It's getting cold in Iowa

By Mike Portscheller, Big Ten Geeks - 3 years ago

It’s been a quiet week so far in Big Ten land, but we did get two interesting games last night. Let’s review the light slate, as well as a couple noteworthy performers to this point of the season.

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Dienhart: Nebraska looks to name new assistant

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

Big Ten Blast: Dec. 7th Morning Edition

With Carl Pelini off to replace Howard Schnellenberger as Florida Atlantic coach, Nebraska will need a new defensive coordinator. Pelini, the brother of Husker head coach Bo, won’t coach with the 9-3 Cornhuskers in the Capital One Bowl against South Carolina

Find out more about: Big Ten Blast, Capital One Bowl, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

Singling them out: Big Ten's Best of '11

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

Badgers, Spartans Share Their Hail Mary Memories

Well, that was a fun 2011 Big Ten football season. The new divisions created a lot more drama and intrigue, and the inaugural Big Ten title game was a huge success. Now, we have roughly three weeks to kill before the bowl games kick off (see the bowl schedule). With the regular season behind us, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina takes a look at the Best from the Big Ten in 2011. Watch our feature on everyone’s Play of the Year now and see Brent’s winners for best pass, best run, best catch, and much more, in this post.

Find out more about: Ameer Abdullah, Braxton Miller, Denicos Allen, Evan Spencer, Fitzgerald Toussaint, keith nichol, Shaun Prater

Dec. 6 Big Ten Hoops Roundup

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Appalachian State at Minnesota - Men's Basketball Highlights

Rodney Williams and Minnesota pulled away from Appalachian State on BTN Tuesday (recap), while Iowa lost at instate rival Northern Iowa (recap). Catch up on all the action on our Big Ten scoreboard. You can also find halftime and final recap stories in this post. And all season long our contributing bloggers, The Big Ten Geeks, offer up their take on the nightly action, so be sure to check out their work. BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina also serves up his Big Ten power rankings every week.

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Dienhart: Ranking the Bowls, from 1-35

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

The Poulan-Weedeater Bowl is long gone, unfortunately. But there is no shortage of bowl action. To get you ready for a holiday feast of 35 bowls, following is a ranking of the bowls from best to worst. With so many postseason games, you have to choose wisely with time at a minimum during this busy time of year.

Find out more about: Big Ten Bowls, Capital One Bowl, Gator Bowl, Insight Bowl, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Outback Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Texas Bowl, TicketCity Bowl

Pulse: Heisman Finalist Ball Joined Us

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Montee Ball Visits "The Pulse"

Wisconsin running back and Heisman Trophy finalist Montee Ball has thrilled Badgers fans all season long, and he made another appearance on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday night’s The Big Ten Pulse. Check out his BTN.com player page with season and career stats, then scroll down in this post to find more on the Heisman Trophy finalist, including a video archive of his appearances on BTN, and a few of his selected tweets.

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Dec. 6 Women's Hoops Roundup

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Detroit Mercy at Michigan State - Women's Basketball Wrap-up

A pair of Big Ten women’s hoops teams were in action Tuesday night, and both ran away with easy victories. No. 17 Penn State thumped Virginia Tech, 66-28, behind Maggie Lucas’ 20 points, and Michigan State took care of instate foe Detroit, 64-41. Watch our highlights from the Spartans’ win over Detroit now and catch up on all the action in this post.