Penn State rallied for its football team this morning. From the Centre Daily Times: UNIVERSITY PARK — An estimated crowd of 3,000 welcomed the Penn State football players for their first preseason practice this morning, just a week after the program was hit with severe NCAA violations. The gathering outside the Lasch Building cheered and clapped […]
July 30, 2012
We are highlighting the five best Major League players to ever play baseball at each of the Big Ten universities. Today, we take a look at the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Earlier stories can be found here. School: Nebraska Number of Major Leaguers: 39 First: Ad Liska (debuted Sept. 24, 1933) Most recent: Dan Jennings (debuted April 30, 2012) Five best: Darin Erstad (who […]
July 29, 2012
The criminal justice system had its hands full with Iowa running back De’Andre Johnson this past week: The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that Johnson was ticketed for speeding and eluding arrest on Saturday. It says Johnson drove his motorcycle 60 mph in a 25 mph zone and didn’t immediately pull over. University Heights police didn’t […]
July 28, 2012
For the past 60 years, State College, Pennsylvania has been a place unlike any other in the world. In fact, it was its own world. And for the people of this separate world, being one-of-a-kind was just fine with them. They boasted the second largest collegiate football stadium in the country. They were the clear […]
July 27, 2012
Drunken hockey players? Go figure: An “extremely intoxicated” Minnesota Gopher hockey player stood on a street in Stillwater after bar closing time and urinated for others to witness, police said. Forward Erik Haula, 21, was cited for misdemeanor disorderly conduct early Saturday and then turned over to a friend, whom police described as “somewhat sober.” […]
July 27, 2012
The Huskers will wear them Sept. 29 against Wisconsin. Nebraska’s news release about the uniforms can be found here. And here’s a picture:
July 27, 2012
From the files of Tom Crean trying to rebuild Indiana after the late Knight/Brand/Davis/Sampson years: Current Indiana coach Tom Crean called Reed “part of the Indiana family.” “It’s just hard to comprehend,” Crean said. “He has two young children, a wife and he was just starting to make his way in coaching. “I’ve only spoken […]
July 27, 2012
The Badgers are taking a principled recruiting stand when it comes to Penn State: Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said Thursday he has no plans to recruit the players at Penn State, suggesting it would violate what he calls a Big Ten coaching brotherhood. “I made the decision as a head coach we would not reach out to […]
July 26, 2012
Controversy is brewing in Happy Valley, and the outrage coming from the Penn State athletic department seems to be equal to or greater than the concern over a former coach serially raping young boys and using the university facilities to do so. A rational person might assume this new concern must be over something truly […]
July 26, 2012
Thank you to all of the readers who have returned to the Daily Big Ten after our spring hiatus, due to unforeseen circumstances (this happens to be true, believe it or not). Now, as we look forward to football and basketball, season, we are looking for new writers to cover any and all Big Ten […]
July 26, 2012
You can see more pictures here.
July 26, 2012
It’s a surreal time in Happy Valley: In the 48 hours since the NCAA levied unprecedented sanctions against the program, an extraordinary recruiting frenzy has played out on Penn State’s campus, where players are working out. At noon Wednesday, several groups of coaches from opposing teams were waiting in the Lasch Football Building parking lot […]
July 25, 2012
Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press had a tidbit this week on former Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber trying to win the backup job for the Broncos: Adam Weber, the former Gophers record-setting quarterback, on Wednesday begins his second season of training camp with the Denver Broncos. He’ll go into camp competing for the backup job […]
July 25, 2012
The federal government has hired Graham Spanier for a “special project,” according to Sara Ganim: Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier said he will soon begin working for the federal government on projects related to national security. “For the next several months, as I transition to my post-presidential plans, I will be working on a […]
July 25, 2012
Let’s check in on how the last Japanese soldiers on the island the Paterno and Penn State true believers are faring two days after the NCAA announced its penalties. We turn to Blue White Illustrated, where we found a post started by Pissed…kDaddy (may be a pseudonum): One thing made clear to me, Penn State […]
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