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Pickin' On the Big Ten: Jim Tressel Is Not On the Hot Seat

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, or lack thereof. There are weeks when many of us would trade lives with Jim Tressel. This is not one of those weeks. Not only did his Buckeyes fail to finish USC when they had the Trojans on the ropes, Tressel also saw "Tresselball" ripped apart by...

Pickin' On the Big Ten: Can Anybody Here Coach This Game?

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, even when the truth is ugly. It was a bad week for vowels. The seven Big Ten schools whose names start with consonants played anywhere from OK to brilliantly this past weekend. The four that start with vowels -- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio State...

Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 1

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the upcoming weekend's action in The Conference Everybody Loves to Hate.Oh, it's here. It's finally, finally, finally here. No more depth-chart speculation, no more arguing about who is the best SAM in the conference, and only one more week until the game that will either...

Predicting the Big Ten: Can Penn State Buck Ohio State From Top?

The college football season is fast approaching, with many fall camps set to open this week. Thus it's time to lay aside our interregional bickering and turn our thoughts to, you know, what might actually happen on the field.The big question in the Big Ten this season is whether Penn State's conference championship was...

As Season Starts, January Jinx Still Looms Over Big Ten

Big Ten Media Days are now under way in Chicago, hot on the heels of the goat auction that was SEC Media Days last week. This is sort of like chasing a shot of Glenfiddich with a can of room temperature Diet Squirt, but we press on regardless. The Big Ten's fortunes are muddled and murky, but the conference still matters,...

BretBielema News From the Web

05/22/12 Spartans' Mark Dantonio behind only Urban Meyer, Bret... Source: The Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor MI That probably makes sense in Ann Arbor, but Michigan State fans hold their coach in high regard after back-to-back 11-win seasons, a trip to the Big Ten championship game and an Outback Bowl win last season.
05/22/12 Spartans' Mark Dantonio behind only Urban Meyer, Bret... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI That probably makes sense in Ann Arbor, but Michigan State fans hold their coach in high regard after back-to-back 11-win seasons, a trip to the Big Ten championship game and an Outback Bowl win last season.
05/14/12 Scott Walker gets support from sports world Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee WI As reports have noted, contributions from out-of-staters have been made to the campaigns of both Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett , who is challenging Walker in a recall election for governor.
05/11/12 Andy Staples: Offensive personnel shifting, but system... Source: Sports Illustrated Wisconsin offensive guard Ryan Groy tried to calm everyone around him in January.
05/07/12 Wisconsin Football Recruiting: The Skinny on the 2013... Source: Bleacher Report Recruiting is an all-season, all-year, all-time consuming task.