The Big Ten has been the top basketball conference in the country this season without fans in the stands, but it is still disappointing to see some of the league’s most intimidating buildings empty. The Big Ten has no shortage of great venues. There are older, historical arenas, newer, state-of-the-art ones and everything in between. […]
Read MoreBig Ten Football Announces Schedule For 2021 Season
This past season, Big Ten football dashed its non-conference schedule and played an eight-game, conference-only season. Things are finally changing back to normal this year. The Big Ten released the full 2021 regular-season football schedule on Friday. Teams will return to a full 12-game regular season which includes three non-conference games for each conference member. […]
Read MoreMinnesota’s P.J. Fleck Reportedly ‘Not Interested’ In Tennessee Job
Tennessee has reportedly shown interest in Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck, but it doesn’t look like it has been reciprocated. Over the weekend, it was reported that Fleck was one of three coaches vetted by Tennessee for its coaching vacancy. The other two were SMU’s Sonny Dykes and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott. On Monday, […]
Read MoreMajor Big Ten Coach ‘Vetted’ For Tennessee Job
Tennessee football is keeping its coaching search close to its vest, but several big-name potential candidates are starting to emerge. Per a report from FootballScoop, the Volunteers’ search group has vetted Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck for UT’s head coaching position. Fleck led a miraculous turnaround with the Golden Gophers during the 2019 season, going 11-2 with […]
Read More2021 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Who Will The Jaguars, Jets, Dolphins, Etc. Take?
The regular season is over, which means that we know how a large portion of the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft will look. Over the last few weeks, the Jacksonville Jaguars jumped in front of—or behind, depending on your perspective—the New York Jets for the No. 1 pick. Today, we’re rebooting our 2021 […]
Read MoreThe 2021 NCAA Tournament Will Take Place Entirely In Indiana
The 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen. One state will play host to the greatest event in sports. Naturally, the state of Indiana – known to many as the best basketball state in the nation – will host the 2021 NCAA Tournament. “This is a historic moment for NCAA […]
Read MoreMajor Big Ten Coach Drawing NFL Interest
P.J. Fleck has been one of the fastest rising coaches in football over the last few years. Now, he’s reportedly garnering interest from at least one team at the NFL level. Fleck is wrapping up his fourth year as head coach at Minnesota, where he’s done a pretty spectacular job overall. After a 5-7 season […]
Read More2 Big Ten Teams Have Now Opted Out Of Bowl Games
After a stressful season in the Big Ten, it looks like a few teams will pass on the 2020 postseason. On Sunday morning, another program decided to opt-out of a bowl game. According to ESPN college football reporter Adam Rittenberg, Minnesota became the second Big Ten team to decline a bowl invitation this season. The […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 16/Conference Championships
Conference Championship weekend is here, along with a slew of new and rescheduled games that make up a rare college football “Week 16.” However things shake out, we’ll know our four College Football Playoff teams at the end of this week of play. At least two of the games have significant College Football Playoff ramifications, […]
Read MoreScott Frost Reacts To Saturday’s Loss To Minnesota
The nightmare season continued today for Scott Frost and Nebraska football, as the Huskers lost to a short-handed Minnesota team. The Golden Gophers were missing 33 players due to COVID-19 issues, yet still managed to go into Lincoln and beat Nebraska, 24-17. Minnesota rushed for 206 yards, led by Mohamed Ibrahim’s 108 and a touchdown […]
Read MoreMinnesota’s Postgame Message To Nebraska Is Going Viral
Minnesota football rolled over Nebraska on Saturday afternoon, capturing their second consecutive program win over the Cornhuskers. PJ Fleck’s team struck first, jumping out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. Although Nebraska’s Adrian Martinez responded with two touchdowns of his own, Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan threw his line score of the game to […]
Read MoreMinnesota Is Missing A Ton Of Players Against Nebraska Today
The 2020 college football season has been anything but ordinary and that chaos has continued into this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, the Minnesota Gophers are going into their game against Nebraska severely short-handed. According to a report from college football insider Bruce Feldman, Minnesota will be without 33 players. Feldman noted that several of the […]
Read MoreLook: Awesome Football Weather For Nebraska vs. Minnesota
It’s been a tough season for Nebraska, but the Cornhuskers can finish the year with a .500 record if they can beat Minnesota and their final week opponent- whoever it winds up being. Saturday, it looks like they won’t just be battling the Golden Gophers. A winter storm hit the Midwest on Friday, dumping a […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 15
Typically, this weekend of college football would be reserved for the Army-Navy Game. This year’s game was set to be played in Philadelphia, but like so many others, was impacted by COVID-19. As a result, the two academies will play at West Point for the first time since 1943. It also will not be alone […]
Read MoreBreaking: Week 14 Big Ten Game Has Been Canceled
The Big Ten’s 2020 season schedule has suffered yet another casualty because of the pandemic. The Northwestern Wildcats – the Big Ten West’s first-place team – were gearing up this week to take on the 2-3 Minnesota Golden Gophers this Saturday. There’s since been a change to the schedule. Northwestern at Minnesota has been cancelled. […]
Read MoreDan Patrick Hearing 2 More Big Ten Games Will Be Canceled
There appear to be even more Big Ten games on the verge of cancelation in Week 14. But one of them could have massive implications for the Big Ten Championship Game and the College Football Playoff. On Monday, Dan Patrick reported on his radio show that two Big Ten games are in danger. One is […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
Rivalry Week is here… or something resembling Rivalry Week in the 2020 college football season. We still have a few more weeks of regular season games and makeup games after this. There’s no Michigan-Ohio State. Nick Saban won’t be at the Iron Bowl. It’s going to be a weird one. Alabama announced today that Saban […]
Read MoreBig Ten Refs Getting Destroyed For Friday Night Penalty Call
Big Ten referees are getting destroyed for an extremely controversial penalty call during Friday night’s game between Minnesota and Purdue. The Golden Gophers beat the Boilermakers, 34-31, on Friday night. The game was not without controversy. Purdue quarterback Jack Plummer found tight end Payne Durham for a touchdown late in the contest. However, the long […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
Once again, we’re dealing with a pretty abbreviated college football schedule. The list of currently canceled or postponed games is at 15 and growing, making it likely that this will wind up being the week with the most games pushed off that we’ve had so far this season. Luckily, there are still a number of […]
Read MoreKirk Ferentz Had Blunt Message For Minnesota After Friday’s Win
This season hasn’t been smooth sailing for the Iowa Hawkeyes, but it appears they’ve found their groove over the past two weeks. On Friday night, Kirk Ferentz led his team to a dominant win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Iowa’s defense bottled up Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan, holding him down to 167 passing yards, a […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
This week has been more negatively impacted by COVID-19 than any other so far. A huge chunk of the SEC slate, including the rivalry game between Alabama and LSU, has been postponed, leaving something of a light College Football Saturday this weekend. Texas A&M at Tennessee, Georgia at Mizzou, and Auburn at Mississippi State are […]
Read MoreVideo: A Big Ten Team’s 4th And Goal Play Is Going Viral
This isn’t something you see every day. The Minnesota defense just forced Illinois to punt on a fourth-and-goal opportunity. The Illini faced another fourth down earlier in the drive on the Gopher’s 12-yard line. Lovie Smith elected to go for it and Illinois soon found themselves with a first and goal from the 10. That’s […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
With the return of the MAC this week, and the Pac-12 this weekend, the vast majority of the FBS world will be underway, at long last. We have our first full-looking college football slate of the weekend, featuring games from all Power Five conferences. The headliner of the weekend comes out of the ACC. No. […]
Read MoreBig Ten Defensive Coordinator Will Miss Saturday’s Game
Minnesota football defensive coordinator Joe Rossi will miss the Gophers’ game this weekend for reasons related to COVID-19. Rossi has tested positive for the widespread virus, per sportswriter Andy Greder. He’ll miss Minnesota’s game this weekend versus Illinois as a result. The Big Ten defensive coordinator will be required to isolate for 10 days, per […]
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