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Pickin' On the Big Ten Report Card Part 2

In the first installment of the end-of-season report card on the Big Ten, we looked at the schools in the first half of the alphabet. Know what letter is in the first half of the alphabet? That's right. F. But then, all the other grade letters are in the first half of the alphabet too.Even though it wasn't a great year...

Pickin' On the Big Ten Report Card, Part 1

Yeah, I know what you're thinking, smart guy. You're thinking this post should be one letter long, and that letter should be 'F.' It's true that the Big Ten did little to advance its reputation during the season, and even less during the postseason. In spite of it all, there are still a few diamonds among the, um, whatever...

Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 13

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten tries to describe football action in the conference everyone else calls "overrated."RIGHT: The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which won't be missed by very many people in the Big Ten.And so it has come to this, the ultimate weekend of the penultimate season when Big Ten football ends...

Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 12

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten tries to explain what's going on in the nation's least explicable conference.RIGHT: What it felt like to be a Big Ten fan this week.You had to expect a certain amount of grave-dancing and dead-horse abuse in the wake of Penn State's loss in Iowa City last weekend. What was unexpected...

Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 11

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten breaks down action across the conference. Except for the weeks when it just breaks down, period.Okay, sure, but what about the rest of the conference? Once again, I get it; nobody outside of State College wants Penn State to win out and make it to the title game, particularly if it...