Polls: It's time to pick your Week 5 Big Ten winners
Who wins Week 5 Big Ten football games? Jump inside to select your winners for all seven games, including a quartet on BTN/BTN2Go.
Week 5 primer: No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 4 Michigan, anyone?
Week 5 brings us the first full-blow Saturday of all Big Ten games, as all 14 teams are in action for the first time vs. each other. And there is no shortage of intriguing matchups.
Dienhart: Big Ten players join National Anthem protest
Like it, hate or feel indifferent about, the National Anthem protests by athletes across America have had their desired effect of bringing awareness to how African-Americans are treated by law enforcement.
Wisconsin at Michigan State on BTN earns highest rating across all networks in noon window
BTN opened up Big Ten Conference play with the highest rated college football game across all networks, broadcast and cable, during Saturday’s noon window in the network’s 12 metered markets*. Wisconsin at Michigan State, then ranked No. 11 and No. 8 respectively, earned a 2.1 rating. It became the highest rated Michigan State game in network history, and the second-highest rated Wisconsin game. Additionally, it was another week of strong growth for BTN2Go, with the Spartans and Badgers finishing with the second most-watched game in BTN2Go history with 173,491 views. Last week’s Colorado at Michigan became the most-watched game in
Audio: Listen to your Big Ten coach’s Week 5 teleconference
Each Tuesday morning during the Big Ten football season, the 14 Big Ten football coaches hold a Big Ten teleconference with reporters from around the country. We post the audio for each segment of the call here.
The Journey: Star LBs, Saquon Barkley featured on season premiere
Get excited, Big Ten football fans! The premiere of "BTN Journey: Big Ten Football 2016" airs at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, its new time slot this fall.
Watch Penn State K Joey Julius level Michigan's Jourdan Lewis
OK, at this point, there’s reason to watch every Penn State kickoff for the remainder of the 2016 season. For the second time in the first four weeks, Penn State kicker Joey Julius, all 258 pounds of him, leveled a returner, this time in Saturday’s loss at Michigan. The player on the receiving end of the unexpected highlight tackle? That would be Michigan star Jourdan Lewis. In Week 1, it was a poor Kent State player. The hit on Lewis was so forceful, it left both players a little shaken up. Watch Julius’ hit vs. Lewis in the video above,
Minnesota highlights preseason hockey poll & watch list
Three-time Big Ten Champion Minnesota was tabbed the favorite in the 2016-17 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll, the conference announced on Monday. Minnesota completed the 2015-16 campaign with a conference record of 14-6-0-0 (20-17-0 overall) and reached the championship game of the 2016 Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State was selected second in the preseason poll, with defending Big Ten Tournament Champion Michigan capturing third, Penn State taking fourth, Wisconsin placing fifth and Michigan State rounding out the poll in sixth. The coaches also selected a 13-member Preseason Watch list, including four unanimous selections in Minnesota’s Justin Kloos and Eric
Buy or Sell: Tommy Armstrong is early Big Ten Offensive MVP?
Wisconsin is an early-season surprise. Can the Badgers win the Big Ten West? Keep an eye on Nebraska. Northwestern’s fortunes haven’t been as kind. See what Tom Dienhart is buying and selling post-Week 4.
Purdue professor spearheads project to detect doctored images: BTN LiveBIG
Within millions of images a day, which can we trust?
