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 [...]
College Bowl Week: The Anarchy Continues!
December 28, 2008
So most of us slept through the long winded games of the first few weeks of the college postseason. But yesterday, Pat White gave us a reason to believe in shockers and miracles. So for White’s final performance (hope you were paying attention Detroit), we’re going to try to finish strong heading into the start [...]
Will a Big Ten Team Win a Bowl Game This Post-season?
December 27, 2008
The Big Ten conference sent seven of its 11 teams bowling this holiday season, but maybe they should have sent them fishing instead.
It’s Saturday night, Dec. 27, and the Florida State Seminoles have just overwhelmed their opponent, and Big Ten representatives, the Wisconsin Badgers.
Overwhelmed is a good word, but there are others that would certainly [...]
A Minor oversight in the running back rankings
December 24, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
I’ll own up to a mistake when one is made, and there should be a “Minor” revision to Tuesday’s two-part Big Ten running back rankings.
As in, Brandon Minor.
Michigan had a pretty miserable year on offense, but Minor did a nice job during the second half of the season and deserves a [...]
Big Ten year-end running back rankings
December 23, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
The rankings started with arguably the Big Ten’s most disappointing position and now move on to its most dominant one. No conference boasted a better crop of running backs than the Big Ten, which had three players ranked in the top seven nationally in rushing and another ranked 26th.
These rankings will [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Big Ten puts 10 on Steele’s All-Freshman team
December 17, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
One of the most respected college football analysts has released his All-Freshman teams for the first time, and 10 Big Ten players made the list.
Phil Steele included four Big Ten players on his first team All-Freshman squad. One was from Ohio State. The surprise? It wasn’t Terrelle Pryor.
Here’s the rundown of [...]
3-time All-America Laurinaitis heads AP team
December 16, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — James Laurinaitis idolized A.J. Hawk, Chris Spielman and the other great linebackers who played for Ohio State before him.
Now, in at least one area, he has surpassed them.
Laurinaitis became the second college football player to be a three-time AP All-American, joining Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford and star receiver Michael Crabtree [...]
Five Big Ten players named AP All-Americans
December 16, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis led a group of five Big Ten players to earn AP first-team All-America honors. Laurainaitis became Ohio State’s first three-time AP All-American since safety Mike Doss (2000-02).
Buckeyes cornerback Malcolm Jenkins joined Laurinaitis on the All-America team, along with Penn State defensive end Aaron Maybin, Iowa running [...]