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U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 8

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten Game Balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 8? Find out in this post. WEEK 8 GAME BALLS 1. Montee Ball & James White, RB, Wisconsin: 39 car., 341 yards, 5 TD – Or maybe it should be the Wisconsin offensive line getting the praise here. Regardless, Ball and White took advantage of the line’s strong play vs.

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 7

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten Game Balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 7? Find out in this post. WEEK 7 GAME BALLS 1. Montee Ball, RB, Wisconsin: 29 car., 247 yards, 3 TD; 1 rec. 14 yards – Ball not only ran for a career-high 247 yards at Purdue, he broke Ron Dayne’s Big Ten career touchdown record. Ball’s three-touchdown day put

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 6

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten Game Balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 6? Find out in this post. WEEK 6 GAME BALLS 1. Braxton Miller, QB, Ohio State:  7-14, 127 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT; 16 car., 186 yards, 1 TD – Miller was, well, Miller-esque in  helping Ohio State drill Nebraska and remain perfect, the Big Ten’s final unbeaten team. The

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 5

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten game balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 5? Find out in this post. WEEK 5 GAME BALLS 1. Kain Colter, QB, Northwestern: 14 car., 161 yards, 4 TD; 9 rec., 131 yards – The Wildcats racked up a school-record 704 yards of offense in their 44-29 victory over Indiana, and Colter accounted for 294 of them, eclipsing

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 4

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten game balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 4? Find out in this post. WEEK 4 GAME BALLS 1. Rex Burkhead, RB, Nebraska: 8 car., 119 yards, 2 TD; 1 rec., 25 yards – Looks like that injured left knee is just fine, huh? Burkhead, in his first action since the season opener, rushed for 119 yards and

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 3

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten game balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 3? Find out in this post. WEEK 3 GAME BALLS 1. Braxton Miller, QB, Ohio State: 16-30, 249 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT; 12 car., 75 yards, 1 TD – Another Saturday, another impressive performance from Ohio State’s standout sophomore quarterback. This time, Miller accounted for five touchdowns, including the

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 2

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten game balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 2? Find out in this post. WEEK 2 GAME BALLS 1. Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan: 14-25, 208 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 20 car., 218 yards, 2 TD – As expected, Robinson fared much better against Air Force than he did in last week’s rout against Alabama. How good was

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 5 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten game balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 1? Find out in this post. Also, watch our network’s Week 1 Sights and Sounds feature now. WEEK 1 GAME BALLS 1. Taylor Martinez , QB, Nebraska – 26-34, 354 yards, 5 TD, 0 INT; 6 car., 10 yards – What a difference a year makes, huh? Martinez tied a career-high

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 6 years ago

BTN.com has a new staple every Saturday night. It’s called “United States Marine Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s a feature designed to honor the best from every weekend of Big Ten action. Find the top performances and quotes from Week 13 in this post. Rex Burkhead, Nebraska – The Huskers running back received a school-record 36 carries the day after Thanksgiving, and he took advantage of it, running for 160 yards and a touchdown in Nebraska’s victory over Iowa on senior day in Lincoln. Lavonte David, Nebraska – Another week, another impressive day from David, as the star

U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 6 years ago

BTN.com has a new staple every Saturday night. It’s called “United States Marine Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s a feature designed to honor the best from every weekend of Big Ten action. Find the top performances, quotes and tweets from Week 12 in this post. Marvin McNutt, Iowa – The star receiver continued his torrid pace with nine receptions for 151 yards and two touchdowns at Purdue (watch and rate his 2nd TD!). McNutt hasn’t had fewer than 101 receiving yards in any of the last five games. James Vandenberg, Iowa – Vandenberg completed 22 of 32 passes