Dienhart: Big Ten recruiting notebook

By Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer - 3 years ago

Underrated Recruits - Signing Day 2012

The calendar says 2012, but it may as well be 1975. The Big Ten is all about Michigan and Ohio State on this Signing Day, hearkening to days of the “Big Two and the Little Eight.” Only in today’s world, it’s the “Big Two and the Little 10.” According to Scout.com, Ohio State and Michigan dominated the Big Ten in recruiting.

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Touring Crisler Center with Zack Novak

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Tour of Michigan's Player Development Center

Our Auto-Owners Insurance Tip-off Show, with Dave Revsine, Jim Jackson and Gary Williams, was live at Crisler Center before No. 22 Michigan hosted No. 20 Indiana on Wednesday night. During the 30-minute show, we had a feature where Michigan senior Zack Novak gave us a tour of Michigan’s new facilities at Crisler Center, formerly Crisler Arena.

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Best of Gus: Indiana at Michigan

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Gus Johnson: Tim Hardaway Jr. Alley-oop

Just as we did during 2010-2011 hoops season, we’re archiving Gus Johnson’s greatest calls this season. Johnson is calling men’s basketball for BTN all winter long. We clip and post his best calls and archive them here during games, so bookmark the page and come back all season right up through the Big Ten tourney. Right now, watch Johnson’s call of Tim Hardaway’s ridiculous alley-oop and get all of the announcer’s best calls from Wednesday’s Indiana-Michigan game.

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Michigan downs Indiana; Iowa tops Minnesota

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Marble Gets in the Paint

No. 22 Michigan downed No. 20 Indiana (recap) and Iowa rallied past Minnesota (recap) in our latest Super Wednesday doubleheader, presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. Gus Johnson was on the call for the Hoosiers-Wolverines, and we’ve posted his best calls from the night. Catch up on both games on our Big Ten scoreboard and get stats, video and recaps in this post.

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Designer's Big Ten helmet ideas hit Web

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor - 3 years ago

There’s a designer out there, Charles Sollars, who is designing FAUX Nike Pro Combat helmets for BCS conference schools. While the helmets are just concepts and something he does as a hobby, I assume, they’re still really fun for all of us to consider and critique. Many of the lids are pretty cool, too. He has a design for every Big Ten school — some good, some ridiculous — and you can see them in this post.

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Signing Day: Ohio State

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Ohio State - Signing Day 2012

Urban Meyer took the strong start by Luke Fickell and company and closed even stronger. The Buckeyes flipped several players committed to other schools, including five-star defensive tackle Tommy Schutt and four-star offensive tackle Taylor Decker.

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Signing Day: Nebraska

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Nebraska - Signing Day 2012

In their first year in the Big Ten, the Cornhuskers spread around their recruiting, signing players from ten different states. The headliner of the class is quarterback Tommy Armstrong, a Texas native who can run it and throw it. He’s ranked in the top nationally at his position.