Big Ten Mailbag: C.J. Beathard vs. Jake Rudock in Big Ten title game?
Time to sift through my inbox for some good emails to answer. And, from the look of things, some people like me ... but many don't. And, that's OK! Onto the mail room!!!
Big Ten Animated GIF Tuesday: Keep warm and carry on, Big Ten fans
We here at Big Ten Animated GIF Tuesday headquarters have reviewed this week’s wide sampling of available GIFs, and we couldn’t help but realize that the weather has surely turned. More on this thought in a moment, but for now look back fondly at previous episodes from Week 1 and Week 2 and Week 3. Oh, and Week 4. And are you into social media? Come on, everyone is doing it. BTN is on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube with in-game highlights all season long. And we’re on Vine and Instagram, too. And Snapchat (bigtennetwork). Here are links to collections of available highlights on Twitter. BTN
Mike Riley, Tommy Armstrong talk Nebraska's late 3rd-and-7 call
There was a lot of talk about Nebraska's late 3rd-and-7 play call in Saturday's loss at Illinois. The play, a designed quarterback bootleg, saw Armstrong roll out and toss an incomplete pass, leaving valuable time on the clock for Illinois' game-winning touchdown drive.
Big Ten office announces Week 5 football award winners
Following Week 5 action, the Big Ten office released its weekly award winners Monday morning. See all of the honorees and watch select video highlights inside.
Bowl Projections: Jerry Palm's list still features 10 Big Ten teams
Time to check in on the playoff and bowl projections of Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com. Bowl assignments have been altered, but 10 Big Ten teams are still penciled into the postseason. However, one of them isn’t 4-1 Illinois. [ MORE: Week 5 scoreboard | Big Ten standings | Big Ten stats | Latest polls | Power Rankings | Bowl Projections | Best of Week 5 | Week 5 picks revisited | Week 5 uniforms | What Tom Dienhart learned | Week 5 top performers | Gerry DiNardo’s tweets | Dienhart: Wildcats can dream big | John Harbaugh visits Michigan sideline
What did Tom Dienhart learn about Big Ten in Week 5? Find out here!
I learned a lot on Saturday, including the notion that Michigan has played better than any team in the Big Ten East—or perhaps the Big Ten. And they have a boatload of grape soda in the Northwestern press box. See what else I learned inside!
Big Ten Power Rankings: 4-1 Michigan takes over No. 2 spot
With the first week of full-on Big Ten play behind us, there is quite a bit of change in my latest power rankings, presented by ArcelorMittal. The biggest development: 4-1 Michigan is up to No. 2.
Twitter: Get Gerry DiNardo's Week 5 Sunday Ruminations
It's Sunday, and that means it's time for Gerry DiNardo's weekly Sunday Ruminations. The BTN analyst goes to Twitter every Sunday morning to give his 140-character analysis/take on each Big Ten team that was in action.
Tom’s Take: Week 5 Big Ten honors, grades, stock reports & numbers
The first full weekend of Big Ten action continued to affirm the legitimacy of Iowa and Northwestern, which each moved to 5-0. And, sorry, Ohio State and Michigan State, but Michigan has been the most impressive team in the Big Ten East.
Top individual performances from Saturday's Big Ten action
What a fun day of Big Ten football! [ MORE: Week 5 scoreboard | Big Ten standings | Big Ten stats | Latest polls | Power Rankings | Bowl Projections | Best of Week 5 | Week 5 picks revisited | Week 5 uniforms | What Tom Dienhart learned | Week 5 top performers | Gerry DiNardo’s tweets | Dienhart: Wildcats can dream big | John Harbaugh visits Michigan sideline ] There were plenty of outstanding individual performances on Saturday. We saw some incredible running numbers, as well as some standout defensive statistics. Who was the most impressive? Well, that’s
