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, Candid Quotes

Will Ohio State Play in the Inaugural Big Ten Title Game?
Big Ten Debate: Will the Ohio State Buckeyes play in the Inaugural Big Ten Title Game? Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman): No, I do not think Ohio State will play in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Top 50 Players for 2011
Big Ten By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at the top 40 players for 2011 in the...
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 2011 Bowl Projections
Big Ten   Date Bowl Projection BCS Games     Jan. 9 National Title BCS No. 1 v...
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

Countdown to College Football Kickoff 2011
Big Ten By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Considering there is just 1 day until kickoff, the 2011 season is just around the corner. With the anticipation building for the upcoming season, Ath...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC

2001 NFL Draft Revisited
Big Ten By Jake Veyhl Scan the list of the 2001 NFL Draft first-round selections below and you’ll probably recognize quite a few of the biggest names from college football. There are future Hall of F...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, NFL, Big 12, Big Ten, MWC, Pac 12, SEC, WAC, Chad Johnson, Drew Brees, Gerard Warren, Justin Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson, Leonard Davis, Michael Vick, Reggie Wayne, Richard Seymour, Santana Moss, Steve Smith, Todd Heap, Arizona State, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, NC State, Ohio State, TCU, Texas, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, NFL Draft

Jim Delany Is The Most Powerful Man In College Football
Big Ten by Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyCBS on Twitter) Legends. Leaders. There might not have been two more polarizing words when the Big Ten announced it was naming its football divisi...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Michigan, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Wisconsin

College Football's Top 25 Games of 2011
Big Ten The start of the 2011 college football season is two weeks away. With kickoff right around the corner, Athlon takes a look at the top 25 must-see games in the nation for 2011. 1a. LSU vs. Alaba...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama, Boise State, Florida Gators, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State, oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina, Stanford, Texas, USC, Virginia Tech

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