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The 2011 Mott Spring Game featuring the University of Michigan Wolverines football team and its alumni is less than three days away and the program hopes to exceed the estimated crowd of 50,000 fans that watched last year’s final practice at Michigan Stadium.

The spring game is free to the public, but [...]

A Northwestern player winning the Big Ten Silver Basketball award? We’re a long way off from that and there’s a ton of college basketball left to be played, but it might just happen. NU junior forward John Shurna (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West) earned his second Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honor this season and the fourth of his career.

Shurna led the undefeated Wildcats to a pair of victories[...]

It was a crazy weekend in college football. For the second straight week, the #1 team entering the weekend is not atop the standings on Sunday. Alabama fell to South Carolina last weekend and Ohio State got upset by Wisconsin on Saturday.

There are now ten undefeated teams left in college football, so there may be some BCS bowl controversy [...]

South Carolina might win the SEC this year.

After that performance the Gamecocks had against Alabama, they have opened the door to run the table to make it to Atlanta. Steve Spurrier called a great game and Alshon Jeffery is one of the best wide receivers that no one talks about. Looks like the game in The Swamp against Florida will decide who wins the SEC East.
Les Miles might not be that [...]

Just like on so many college football Saturdays, the numbers don’t accurately tell the whole story. In their 23-12 opening day victory, Notre Dame outgained the Big Ten’s Purdue Boilermakers 358-322, and by 51 on the ground.
that Boilers quarterback Robert Marve faced all day.[...]

Big Ten member Ohio State and Big 12 defector Colorado are working on solidifing an agreement to play each other in the 2011 college football season.

OSU athletic director Gene Smith commented on the rumor of the two schools setting up a game.
“We are trying to finalize an agreement on a game for 2011. We hope to have an [...]

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Both the Big Ten conference and the conference television network are located here in Chicago; a city home (by a very great measure) to the largest alumni base for all 11 schools. So it makes sense that the Chicago Bandits softball franchise would include a large number of Big Ten [...]

If the rumors of Big 12 invites from Big Ten and Pac-10 are true, the best case scenario for the member schools of the Big 12 would be the death of the Big 12.

Consider the likely future of the members of the Big 12.

Nebraska and Missouri [...]

Katie Witham, Ohio State reporter for the Big Ten Network, discusses OSU potential with fellow Buckeye expert Paul M. Banks (PMB) The Buckeyes have been placed into my regional each of the past 3 weekends, so after spending so much quality time with Thad Matta lately, (this following a season covering two Big Ten teams: [...]

We’re working our way through the divisions in the NFL and the NCAA conferences getting ready for the season. This week Mark and Ben talk the NFC West and the Big Ten.

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