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Big Ten Second-Half Predictions and Midseason Review
Penn State Nittany Lions By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) At the midpoint of the 2011 season, it's time to take a look at the first half and predict how the second half will turn out in the Big Ten. ...
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 Power Rankings: Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 7 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Wisconsin (6-0, 2-0) –  Paul Chryst certainly...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, 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

Big Ten's Best Games of the Second Half
Penn State Nittany Lions -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) The the midway point of the 2011 college football in the rearview mirror, so Athlon Sports takes a look at the top must-see games left on the Big Ten ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 6 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Wisconsin (5-0, 1-0) –  The Badgers were on b...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, 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

Ohio State: How Bad Will This Year Get?
Penn State Nittany Lions We all know how bad the offseason was for Ohio State football, but how that drama would affect the Buckeyes on the field was one of September’s most interesting college football storylines. It ha...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Braxton Miller, Dan Herron, DeVier Posey, Mike Adams, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, Terrelle Pryor

Clemson, Georgia Tech or Illinois: Who Loses First?
Penn State Nittany Lions There have been several surprise teams through five weeks of the college football season, and three at the top of the list would be unbeaten Clemson, Georgia Tech and Illinois. The Fighting Illini ...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, ACC, Big Ten, Dan Herron, DeVier Posey, Mike Adams, Sammy Watkins, Tajh Boyd, Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Illinois Fighting Illini, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Dabo Swinney, Paul Johnson, Ron Zook

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 5 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Wisconsin (5-0) –  The Badgers officially sta...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, 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 Power Rankings: Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on Twitter) Post-Week 4 Big Ten Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Nebraska (4-0) – The 38-14 road win over Wyoming t...
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

Alabama, Oklahoma or LSU: Who's No. 1?
Penn State Nittany Lions The debate rages each season in the college football world – who is the nation’s best team? Most polls have had either Oklahoma, Alabama or LSU ranked in the top spot this year, and you can mak...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, SEC, AJ McCarron, Trent Richardson, Tyler Wilson, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Penn State Nittany Lions, Bob Stoops, Les Miles, Nick Saban

Conference Realignment: A History Lesson
Penn State Nittany Lions 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

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions 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

College Football Boxscore: Week 3 By The Numbers
Penn State Nittany Lions -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Each week, Athlon will bring college football fans the most interesting, bizarre and thought-provoking statistics from the weekend of action. 335:...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Boise State Broncos, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, LSU Tigers, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Penn State Nittany Lions, South Carolina Gamecocks, Wisconsin Badgers, Boxscore, By The Numbers, Statistics

The Future of College Football Uniforms
Penn State Nittany Lions College football uniforms have been in the news lately. With Maryland's flag uniforms that looked like something out of Middle Earth, Boise State's "Power Rangers" getup and Oklahoma State's all gr...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Overtime, Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, college football uniforms, Funny, Joe Paterno

College Football Power Rankings: Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions 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

Scenes from Saturday: Alabama vs. Penn State
Penn State Nittany Lions Photos from the Crimson Tide-Nittany Lions match-up from week 2. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Penn State Nittany Lions

Big Ten Notebook: Week 1
Penn State Nittany Lions 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
Penn State Nittany Lions 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 Big Ten Game Previews and Predictions
Penn State Nittany Lions 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

College Football Impact Injuries and Suspensions
Penn State Nittany Lions Updated Monday, August 29, 12:15 PM ET Montel Harris, RB, Boston College A surprise knee surgery has pushed the Eagles starting tailback to the bench for at least the first week of action. An...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Auburn Tigers, Boston College Eagles, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, New Mexico Lobos, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UCLA Bruins, Washington Huskies

College Football Impact Injuries and Suspensions
Penn State Nittany Lions Updated Monday, August 29, 12:15 PM ET Montel Harris, RB, Boston College A surprise knee surgery has pushed the Eagles starting tailback to the bench for at least the first week of action. An...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Auburn Tigers, Boston College Eagles, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, New Mexico Lobos, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UCLA Bruins, Washington Huskies

Big Ten Coaches' Candid Quotes on Conference Rivals
Penn State Nittany Lions 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?
Penn State Nittany Lions 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

Athlon Awards: Defensive Back Units
Penn State Nittany Lions They're the teams within the team - those cohesive little units bound together by their shared responsibilities within the larger team context. Whether it's the offensive linemen firing off tim...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Alfonzo Dennard, Greg Reid, Jayron Hosley, Mark Barron, Tyrann Mathieu, Alabama, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Florida State, Florida State Seminoles, LSU, LSU Tigers, Nebraska, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State, Ohio State Buckeyes, oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Penn State, Penn State Nittany Lions, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Hokies, Athlon Awards

Athlon's 2011 Big Ten Predictions
Penn State Nittany Lions Forecasting the 2011 Big Ten race is no easy task, given the uncertainty present from the top down. Ohio State enters the fall with much to prove, despite claiming back-to-back BCS bowl wins and wi...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan 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 Rankings

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