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On The Recruiting Trail With B1G Coaches
Oh my, has the recruiting business ever become a popular endeavor these days. Back in the day, these recruiting battles were more along the lines of a special operations type mission. They were behind the scenes, in the shadows, and regardless of mission success or failure, you never even knew...
Getting To Know You: Purdue's Danny Hope - A Less Than Critical Look at the Big Ten's Football Coaches
As you're aware, we're taking an in depth half-assed look at each of the Big Ten's 12 football coaches. The plan? To give you a little background on the coaches, their coaching past, and how they roll. We've already introduced you to Nebraska's Bo Pelini, Indiana's HR Puff n Stuff Kevin Wilson, and...
Things We Totally Expect From Big Ten Media Days
The following are actual quotes and events that will absolutely occur Thursday morning in Chicago. 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Illinois head coach, Ron Zook: "Let me spell it for you hacks. U-N-T-O-U-C-H-A-B-A-L. Didn't you hear I'm the 3rd longest-tenured coach in this conference, behind Paterno and...
Things I Will Not Ask At Big Ten Football Media Days
The Big Ten Football Media Kick off is right around the corner, and once again yours truly will be in attendance. Media Days is a strange beast. You sit around in a giant conference room staring at a podium listening to pre-prepared remarks that mean next to nothing and watch horrifically fat,...
Prestwood Commitment Feels Different
As a general rule I don't let myself get too fired up about commitments. After watching several big name recruits defect at the 11th hour over the years I just don't get excited until they actually sign their LOI. For some reason Plant City Florida offensive tackle prospect Jordan Prestwood's...
B1G 2011 Nebraska // 4th and 6 Bad Coaches
Timing is everything. If the Big Ten had waited two years to pursue expansion, after Nebraska had already been kicked out of the AAU, would they be a Big Ten member now? Quite possibly, no. And, what if the Big Ten decided to pursue expansion after the 2007 season, as Nebraska football was...
Head-Coach-In-Waiting: A Concept Whose Time Has Come And Gone
Recently there have been discussions and comments on our boards, and more at some of our sister sites, due to the shenanigans of Bill Stewart at West Virginia, about the head-coach-in-waiting concept. The whole head-coach-in-waiting concept can become very disadvantageous and could very well...
Wha Happened? Week One Around The Big Ten
Wha Happened? is the weekly round-up of the rest of the games that were in the Big Ten -- you know, the ones that were going on while you were shotgunning that beer, or watching Iowa, or sleeping off that early-morning tailgating. Who won? Who lost? Who made us quiver with fear? Who made us...
The Aughts in Review: No, We Will Not Boiler Up, Thank You Very Much
Continuing our look back at the decade that was in Iowa football, celebrating the highs and the lows -- and, hopefully, distracting us from the ongoing disaster that is Iowa basketball. This series looks back at Iowa's results across the entire decade against every Big Ten foe, as well as Iowa...
Wrapping up Day 1 team-by-team
CHICAGO - As usual, the theme of the day was comparing the Big Ten to the SEC. For the sake of my own sanity, I am going to avoid the topic all together as I wrap-up the day. The SEC is better now, three years ago it wasn't and three years from now the Big Ten might be better.... who...
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