BTN.com staff, July 28, 2017
CHICAGO — The Big Ten's best players were in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday for 2017 Big Ten Football Media Days.
As BTN.com does every year, we conducted a player survey that included a respondent from all 14 schools.
Here are the rules: Players' answers were anonymous, and they could not use their school for any answer.
2017 B1G FAVORITE
6 – Ohio State
3 – Penn State; Wisconsin
1 – Indiana; Michigan
BEST HELMET
4 – Ohio State
3 – Maryland
2 – Michigan State
1 – Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; Penn State; Wisconsin
BEST UNIFORM
4 – Maryland
3 – Penn State
2 – Northwestern; Ohio State
1 – Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota
BEST ROAD ENVIRONMENT
6 – Penn State
2 – Iowa; Nebraska; Ohio State
1 – Michigan; Rutgers
COACH YOU'D LIKE TO PLAY FOR
3 – Kirk Ferentz, Iowa; Jim Harbaugh, Michigan; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
2 – Urban Meyer, Ohio State
1 – Lovie Smith, Illinois; DJ Durkin, Maryland; P.J. Fleck Minnesota
BEST MASCOT
10 – Sparty
1 – Testudo; Goldy; Purdue Pete; Bucky
BEST ROAD LOCKER ROOM
4 – Iowa; Minnesota
2 – Michigan State; Nebraska
1 – Michigan; Penn State
BEST CAMPUS
4 – Wisconsin
2 – Minnesota; Ohio State; Penn State
1 – Iowa; Michigan State; Nebraska; Northwestern
PRE-GAME MUSIC
4 – Rap; Hip Hop
2 – Rock
1 – Raggae; Christian; Metal; EDM
ADD A RIVAL PLAYER
7 – Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
2 – Marcus Allen, S, Penn State
1 – J.T. Barrett, QB, Ohio State; Wilton Speight, QB, Michigan; Rodney Smith, QB, Minnesota; Billy Price, OL, Ohio State; N/A
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE
7 – Instagram
5 – Twitter
2 – Snapchat
INCREASE PLAYOFF
8 – No
6 – Yes
— BTN contributor Daniel Freres