Nebraska 1 win from berth in Big Ten title game
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It’s been 13 years and one seismic league change since Nebraska won a conference championship. One more win against downtrodden Iowa will move the Huskers a step closer to their first Big Ten title. The surging Huskers (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten), winners of their last five games, play at Iowa (4-7, 2-5) on Friday for the first time since 1999. A berth in the league title game against Wisconsin on the line for the Huskers. ”We have a lot of maturity on the team and I think we know we have to beat Iowa for us to go to the Big Ten Championship,” Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez. Nebraska can still reach the title game with a loss if Michigan falls to Ohio State on Saturday. But few expect it to come to that. The Huskers are considered heavy favorites to beat the Hawkeyes, losers of …
Big Ten predictions: Week 9
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Penn State looking more like Big Ten’s best
IOWA CITY, Iowa — It’s time to stop talking about Penn State as a nice little story. The narrative about first-year coach Bill O’Brien getting the most out of his presumably talent-starved, transfer-wrecked…
Midseason report: Iowa
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Big Ten Tuesday personnel roundup
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Iowa LBs aim to forge their own legacy
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa linebacker James Morris doesn’t go along with the status quo. Unless he thinks it’s 1985. This spring, Morris conducted what he called a “social experiment,” sporting a neatly…
Ferentz family lines up this spring at Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Reporters and fans aren’t the only ones who struggle to squeeze information out of Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz. Ferentz’s son, James, a senior center for the Hawkeyes, didn’t…
Facilities upgrade under way at Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Kirk Ferentz always has been honest, sometimes perhaps too honest, about the inherent challenges Iowa faces. The Hawkeyes aren’t located in the most populated state in the Big Ten…
Spring previews: Legends Division
The 2012 Big Ten season doesn’t kick off for six and a half months, but spring football is just around the corner. All 12 Big Ten squads will hit the field next month…
Foul trouble no trouble at Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa _ Three starters sat on the Ohio State bench with two fouls apiece and nearly 11 minutes left in the first half, and the Buckeyes couldn’t help but think it…
