The matchup is set, and it will be the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. [ MORE: See how Big Ten names fared in AFC, NFC title games ] A total of 16 former Big Ten stars are on Super Bowl 50 active rosters, not including former Maryland TE Vernon Davis, […]
It was a big Sunday for former Big Ten stars in NFC and AFC title games. Four players scored at least one touchdown, with Owen Daniels (Wisconsin) hauling in a pair of scoring strikes in Denver's win vs. New England. On defense, Kurt Coleman (Ohio State) picked off a pair of passes in Carolina's rout […]
Aaron Craft built his game around defense and hustle at Ohio State. That's not to say the two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year didn't flash offensive skills or make clutch baskets during his four seasons in Columbus, Ohio. He did. For example, who could forget his buzzer-beater vs. Iowa State in the 2013 […]
The 2015 college football season just ended, you say? Give us at least a day to digest it all before looking ahead to the 2016 season, you say? [ MORE: Six Big Ten teams land on final AP & Coaches polls ] Not a chance. Not in today's world, one in which the annual way-too-early […]
Big Ten football fans saw Indiana wide receiver Simmie Cobbs make plenty of impressive catches in the 2015 season. None of his 60 receptions came shirtless in freezing temperatures and on a snow-filled Memorial Stadium, though. As odd as it sounds, Cobbs did just that Monday afternoon, part of an impromptu practice with Indiana quarterback […]
They're the reigning national champs – at least for a few more hours – and they're college football's most valuable program for the second consecutive season, according to a recent wsj.com study. The Ohio State Buckeyes lead the country with a value of $946.61 million, nearly $62 million more than second-place Texas, which has the […]