Welcome to the Big Ten, Maryland. But beware: Your maiden voyage may be a bumpy one, so buckle up. Playing in the rugged Big Ten East is hazardous to the health of a developing program like Maryland. The Terps may be favored in just one league game in 2014-the finale vs. Rutgers. And the non-conference […]
Earlier this week, at the annual Big Ten spring meetings, Purdue AD Morgan Burke had some interesting-and refreshing–comments on the subject of the cost of attendance and player stipends. "It's fundamentally the right thing to do," Burke told reporters during the meetings at Big Ten headquarters in Rosemont, Ill. "It's got to be done for […]
The Big Ten office announced 2014 football homecoming kickoff times Tuesday morning. See all the Big Ten teams' homecoming opponents, kickoff times and dates in this post. HOMECOMING KICKOFFS Illinois: vs. Minnesota, noon ET, Oct. 25 Indiana: vs. Michigan State, 3:30 ET, Oct. 18 Iowa: vs. Indiana, noon ET, Oct. 11 Maryland: vs. Iowa, noon […]
The Big Ten has altered divisions for 2014, going to an East-West format that is geography based after three seasons of the ?competitive-balanced? Leaders and Legends Divisions. Each school will play the six other schools in their division, plus two cross-division foes. Not all cross-division foes are created equal, though, and I rank the draws […]
NEW YORK — Jim Delany is a man on the move. Catch him if you can. The Big Ten commissioner is tugging a big black bag behind him as he walks toward a waiting Amtrak train that?s headed from New York?s Penn Station to Union Station in Washington, D.C. Train 2109 departs at 8 a.m. […]
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, it was New York. Today, it?s Washington. Welcome to the new Big Ten Eastern Wing. Soon after it was announced in 2012 that Rutgers and Maryland were joining the league, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany pledged to build a bridge to the conference?s newcomers. One was built yesterday with the announcement of […]