Who could have been the Nebraska football a few years ago? The answer may surprise you. Also, breakout players at Penn State, updates on Purdue's search for a new athletic director, and more. Read Friday's round up of Big Ten headlines.
It?s hot ? it?s late July ? let?s do a mailbag to cool down! The football questions are coming hard and fast. Should I have ranked Michigan?s Jabrill Peppers among the Big Ten?s top 10 linebackers? Can Iowa start 12-0 again? What is Minnesota missing from getting over the hump? I look at those questions […]
Is there a better defensive back in the nation than Iowa?s Desmond King, the reigning Jim Thorpe Award winner? Probably not. He emerged last year as a special talent for a Hawkeye defense that helped the program race to a school-record 12-0 start en route to winning the Big Ten West and earning the school?s […]
Every schedule has one-a must-win game. Look. You?ll find one. It?s a game that you feel your school MUST WIN if it wants to have a successful season. It can?t slip up. Victory must be accomplished. [ MORE: View Tom Dienhart's 2016 Ultimate Big Ten Road Trip ] Well, I perused each 2016 Big Ten […]
With Bri?onte Dunn getting the boot from Ohio State, Mike Weber has a clear path to No. 1 running back status. Weber figured to win the job at some point this season. But now, with Dunn gone, Weber is the clear No. 1 back from the start of camp. He is supposed to be a […]
Linebackers have to be a special breed of athlete, able to be strong enough to play the run and quick enough to drop in coverage and play in space. The Big Ten is loaded with some promising linebackers who fill the bill. [ MORE: Top 7 quarterbacks | Top 10 wide receivers | Top 10 […]