big-ten-championship Stories - Hail to the Orange
Penn State Ranked 19th In Coaches' Poll, Semi-Final With Wisconsin Saturday
Penn State lost its interest in the Coaches' Poll last week, but moves up in the rankings anyway after an impressive win in the Big Ten's only 3:30 kickoff. The team does in fact look more focused on the road, and what the poll lacks in interest... 10. Michigan State (from 12) 12. Wisconsin (from...
Big Red in the B1G Week 3: Why Nebraska Might be the Best of the B1G
The Huskers won this week, and despite a poor fourth quarter effort by the Blackshirts, looked fairly impressive against an AQ team. What does it mean? Probably nothing in the long run, but in the moment this game shows that Nebraska can score in bunches. Here is a fun statistic, Nebraska has not...
MSU in the Race for the Roses: Two Legs to Go
Iowa's now-annual upset loss to Northwestern decomplexifies the outlook for MSU down the stretch. This table is much simpler than the last one: table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin:...
The Aughts in Review: BADGERS BADGERS BADGERS
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...
Summation: Ohio State in the Aughts
This continues our series recapping the last ten seasons in the Big Ten. 1. Overview "Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks." When Ovid penned these simple, and infamous words in Remedia Amoris, he could have had a distinctive decade in Ohio State football in mind. A...
As Purdue downs MSU, Big Ten crown in sight for Illini.
Well now, I think things just got a little more interesting in the midwest. For the Illini to have any real chance to steal their first Big Ten championship since '05, Michigan State was going to have to lose to Purdue and the Illini would have to beat the Spartans at home next weekend. Purdue held...
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