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Big Ten Web Links: Get Friday's top clicks

By Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer - 2 years ago

Last night, we watched the Huskers practice on the second stop of our BTN bus tour. Up next, it’s Minnesota on Saturday. You can watch the Nebraska Preview Show at 10 p.m. ET tonight. Until then, check out these quality Big Ten web links.

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DiNardo: Nebraska Football practice tweets

By BTN.com staff - 2 years ago

On Thursday, the BTN bus tour hit Lincoln, Neb. There, our guys took in practice and shared their thoughts on Twitter. Dive inside this post and check out all of Gerry DiNardo’s (@gerrydinardo) post-practice impressions, something he’ll do after all 12 stops. Plus, see what Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart), Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) and Howard Griffith (@HowardGriffith) had to say. And don’t forget to catch the Nebraska Preview Show at 10 p.m. ET Friday.

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Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez signs BTN tour bus

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor - 2 years ago

Two stops down, two Big Ten football player signatures added to the BTN tour bus. The BTN Football Tour was in Lincoln on Thursday night, and that meant it was time for Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez to sign his likeness on our bus. If you haven’t seen the bus yet, either in pictures or on the streets across Big Ten country, a Big Ten player from every team is represented on it. Martinez, a junior, is Nebraska’s representative. See the picture inside this post and watch our interview with Martinez now.

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B1G stars make SI.com's preseason All-America Team

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor - 2 years ago

SI.com released its 2012 Preseason All-America Team on Thursday, and a half-dozen Big Ten players made the original cut (Update: Michigan State CB Johnny Adams was added due to the dismissal of LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu). Wisconsin running back Montee Ball, Wisconsin left tackle Ricky Wagner and Purdue defensive tackle Kawann Short earned first-team honors to headline the Big Ten representatives.

Reader mail: Thoughts on Iowa & true freshmen

By Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer - 2 years ago

Throughout the seasons, I answer your Big Ten football and basketball questions in my Big Ten Mailbag. While on the BTN summer bus tour, I’m fielding questions from every stop along our 3,000-plus mile trek across Big Ten country. We were at Iowa practice Wednesday, and Hawkeyes fans sent me their questions. Nebraska is up Thursday. Here’s what I want to see from the Huskers. If you have a question, send it to me in the box at the bottom of this post or tweet it to me (@BTNTomDienhart).

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Cox Communications to Launch BTN in California

By BTN Communications - 2 years ago

CHICAGO and SAN DIEGO – Cox Communications and Big Ten Network announced Thursday that it will add BTN to Cox’s lineup in Orange County, Palos Verdes, San Diego and Santa Barbara on Aug. 15, 2012. BTN is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premiere collegiate conferences in the country.

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Young fans lead Gophers in Minnesota Rouser

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor - 2 years ago

We can only hope the Minnesota freshmen were paying attention when a couple of young Gopher fans recently led the team in the school’s fight song, Minnesota Rouser. Watch GoldenGopherGridiron‘s video of it in this post. The little guys nailed it. Nothing scared them – not the camera, not the circle of Gophers around them, not head coach Jerry Kill, on a knee, right next to them. Good stuff.