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Dienhart: High cost of non-con games is vexing
Dienhart: High cost of non-con games is vexing
Here's a very nice story by Jesse Temple of FOXSportsWisconsin.com that takes an exhaustive look at the rising cost of payouts to non-conference opponents visiting Big Ten schools. Nothing overly shocking in the piece, but the detail of what schools are paying is interesting. Temple writes that ?Big Ten teams will shell out $22,868,246 for […]
Best of Week 2: Offense (Ducks) vs. Defense (Spartans)
Best of Week 2: Offense (Ducks) vs. Defense (Spartans)
Week 2 brings more juice than the opening salvo to the season, as there are three nationally relevant games: Michigan State at Oregon; Virginia Tech at Ohio State; Michigan at Notre Dame. In fact, those games will offer the Big Ten a golden chance to make a statement. A win by the Spartans on the […]
Best of Week 1: Wisconsin vs. LSU, what else?
Best of Week 1: Wisconsin vs. LSU, what else?
With the season less than 100 days away and preview magazines on the shelves of the local Piggly Wiggly, it?s never too early to start looking forward to the college football season. This week, I begin to take a week-by-week look at the coming season, highlighting what to look for. Consider it an early, early […]
Breaking down the Big Ten non-con sked
Breaking down the Big Ten non-con sked
The formula for building a non-conference schedule is pretty standard: play one challenging game vs. a team from a Power 5 league (ACC, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, Big Ten) and three games vs. foes from ?lesser? conferences. And ideally, three of the four games are at home. But, as you can see, not all non-conference […]
What's your Big Ten team's toughest non-con game?
What's your Big Ten team's toughest non-con game?
We've reached the right side of 100 when it comes to the countdown to the college football season. Three months from now, there will be football. Get excited! Until then, we're previewing the season. It's time for Tom Dienhart to single out your team's toughest non-conference game. ILLINOIS A Sept. 13 trip to Washington will […]
Dienhart: Rutgers' 2014 schedule analysis
Dienhart: Rutgers' 2014 schedule analysis
Rutgers is ready to take the lid off of its first Big Ten season. And excitement permeates the campus. Great potential looms-as do great challenges. The 2014 schedule is one of those ?great challenges,? as it could dampen the enthusiasm of the Scarlet Knights. There are myriad difficult games, thanks to playing in the rugged […]
