Big Ten football programs are increasingly turning to Twitter to share news, pictures and manage issues. But which schools have the greatest reach? Is it purely a function of the biggest fan bases? Or the best use of Twitter? Or a combination of both? As you see below, it’s a combination of both – with […]
August 3, 2012
Indiana has added the Big Ten logo to the “paint” area that has never had actual paint in Bloomington, according to this Twitter picture shared by @JustinRayWright. It’ll surely cause some consternation among the purists in Indiana, but I imagine they’ll get used to it by the second or third game. Indiana still has […]
August 3, 2012
A dismissal, two quit and three suspended. Just another day in Indiana football. From the Indy Star: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana junior wide receiver Kofi Hughes, the former Cathedral standout who caught 35 passes for IU last season, is among three players who will be suspended for one game during the 2012 football season, IU coach Kevin […]
August 3, 2012
Illinois center Graham Pocic signs a small human (Photo via @BTNBrentYarina).
August 3, 2012
It’s starting to look like Wisconsin running back Montee Ball may not have been just some random target while he walked down the street at 2:15 the other morning. From the State Journal: Madison police said they believe a “precipitating event” led to the attack early Wednesday on University of Wisconsin senior running back Montee […]
August 2, 2012
The preseason USA Today coaches poll is out, with a whole bunch of familiar names at the top and just four Big Ten teams in the Top 25. LSU is No. 1, with 18 first-place votes, followed by Alabama (20 first-place votes), USC (19), Oklahoma and Oregon. The Big Ten? Michigan is No. 8 going […]
August 2, 2012
Big news out of Evanston, from the AP: EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern says the NCAA has ruled receiver Kyle Prater eligible for this season after transferring from Southern California. The school announced this week that Prater received a waiver from the governing body and will not have to sit out. He will still have three years […]
August 1, 2012
Big news, Big Ten fans! Since our post last month, we have a new leader in the number of arrests of student-athletes over the last two years! Iowa jumped from fourth to first in just two weeks thanks to running back De’Andre Johnson’s one-man crime wave (note: Johnson was dismissed from the team today), Hawkeye baller […]
August 1, 2012
Wisconsin running back and 2011 Heisman finalist Montee Ball was the victim of an apparent random act of violence this morning on the mean streets of Madison. According to the police report, Ball was “attacked while walking in the 500 block of University Ave. early this morning. Witnesses said five men jumped the victim. He […]
August 1, 2012
Ohio State running back won’t face drug charges, but he still is doing his part to help the Buckeyes stay near the top in the Big Ten arrest/citation standings over the last two years with a disorderly conduct charge. Why won’t he be facing drug charges? Because his mom says the marijuana was hers, according […]
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August 3, 2012
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