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Texas to Big Ten? Commissioner Delany Says That's News to Him

In the first official word from the Big Ten, commissioner Jim Delany told a Chicago radio station Friday that the conference has not contacted any schools about possible expansion. A report came Thursday that the Big Ten is attempting to lure Texas away from the Big 12. There has also been speculation the Big Ten was also...

USC, Pac-10 No. 1? No and No

Welcome back, USC's national title hopes. Enjoy the pretzels. Try the dip. But don't get too comfortable.Yes, as the Trojans paraded Penn State's corpse from end to end of the Rose Bowl Thursday night, Pete Carroll's team again entered the national title picture. Not in the BCS system, which will award its title to either...

Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 4

Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten breaks down action across the conference.ABOVE: The average college football fan's perception of Ohio State's reputation after last Saturday's USC game.College football needs better villains.In the wake of Ohio State's soul-shredding loss to Southern Cal last Saturday, the Grave...

Big Ten Network-Comcast Deal Official

The long, long, long, long rumored Big Ten Network-Comcast deal is done: Comcast Corporation and the Big Ten Network announced today that they have reached a long-term multimedia agreement for Comcast to carry Big Ten Network programming across television, broadband and video-on-demand in time for the...

Big Ten Network-Comcast Deal to Be Announced This Week

Let's have a parade.The Fanhouse has told you this at least thrice before, but here it is again: the Big Ten Network and Comcast are about to make a deal. So says everybody. This one's from the Chicago Tribune: Comcast and the BTN are prepared to put nearly two years of bitter negotiations aside to announce a long-term...

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10/05/11 Wisconsin Football: Why Russell Wilson Will Win the... Source: Bleacher Report When Russell Wilson went to Wisconsin to play his senior season and finish an interesting college career, we knew there was the potential for something special.
04/29/11 Spring Sports: Everybody's Lookin' Forward to the... Source: Sippin' On Purple John Cannon to announce his college decision Saturday â he's choosing between a walk-on role at North Carolina or scholarship offers from NU and Georgia â and we also wait to find out where John Henry Pace, Scott Concannon and Stephen Simmons go in the NFL draft, there's plenty of NU spring sport action to follow this weekend.
04/26/11 The Big-12: A League No Longer Under Siege, Dan Beebe... Source: Bleacher Report One year ago, most prognosticators, seeing a major realignment of both the PAC-10 and Big-Ten, who both announced expansion plans early in 2010, began to put the Big-12 under siege.