Articles filed under Big Ten
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State's 'fab five' hurting as Illini hit townOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - If Illinois fans are making a list of people to thank for Ron Zook's hiring, then Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz deserves to be high on the list. Ferentz and his staff did such...
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Big Ten mental health checkOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It happened almost overnight -- autumn finally wriggled free of summer's grasp and football weather blitzed the area. Several Big Ten teams are also cooling off, which c...
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NU-Minnesota a challenging matchOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - In many ways, last week was the easy part for Northwestern. A Wildcats team that always seems at its best when staring down adversity faced plenty last Saturday at Michi...
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Offensive line gets it togetherOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Two weeks ago, Northwestern's offensive line was a shaken group, fretting over lackluster results and awaiting the next blunder. The linemen had failed in the red zone a...
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NU's lackluster play on 'D' could prompt changesOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The head coach in Pat Fitzgerald celebrated a mettle-testing victory fueled by do-no-wrong quarterback C.J. Bacher. But the linebacker in Fitzgerald couldn't excuse a di...
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Illini get noticed in pollsOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Somewhere in the midst of Illinois' raucous postgame celebration Saturday, Ron Zook presented the game ball to athletic director Ron Guenther. It served as a lasting mem...
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Purdue knows it won't get any easier this weekOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- There's precious little time for Purdue to recover from its humbling loss to Ohio State on Saturday night -- a trip to the Big House awaits. Purd...
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Yarbrough a big part of Wildcats' big playsOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Jeff Yarbrough spent most of the week by himself, testing his hamstring by running sprints on Northwestern's auxiliary practice field. Saturday, t...
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Bacher leads NU past MSU in OTOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. -- C.J. Bacher had two messages for his Northwestern teammates before Saturday's game. The first? "He said his arm was feeling the best it's ever fel...
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Illinois runs by No. 5 WisconsinOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A decade, if not two, has flown past since the last time the home fans chanted this inside Memorial Stadium: "Pa-sa-de-na! Pa-sa-de-na!" The best part for I...