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A look at the Big 10 teams in early top 25 polls for 2012-13 season
Now that Kentucky has won the national championship, it is never too early to look ahead to the 2012-13 season and already the Big Ten is getting plenty of love in early top 25 polls. It is obviously way too early and come out with a top 25 for next season, especially because there are underclassmen that have yet to decide whether they are staying in school or going pro. Their decisions will affect how the … Read entire article »
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Big Ten’s athletic departments profit/expense/revenue amounts for 2010-11 seasons
College athletics has turned into big business as universities are starting to turn out huge profits. The Business of College Sports has released the financial data of FBS school’s athletic departments from the 2010-2011 seasons and revealed just how much money they are making. A lot of the universities that are consistently among the top in revenue earned in college athletics reside in the Big Ten. The University of Iowa finds themselves in the upper half … Read entire article »
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8 Iowa Hawkeyes Earn All-Conference Honors And 1 Very Distinguishable Award
The Big Ten announced their 2011 all-conference teams Monday and handed out individual awards. Three Iowa Hawkeyes (Marvin McNutt, Riley Reiff and Shaun Prater) earned first team all-conference honors and five (Marcus Coker, Adam Gettis, Mike Daniels, Broderick Binns and Micah Hyde) earned second team all-conference honors. Marvin McNutt received the best news of all, when it was announced that he won the Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year Award given to the Big Ten’s best wide receiver. … Read entire article »
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Big Ten television schedule and betting lines for week 1
Tonight marks the beginning of the college football season and the Wisconsin Badgers are the first Big Ten team to get started. Michigan State takes the field on Friday night and then the remaining ten teams in the conference get underway on Saturday. The Hawkeyes are among one of the first teams to begin play on Saturday with their 11:00 am start time. The Hawkeyes are more than forty point favorites in their game, while the Gophers … Read entire article »
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Kirk Herbstreit picks the Hawkeyes to win the Big Ten Legends Division
In a Big Ten preview today, Kirk Herbstreit predicted (see below) that the Iowa Hawkeyes would win the Legends Division and be defeated by Ohio State in the conference championship game. He may very well be the first member of the national media has not predicted the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the Legends Division. Iowa is a team that is not being spoken about very highly by some analysts but with their schedule they could very well … Read entire article »
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What other newspapers from around the Big Ten are saying about the Iowa Hawkeyes for 2011
With the start of college football season less than two weeks away, many newspapers that cover teams in the Big Ten give previews from around the conference. The Iowa Hawkeyes are not getting much of a chance from the national media to win the Legends Division Title this season but the people who cover the Big Ten aren’t dismissing them as easily. Obviously they talk about the amount of players who are removed from last season’s … Read entire article »
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Recent Iowa Hawkeye and Big Ten football news
With seventeen days until the start of the 2011 college football season, practice has been in full swing for some time and many interesting story lines are developing. The Iowa Hawkeyes have had two big headlines in the last couple of days when it comes to dealing with recruits. Around the Big Ten there are still some teams that are looking to find out who their starting quarterback will be when the season begins on September 3rd. … Read entire article »
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Should the Big Ten expand if the SEC does?
In light of recent developments with Texas A&M and their wish to join the SEC, it raises the question if the Big Ten should expand if they do. Expanding the Big Ten past twelve teams would be something that would entail a lot of planning to make sure that you got the right teams. If the conference does expand, the right teams need to be ones that generate a lot of money through national television exposure … Read entire article »
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Purdue Boilermakers Danny Hope is very much in the hot seat heading into 2011
Every season around the Big Ten there seems to be a list of coaches that are on the proverbial hot seat. The 2011 season is no different and no one’s seat is hotter than Purdue Boilermakers head coach Danny Hope. Hope is entering his third season as Purdue’s head coach and already Boilermaker nation is not pleased with his performance. His first two seasons have not shown the fan base that he has what it takes … Read entire article »
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The real questions that should be asked to each coach during the Big Ten Media Days
The Big Ten football media days are almost upon us and it is never too early to start thinking about the questions that should be asked to each coach. The Big Ten Media Days allow each reporter to ask the coaches in the conference an array of questions about the upcoming season. There are some questions that each coach should be asked but never will. Here is a look at the real questions that should be asked … Read entire article »
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