Articles filed under Big Ten
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NU, Illinois need another week to judge where they standOct 28, 2020 1:00 am - After a long wait for the start of Big Ten season, the two local teams were left asking similar, opposite questions: Is Northwestern really that good, and is Illinois re...
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No. 14 Wisconsin routs Illinois 45-7 in Big Ten openerOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - Graham Mertz threw five touchdown passes to match the Wisconsin record in a commanding first career start and the No. 14 Badgers beat Illinois 45-7 on Fr...
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In crowded NU QB room, Ramsey trying to pull away from the packSep 28, 2020 5:00 am - It's getting even more crowded in the quarterback film room at Northwestern. Seven quarterbacks are on the roster for Northwestern, which recently resumed full-time prac...
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While reversing course on football, Big Ten didn't even answer its own questionsSep 17, 2020 2:00 pm - So what was the breakthrough that made the Big Ten feel it was safe to play football after all? Was it daily antigen testing? Maybe, but the University of Illinois said ...
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Big Ten reverses course, announces plans for 2020 seasonSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Never did Payton Thorne imagine that he would be able to sit in his college apartment and watch wall-to-wall college football games on a Saturday afternoon. That's beca...
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Big Ten changes course, will play fall football after allSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - The Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, t...
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Trump speaks with Big Ten commissioner, pushes conference to play football this fallSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he spoke with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren "about immediately starting up Big Ten football." The Big Ten postponed the 2...
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Big Ten parents at protest want details on no-play decisionAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Parents of Big Ten football players, upset over the process that led to the postponement of the fall season, held a protest near the conference's Chicago-area headquarte...
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Wheaton North's Mueller brothers missing out at NorthwesternAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - When Xander Mueller was in middle school, the journey to play football with his older brother seemed much farther away than the distance between Wheaton North's bleacher...
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Big Ten pulls plug on football, fall sportsAug 11, 2020 12:00 pm - Big Ten players and coaches spoke, and the administrators didn't listen. The conference officially canceled football and all fall sports on Tuesday afternoon, a move tha...