Ranking the Best (and Worst) Big Ten Nonconference Schedules

Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE

The Big Ten will kickoff the 2012 season with a bang on opening weekend with Michigan facing Alabama and Michigan State playing host to Boise State which should be two of the best out-of league games you’ll find on anyone’s schedule. While they are the usual cupcakes we’ve come to expect in college football, overall [...]

Big Ten Announces 14 Prime Time Games

Brian Spurlock-US PRESSWIRE

The Big Ten announced today 14 games that will be broadcast in prime time.  Six of those games will be broadcast on a combination of ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2.  The remaining eight games will all be seen on the Big Ten Network. Here’s the complete list of games that were announced this morning. Date Game Time (ET) [...]

Penn State Football: Good and Bad News, Non-Sandusky Edition

Rob Christy-US PRESSWIRE

Penn State football is finally in the news for something unrelated to Jerry Sandusky. Unfortunately, police finding drugs and drug paraphernalia in the apartment of Nittany Lions players doesn’t inspire the kinds of headlines needed around Happy Valley right now. According to the student newspaper, the Daily Collegian, police seized the aforementioned items in executing [...]

Mike McQueary’s Home For Sale

Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE

Mike McQueary, the prosecution’s star witness in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case, has put his Pennsylvania home on the market. According to Nate Mink of StateCollege.com, the former Penn State quarterback’s home is valued at around $575,000. There’s no indication as to whether he’s currently living there. McQueary’s Grand Jury testimony illustrated how [...]

Patriots Offensive Coordinator Bill O’Brien to Coach Penn State

Stew Milne-US PRESSWIRE

According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen’s sources, New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien will be the next head coach at Penn State. O’Brien will continue his duties as offensive coordinator for the Patriots until the end of the season. O’Brien has been an NFL and College assistant since 1993, coaching at Brown, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Duke, [...]

Penn State DT Devon Still Named Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year

The Big 10 announced its conference awards on Wednesday, naming Penn State defensive tackle Devon Still its Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year. Still became the fifth Nittany Lion to win Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year honors since 1998, joining standouts LaVar Arrington (1998), Courtney Brown (1999), Michael Haynes (2002) and Jared Odrick (2009). Still was [...]

Illinois Fires Ron Zook Following 6th Straight Loss

Rob Christy-US PRESSWIRE

Finally, the University of Illinois has decided to fire their football head coach Ron Zook. Illinois began the season 6-0 and was ranked in the AP Top 25. After Saturday’s embarrassing loss to Minnesota, Illinois had no choice but to let the coach go following their sixth consecutive loss to finish the 2011 season 6-6. [...]

Urban Meyer To Be Named Buckeyes Head Coach

Robert Mayer-US PRESSWIRE

Former Florida Gators frontman Urban Meyer has agreed to terms with the Ohio State Buckeyes to be their new football head coach. The deal is set for seven years at $40 million over that time. So much for Meyer wanting to avoid the spotlight of a gigantic program again. The microscope will be drawn even [...]

Top 5 Heisman Candidates For Week 13

Penn State-Wisconsin Set For B1G 10 Clash

Bradley Leeb-US PRESSWIRE

After Penn State’s victory over Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday, PSU clinched a tie for Co-Champion of the Leaders Division for the B1G 10 Conference. Of course, that Leaders Division Co-Title is pending the enormous showdown between Wisconsin and Penn State on Saturday. The Badgers own the tiebreaker between the two teams, so the [...]