Articles filed under Big Ten
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Wearing white: NU’s Braun had solid response to Tulane claims of disrespectSep 04, 2025 8:16 pm - This week in college football looks at the uniform controvery between Northwestern and Tulane, plus an in-state team earned a high preseason rankings.
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Playing both sides: Son of prominent NBA agent, Bartelstein now CEO of Phoenix SunsAug 30, 2025 9:17 pm - Highland Park native Josh Bartelstein has a father who is a famous NBA agent, but chose to work on the other side of the business.
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New QB Stone likes the view at NorthwesternAug 28, 2025 8:51 pm - Northwestern will be counting on SMU transfer quarterback Preston Stone to revive last year’s struggling offense.
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Can Illini respond to greater expectations?Aug 25, 2025 8:21 pm - Illinois football is ranked No. 12 in the preseason AP poll, which hasn’t happened since 1990. Is the Illini hype justified?
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Is extra travel hurting Big Ten football teams? What’s fact (and fiction) amid realignmentAug 22, 2025 11:14 am - Big Ten teams were 47-34 at home last season in conference games, so it’s no surprise that teams crossing multiple time zones had a losing record. Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana, three of the Big Ten’s four CFP participants, crossed multiple time zones only once; UCLA, Washington and USC, teams that finished a combined 11-16 in the Big Ten, did it three times each.
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CFP Bracket Watch: No. 12 Illini would be bumped from 12-team field based on preseason pollAug 12, 2025 12:07 pm - Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll with Georgia, No...
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The Big Ten and private equity: Why college sports’ richest conference is doing its homeworkAug 06, 2025 12:28 pm - With revenues likely to soar past $1 billion this fiscal year, the Big Ten’s deep pockets give its membership advantages well beyond its competition. But even for college...
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USC-Notre Dame rivalry expires in ‘26, with no sure bet it will go beyond thatJul 24, 2025 7:12 pm - LAS VEGAS — All the reshuffling of schedules, conferences and playoff formats in college football has placed one of the sport's best traditions in peril: the USC-Notre Da...
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One thing is clear after Big Ten media days: The conference is in la-la-landJul 24, 2025 6:38 pm - Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, whose background is in professional sports, not college, doesn’t just want to expand the postseason. He wants to alter the sport fundamentally. He wants it to look less like college football and more like the NFL.
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Penn State blocking out noise of big-game losses, has focus on another run to playoffJul 23, 2025 7:42 pm - LAS VEGAS — New year, new slate, no outside noise. That’s the mantra in Happy Valley, despite James Franklin being saddled with a 4-20 mark as coach at Penn State against...