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Ranking the Big Ten's Running Backs for 2013
Iowa Hawkeyes The Big Ten doesn’t have the deepest set of running backs in the nation, but the 2013 group still boasts plenty of talented options. Northwestern’s Venric Mark shined in his first full year...
3 weeks ago by Steven Lassan 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

Ranking the Big Ten's College Football Coaches for 2013
Iowa Hawkeyes Considering how important coaches are to teams or even making preseason predictions, Athlon is taking a look at how each conference stacks up with its head coach rankings for 2013. Ranking...
6 weeks ago by Steven Lassan 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

Big Ten Football 2013 Schedule Analysis
Iowa Hawkeyes The start of the 2013 college football season is still months away, but it’s never too early to start thinking about preseason predictions and some of the top games to watch in each conference. ...
7 weeks ago by Steven Lassan 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 Basketball's Absolute Worst Coaching Tenures since 1984-85
Iowa Hawkeyes Sometimes a coach inherits a bad team or steps into a program where the university simply does not invest in basketball. In some cases, through recruiting, Xs and Os and inspiration, that coach can...
8 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Baylor Bears, Clemson Tigers, Colorado Buffaloes, DePaul Blue Demons, Iowa Hawkeyes, Kentucky Wildcats, Maryland Terrapins, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Northwestern Wildcats, Oregon State Beavers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas A&M Aggies, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Washington State Cougars

5 Players to Watch in Big Ten Spring Practice
Iowa Hawkeyes With spring practice underway across college football, most of interest will focus on quarterback battles or incoming freshmen that enrolled early to get a jumpstart on making an impact for 20...
8 weeks ago by Steven Lassan 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

2013 Big Ten Conference Tournament Preview
Iowa Hawkeyes March Madness is just getting started as the college basketball season shifts to the conference tournaments. Titles will be won, NCAA Tournament spots will be clinched or lost all over the country....
9 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Minnesota Gophers, 2013 March Madness

Big Ten Football 2013 Spring Preview and Storylines
Iowa Hawkeyes With two of its best teams ineligible for a bowl game, 2012 was mostly a year to forget for the Big Ten. Despite having nothing to play for, Ohio State ran the table and finished with a perfect 12-...
10 weeks ago by Steven Lassan 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, 2013 college football spring previews

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat for 2013
Iowa Hawkeyes The start of spring practice for all 125 college football teams is a chance to start fresh and forget the bad results that came along with 2012. For a handful of coaches, spring practice is also th...
10 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, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Illinois Fighting Illini, Iowa Hawkeyes, Kansas Jayhawks, Maryland Terrapins, Missouri Tigers, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Virginia Cavaliers, Washington Huskies

Ranking the Big Ten's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
Iowa Hawkeyes We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
11 weeks ago by Athlon Sports 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

Ranking the Big Ten's Expansion Wish List
Iowa Hawkeyes Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is many things, but dumb isn’t one of them. His conference snaked football blue blood and powerhouse Nebraska from the Big 12 to grow the conference in 2011. H...
12 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hooisers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Virginia Cavaliers, Wisconsin Badgers

Ranking the College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Maryland Terrapins, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Recruiting: Big Ten Team Consensus Rankings for 2013
Iowa Hawkeyes Recruiting in college football is downright nasty. It is a cutthroat, cannibalistic big business that is microscopically analyzed by fans, administrators and media members alike. The Big Ten's recr...
13 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, AC100, Recruiting

Recruiting: Ranking the Big Ten's Best Football Rosters
Iowa Hawkeyes Preseason prognosticators like Athlon Sports — the most accurate college football preview magazine on newsstands — use many things to predict what the coming football season will look like. Ret...
15 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, AC100, Recruiting

Early Big Ten Football Predictions for 2013
Iowa Hawkeyes The Big Ten had a year to forget in 2012. Two of the conference’s best teams (Ohio State and Penn State) were ineligible to compete for the postseason, while Michigan State underachieved and fini...
17 weeks ago by Steven Lassan 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

Top 5 Orange Bowl Performances of the BCS Era
Iowa Hawkeyes With the 15th season of BCS bowl action about to take place, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. Since 1998, teams have been fighting to land a ...
20 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, Adrian Clayborn, Coby Fleener, Matt Leinart, Tom Brady, Torrance Marshall, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan Wolverines, Oklahoma Sooners, USC Trojans, West Virginia Mountaineers, BCS bowls, college football bowls, Orange Bowl

Top 10 College Football Coaches For NFL Jobs
Iowa Hawkeyes With nearly one-third of the NFL coaching jobs expected to be vacant by year’s end — including sweet gigs like the Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints, as well as the...
21 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: College Football, NFL, Chip Kelly, David Shaw, Jim Mora, Kirk Ferentz, Lane Kiffin, Les Miles, Nick Saban, Steve Sarkisian, Urban Meyer, Will Muschamp, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Iowa Hawkeyes, LSU Tigers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers

College basketball's early season conference review: Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes Entering the season, Athlon ranked the Big Ten the nation’s top conference. Despite a loss by its top team Saturday, the league has done nothing to change that notion. If anything, the leagu...
21 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

How the 2012 All-Big Ten Team Ranked as High School Recruits
Iowa Hawkeyes The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each all-conference team ranked as high school recrui...
21 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

Big Ten 2012 Season Recap and Awards
Iowa Hawkeyes Bizarre might be the best word to describe the 2012 edition of Big Ten football. The best teams with the best player and the best coach won't be playing for a championship of any kind after finishi...
25 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

Big Ten Week 13 Preview and Predictions
Iowa Hawkeyes Wisconsin is in and waiting for either Nebraska or Michigan in the Big Ten Championship game. Senior day will take place all across the Midwest, including what should be a very emotional day in Hap...
25 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

Big Ten Post-Week 12 Power Rankings
Iowa Hawkeyes The Ohio State Buckeyes will finish the regular season with the best overall record in the Big Ten after an exciting overtime win in Madison. But what really mattered most was a 24-point home romp ...
26 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

Big Ten Week 12 Preview and Predictions
Iowa Hawkeyes 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 thei...
26 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

Big Ten Post-Week 11 Power Rankings
Iowa Hawkeyes 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...
27 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

Big Ten Week 11 Preview and Predictions
Iowa Hawkeyes Week 11 should be a great weekend in the Big Ten. Northwestern heads to Ann Arbor to see if it belongs in the title discussion. Wisconsin visits Indiana in what could be a surprising Leaders Divisi...
27 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

Big Ten 2012-13 College Basketball Preview
Iowa Hawkeyes A dozen years have passed since a Big Ten last claimed a national title. Since Michigan State won the 2000 title, four conferences have won at least two national titles. The Big East and SEC have c...
27 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartan, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

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