Tag Archives: Big Ten

Badgers & Big Ten: Conference At A Glance

Big Ten play kicks off today, and Wisconsin Badgers begin tonight at home versus an upstart Rutgers team. It’s been a good non-conference season for Big Ten. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has nine teams in the Big Dance to start the conference season. Let’s take a

Rutgers Continues To Be Big Ten’s Black Eye

News broke yesterday that Rutgers football received notice from the NCAA that they could be in violation of seven rules. They are not pretty ones stemming from the Kyle Flood era. To put it lightly, Rutgers has been an unmitigated disaster for Big Ten conference.

Four Things to Watch: Penn State vs. Wisconsin

It all comes down to this for Wisconsin Badgers. They can take home their third Big Ten conference title with a trip to Rose Bowl at the very worst in their sights. By the time of this game, Wisconsin will not know the realistic nature

The Awkward Success of Big Ten Football

2016 has been Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany’s dream. Big Ten is the best conference in college football by a long shot. They have four teams in the top 10 and finally overtaken the vaunted SEC as the cream of the crop. This is exactly

Badgers Clinch Big Ten West

Wisconsin Badgers are the Big Ten West champions after Nebraska loses to Iowa, 40-10, this afternoon. Once again, Hawkeyes are doing big things for their Wisconsin comrades. It’s surprising to see Nebraska lay an egg versus Hawkeyes in a rivalry game, and a game where

Four Things to Watch: Wisconsin-Purdue

College Football Chaos is still alive and present as we saw last night with Louisville going down to Houston. Who could be next on the chopping block? Wisconsin plays Purdue, and that sure would be a surprise if Wisconsin fell to the lowly, yet frisky,

Big Ten Shakeup: Wilton Speight Done For Year

College football is one of those sports where one individual can change the whole landscape of a season. Michigan Wolverines announced their star quarterback Wilton Speieght will miss the rest of the season with a broken collarbone. John O’Korn, formerly of Houston fame, will be

Four Things To Watch: Nebraska-Wisconsin

Do people consider Wisconsin and Nebraska to be football rivals? I’m not there yet. Some people like to make the connection given Barry Alvarez being a former Cornhusker as he played linebacker for the team in the mid-60’s. They do play for a Freedom Trophy,

Badgers on Bye: What Else Happened in Big Ten

With Wisconsin on bye, let’s check out what happened across the Big Ten landscape on Saturday afternoon. Michigan 78 Rutgers 0 – No words to describe this kind of ass-kicking from Michigan. They dominated Rutgers in the worst way possible. Scarlet Knights got their first