Big Ten Conference
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NU running back Schmidt's gamble is paying offSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - If the Hodag hadn't been invented more than a century ago in Rhinelander, Wis., then Northwestern running back Jacob Schmidt could serve as the mythical creature of the ...
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Scouting college football: Illinois, Notre Dame, NU, NIUSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois (1-1, 0-0) at Ohio State (2-1, 0-0) When: 2:30 p.m. at Ohio Stadium TV: Channel 7; Radio: WIND 560-AM. Series: Ohio State leads 61-30-4. Coaches: Ro...
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Northwestern lets another one slip awaySep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Pat Fitzgerald needed just two words to describe his team's tackling on Saturday. And Northwestern's coach spat them out as if they gored him to his core. "Awful," Fitzg...
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A little self-scoutingSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The Big Ten season opens Saturday with three teams in the Associated Press Top 25 (No. 5 Penn State, No. 13 Ohio State and No. 23 Michigan) and just one other team recei...
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Can Juice pour it on Ohio State once again?Sep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Sports psychologists suggest it's good for athletes to close their eyes, picture themselves at a particular venue and visualize success. Illinois senior quarterback Juic...
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Mich. St. coach preps for Badgers
Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Mark Dantonio has never been more excited for Michigan State to begin a Big Ten season. The Spartans coach knows the team will have to play better...
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Illini's Wilson will have surgery Monday
Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Doctors are scheduled to operate on injured Illinois linebacker Martez Wilson on Monday, and he could be playing again by spring. Illini coach Ron Zook says...
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Kafka to Gophers: Catch me if you canSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Senior quarterback Mike Kafka would be the last guy in a Northwestern uniform to say something inflammatory through the media. True to his role as coach Pat Fitzgerald's...
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Of late, Illini are annual problem for Buckeyes
Sep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Over the last three decades, not many teams have caused Ohio State more headaches and heartache than Illinois. From 1930 to 1982, the Buckeyes went 43-...
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Forget moral victories ... NIU savors real thing
Sep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Northern Illinois doesn't have to say "almost" anymore. The Huskies had competed but fallen just short against BCS teams Tennessee, Minnesota and ...