Articles filed under Big Ten
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Friendly coaches ready to square off as No. 9 Illinois and No. 19 Indiana try to stay unbeatenSep 18, 2025 10:59 am - Bret Bielema and Curt Cignetti don't have a long relationship, but it is clear they admire each other's work. They sat together at last year's Big Ten spring meetings, crisscross one another's recruiting paths and have built budding powers in the Big Ten, Bielema at No. 9 Illinois and Cignetti at No. 19 Indiana. Both have 3-0 marks this season and top 20 teams heading into one of Saturday's featured games.
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Schwarz: Illini are playing a whole new ballgame under athletic director Josh WhitmanSep 12, 2025 5:54 pm - Tuesday’s announcement of a $100 million gift from alumnus Larry Gies to rename Illinois’ football stadium shows how the athletic program has changed in Champaign.
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In the Big Ten’s early QB hierarchy, the familiar faces are outshining the new arrivalsSep 09, 2025 7:00 am - Evaluating Big Ten quarterbacks through Week 2: the returning starters, the elevated starters, the freshmen and the transfers.
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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...