Big Ten Would Expand Footprint with Holiday Bowl Tie-in
If the Big Ten can punt out, or share, the Holiday Bowl bid with the Big 12, as ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg is reporting they have interest in doing, that would be a win…
More B1G teams possible in Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl has featured a Big Ten team only six times in its 78-year history, but that soon could change. Colleague Brett McMurphy reported Monday night that the Orange Bowl and the…
Osborne contacted JoePa about game in ’94
If the BCS system had been in place in 1994, Nebraska and Penn State would have met for the national championship. Both finished the regular season undefeated. But because of bowl agreements in…
Iowa Football 2012: Would Another 7-5 Season Put Kirk Ferentz on the Hot Seat?
Kirk Ferentz has become one of the most beloved coaches in the history of the University of Iowa football program. However, a couple of disappointing seasons have begun to sour the tremendous fan…
Michigan Football: Predicting the Outcome of Every Game in 2012
In Brady Hoke’s first season as Michigan’s head football coach, he led his team to its first win over arch-rival Ohio State since 2003, and its first BCS bowl win since its overtime…
Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl: My Favorite Cornhusker Bowl Memory
How many times had it been? How many times had I sat down on New Year’s Day, waiting for the Orange Bowl to watch Nebraska play for that elusive national title? How many…
MSU’s Arthur Ray Jr. wins Courage Award
File this under “feel-good story” and “extremely well-deserved.” Michigan State’s Arthur Ray Jr. has been named the winner of the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award. Ray, a senior offensive lineman from Chicago,…
Nebraska to the Capital One Bowl: A Guide to the Matchup vs. South Carolina
By getting a BCS invitation, Michigan helped Nebraska with a bowl upgrade to the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 2, 2012. Nebraska will head to Orlando and face the South Carolina Gamecocks, setting…
5 Reasons Why Illinois Will Find Themselves in the BCS
Every year there is at least one of them: a team that comes from major conference obscurity and finds itself in the thick of a conference championship and a BCS bowl. It may…
