Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, August 6, 2013

How does Jim Delany kick off his 25th year on the job? The Big Ten commissioner (boldly) joins the 2013 BTN bus tour for the first few stops on its trek across Big Ten country. At Tuesday's opening stop in Bloomington, Ind., the Hoosiers and AD Fred Glass presented Delany with a couple gifts to commemorate the milestone season.

[ Program Reminder: Watch the Indiana Preview Show at 8 p.m. ET Monday on BTN/BTN2Go ]

And the bus will be a little fuller now that Delany has one of Indiana's new helmets – with No. 25 on the sides – and a personalized No. 25 home jersey in his possession.

This is a nice gesture by the Hoosiers, and I hope other schools follow suit. It's always fun to see how creative teams get with commemorative gifts. With this one, though, you can't help but wonder if Delany would have liked to get his hands on Indiana's much-talked-about chrome candy stripe lid. No, I kid. Well done, Hoosiers.

[ RELATED: Read Tom Dienhart's thoughts from Indiana practice ]

Delany also addressed the Hoosiers on Tuesday.

View our tour schedule and relive all the stops:

SCHOOLS
 PRACTICE
 SHOW ON BTN (8 p.m. ET)
Indiana
 RECAP | TWEETS | PICS Monday, Aug. 12
Ohio State
 Wednesday, Aug. 7 Tuesday, Aug. 13
Penn State
 Thursday, Aug. 8 Wednesday, Aug. 14
Michigan
 Saturday, Aug. 10 Friday, Aug. 16
Michigan State
 Sunday, Aug. 11 Saturday, Aug. 17
Purdue
 Monday, Aug. 12
 Monday, Aug. 19
Northwestern
 Tuesday, Aug. 13
 Tuesday, Aug. 20
Illinois
 Wednesday, Aug. 14
 Wednesday, Aug. 21
Wisconsin
 Thursday, Aug. 15
 Thursday, Aug. 22
Minnesota
 Friday, Aug. 16
 Friday, Aug. 23
Nebraska
 Monday, Aug. 19
 Saturday, Aug. 24
Iowa
 Tuesday, Aug. 20
 Sunday, Aug. 25

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About Brent Yarina BTN.com senior editor Brent Yarina covers football and men's basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature "Clothes Call," which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his work here. You can subscribe to Yarina's RSS feed and follow him on Twitter @BTNBrentYarina.