Football

Iowa loses Barkley Hill, Ruben Lile to knee injuries

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

Iowa announced Tuesday afternoon that freshman running back Barkley Hill, in addition to freshman defensive back Ruben Lile, will miss the 2012 season due to a season-ending knee injury. Hill tore his ACL in a scrimmage Saturday, and the injury greatly affects Iowa. The true freshman was expected to play a big role in Iowa’s depleted and often-joked-about cursed backfield.

Behind the Scenes of the Penn State Preview Show

By BTN.com staff - 3 years ago

The Penn State Preview Show debuts at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday on BTN/BTN2Go. The guys over at GoPSUTV’s YouTube page posted a solid behind-the-scenes video of the making and filming of the one-hour special this afternoon.

Find out more about: Football Tour, Gone Viral

Minnesota's new team meeting room is kind of cool

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

Already equipped with the largest locker room in all of football, Minnesota now has an equally cool team meeting room to house players and pitch to future recruits. And much like the state-of-the-art locker room, this meeting room will turn heads and drop jaws. The design is awesome, there’s no other way to put it. It’s a mini TCF Bank Stadium, in fact, with player chairs – leather, of course – in the middle. See @GopherSports‘ picture of the new room in this post.

Find out more about: Clothes Call, TCF Bank Stadium

Did You See This? Barack Obama forms "I" in "O-H-I-O"

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

It’s no secret President Barack Obama is a well-versed sports fan. He loves his Chicago White Sox, and he thoroughly enjoys the NCAA tournament, evidenced by his annual bracket special with Andy Katz. But an Ohio State fan? Nah, the President’s just a good sport and will play along when a photo op presents itself, especially during the campaign season.

Big Ten stars all over 12th annual Herbie Awards

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

Former Ohio State quarterback and current ESPN lead football analyst Kirk Herbstreit released his 12th annual Herbie Awards on Tuesday morning. The Big Ten, as expected, is well-represented in the popular piece. Herbstreit ranks the nation’s top 5 players/coaches/teams in 25 categories, and the Big Ten received four No. 1 selections. See all of Herbie’s Big Ten honorees in this post.

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Did You See This? Ohio State ketchup, Michigan Pop-Tarts

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

When sports fans see something new and odd on the shelves of their local grocery store, it’s almost become tradition to take a picture of it and tweet it to ESPN Sports Business Reporter & Business Correspondent Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell). Rovell tweeted a couple of the latest Big Ten-related items he’s had sent his way Monday. One was a bottle of Ohio State ketchup, which happened to be on sale, and the other was Michigan branded Pop-Tarts.

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Football Tour: Prepping for Spartans' practice

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

The BTN bus heads back west, trekking toward East Lansing, Mich., where on Wednesday we will check out a white-hot Michigan State program that has won 11 games in each of the last two seasons. Watch the Michigan State Preview Show at 10 p.m. ET Thursday.