Offutt to check out New Mexico

Sophomore Walter Offutt will visit New Mexico this weekend and watch the Lobos’ game against New Mexico State on Saturday, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Offutt left the Ohio State team last week and said he wanted to transfer to…
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Big Ten November superlatives

The most important month of the season is complete, and unless the Big Ten schedules a surprise game tonight, the curtain has closed for November.

Let’s take a quick look back.

Team of the month — Ohio State

The Buckeyes entered the month as a near afterthought in the Big Ten title race. They finished it as Big Ten champs for the fifth consecutive season. Ohio State notched two victories…
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Big Ten could break attendance record

One of the best things about covering the Big Ten is the enormous fan interest, which never wavers. And though the league still has some work to do in the postseason to improve its national reputation, Big Ten football remains as popular as ever in the places it matters most.

The final Big Ten home game for 2009 takes place Saturday as Illinois hosts Fresno State (Big Ten Network, 12:30 p.m….
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Buckeyes remain No. 3, etc.

The top 10 in the Associated Press poll didn’t change, which isn’t a surprise. Nobody lost and Connecticut still is receiving all 40 No. 1 votes. Stanford is No. 2 followed by the Buckeyes, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Tennessee, LSU,…
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Turner nets a hat trick

Evan Turner shares the Big Ten player of the week award this week with John Shurna of Northwestern, the third consecutive week the Ohio State junior has received the honor. The last Big Ten player to be honored three weeks…
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Big Ten will miss Weis at Notre Dame

The Charlie Weis era is over at Notre Dame, and the Big Ten might be sad to see him go.

Though Weis and his assistants did well on the recruiting trail, they didn’t convert a wealth of talent into victories. Like most Notre Dame head coaches, Weis faced the Big Ten more than any other league and finished with a 9-9 mark. Remove his 4-1 record against Purdue, and Weis ended up just 5-8 against…
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Big Ten recruiting scorecard: Nov. 30

My in-season responsibilities prevented me from updating the scorecard for quite a while, but it’s back now. And with recruiting season heating up and several big prizes (Seantrel Henderson, Jordan Hicks) still out there, this is the perfect time to see how teams are doing.

For all your recruiting needs, go here and here.

ILLINOIS

2010 verbal commits: 8
ESPNU 150 prospects: 0
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Turner Turns a Triple

Evan Turner is your Big Ten Player of the Week for the third consecutive week, this time sharing the award with Northwestern’s John Shurna:

Evan Turner collects his third-consecutive weekly honor after etching his name in Ohio State lore while leading the No. 18 Ohio State men’s basketball team to a …
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Ding Dong…

Charlie Weis is fired. (yeah, it doesn’t have that same panache)
No surprises- will Bowden be next?
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Big Ten lunch links

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. I finally finished my 2009 wedding tour (belated congrats to Alex and Dina!) and look forward to the final week of the regular season.

Wisconsin running back John Clay has no plans to bolt for the NFL, Tom Mulhern writes in the Wisconsin State Journal. For Clay’s backup Montee Ball, college football at Wisconsin is a family affair, Jim Polzin writes in…
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