Big Ten year-end wide receiver/tight end rankings
December 29, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Only one Big Ten team (Illinois) ranked in the top 25 nationally in pass offense, so this was anything but an explosive year for the league’s wide receivers and tight ends. Subpar quarterback play had a role, as did injuries (Travis Beckum). Here’s a look at the best of an average [...]
Big Ten lunch links: Brodell prepares for last game
December 29, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Catching up on a weekend full of links and several more from this morning …
Iowa wide receiver Andy Brodell does not expect to be granted a sixth year of eligibility, likely making the Outback Bowl his final collegiate game, Andy Hamilton and Randy Peterson write in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
Michigan State [...]
Creature vs Creature: A Spartan On The Capital One Bowl
December 29, 2008
Preview
By the time these two teams take the field on New Year’s Day, it will be the first competitive action for either team in over a month. You can expect both the Spartans and the Bulldogs to struggle a little bit in the early going as they try to shake off the December rust.
These two [...]
Big Ten year-end quarterback rankings
December 23, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Big Ten bowl season is nearly here, but with a few days to go, it’s time to begin the year-end position rankings. These won’t be quite as in-depth as the preseason rankings, but I’ll try to get to each position before the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 5.
The rankings begin with [...]
Capital One Bowl Preview: Michigan State Vs. Georgia
December 22, 2008
The college football bowl season is underway, and there are many intriguing games to come, but I would like to focus on the Capital One Bowl.
Michigan State and Georgia will travel to Orlando to battle for the Capital One Bowl. Neither team expected to be in this bowl in August.
Michigan State was not at all [...]
Blair White project working for Michigan State
December 19, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Self-deprecation is not normally a trait associated with the wide receiver position, but Michigan State’s Blair White breaks the mold.
The former walk-on, who provided the Spartans a major boost during Big Ten play this fall, downplays his speed and understands, to a certain extent, why he received no Division I scholarship [...]
Reviewing my preseason Top 25 (things to watch)
December 18, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
It’s always fun at this time of year to look back at preseason thoughts and predictions. In August, I outlined 25 items I wanted to see during the Big Ten season. Several of them came true, others didn’t and some materialized in different ways.
Here’s a look back at the list to [...]
Michigan State Spartans season recap
December 15, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Labeled as the Big Ten’s surprise team before the season, Michigan State lived up to its billing and broke down a few barriers in the process.
The Spartans turned heads with a 9-3 record and a Capital One Bowl berth, but how they did it was the real surprise, given how [...]
Revisiting my Big Ten preseason predictions
December 11, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
As I told you back when the blog launched in July, please address e-mails to Mr. Idiot. I’m happy to claim that title today as I look back at some of the Big Ten preseason predictions I made this summer.
At least there was some truth to what I wrote: I predict [...]
Michigan State Football’s Postseason Awards
December 8, 2008
As Michigan State prepares to take on Matthew Stafford and the Georgia Bulldogs in the Capital One Bowl, let’s look back at the season that was…
Offensive MVP
Without question, this award goes to Javon Ringer. Ringer amassed nearly 1,600 yards in the regular season, where no other back on the team reached even 100 yards. He [...]