Football season is here, and that means it’s time to kick off my weekly Big Ten Football Previews. Here’s your Week 1 addition:   THURSDAY UNLV vs. Wisconsin Time: ... more

This is certain to interest Big Ten football fans.   The Omaha World-Herald did a fascinating study that displays the hometown of every Big Ten football player, from 2002-2011. ... more

Three-thousand-something miles later, the BTN Summer Football Tour is complete. Re-live parts of my trip below (I only went to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and ... more

Five Big Ten football teams, led by reigning co-champ Wisconsin, are ranked in the preseason Coaches' Poll, released Thursday morning.   The Badgers, fresh off a Rose Bowl berth, ... more

If you're a fan of lists or taking a stroll down memory lane, you'll enjoy Athlon Sports' Top 25 Players of the BCS Era countdown.   Three Big Ten players -- four if you include ... more

With football season less than a month away, I thought I'd throw some 2011 predictions out there. This is never a safe practice, as some of the picks always seem to backfire on you by ... more

It was a busy day Monday for Northwestern.   Not only did the athletic department announce "PersaStrong," a marketing campaign to promote quarterback Dan Persa as a Heisman Trophy ... more

Big Ten Media Days came and went late last week in Chicago, and it was an eventful couple of days at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.   While no preseason favorites were ... more