The Big Ten is now slated to start its fall football season on October 23 and finish up on December 19. Wednesday, Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez revealed that the league has a cool idea for how to complete the year. In order to both play a ninth conference game and declare a league champion, the […]
Read MoreFormer Rutgers Star, High School FB Coach Dies At 45
On Tuesday night, the college and high school football communities received tragic news when a former Big East star passed away. Brian Sheridan, a former linebacker for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, passed away this week, the school confirmed in a statement. He was just 45 years old. Sheridan was a high school football coach at […]
Read MoreReport: At Least 1 Big Ten School Still Likely Voting ‘No’
The Big Ten is reportedly on the verge of re-voting on the 2020 college football season and there’s optimism that a change in decision is coming. According to multiple reports, the Big Ten is expected vote again, as soon as Sunday night, and many within the league are feeling good about a fall season. The […]
Read MoreDan Patrick Is Hearing 6 Big Ten Schools Aren’t Willing To Play
Just when you think the Big Ten might actually play football this fall, a discouraging update comes out. On Tuesday, Dan Patrick revealed what he’s now hearing about the conference. Last week, Patrick said the season could potentially start in October. This is because the conference would still be eligible for the College Football Playoff. […]
Read MoreBig Ten’s Official Vote On Football Season Has Been Revealed
The Big Ten has revealed its official vote tally on the football season in the wake of the lawsuit filed by Nebraska players. Eight Huskers football players filed a lawsuit against the Big Ten, attempting to get the league to reverse its decision on the season. The Big Ten announced in early August that the […]
Read MoreRece Davis Sums Up Idea Of College Football In The Spring
The Big Ten became the first Power Five college football league to postpone the coming 2020 season, making the announcement today. The league was followed by the Pac-12, which has done the same. Both conferences say they will consider playing this spring if possible. ESPN’s Rece Davis doesn’t think that works at all. While it […]
Read MoreHow The SEC Is Reportedly Feeling About The Big Ten Decision
The Big Ten football season is off the table for this fall. The league made its official announcement this afternoon, after a few days of speculation that it could cancel things. The decision comes less than a week after the Big Ten football schedule, revised for the conference-only plan that had previously been announced, was […]
Read MoreBig Ten Releases Official Statement On Its Decision
There will be no Big Ten football this fall. After months of speculation, and even a recent schedule release by the league, it has decided to punt on fall sports, potentially holding them in the spring. The Big Ten was one of the first conferences to announced that it was moving to a conference-only schedule. […]
Read MoreKirk Herbstreit Shares What He’s Hearing About Big Ten Football
Everybody is trying to get a handle on the Big Ten’s plans for football season, including ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit. As of Monday evening, all the tea leaves are pointing toward the Big Ten postponing or canceling the 2020 season due to COVID-19. The league’s athletic directors are set to meet tonight. Herbstreit […]
Read MoreOne Power 5 Commissioner Reportedly ‘Prefers’ Spring Football
As of this afternoon, there is considerable concern that the 2020 college football season is about to be canceled. The Big Ten is one Power 5 league that seems to be wavering. Earlier today, the Big Ten announced it was pausing its preseason team activities in the current phase. Padded practices are on hold, as […]
Read MoreBig Ten Players Reveal List Of Demands For 2020 Season
On the day their league announced its 2020 schedule, more than 1,000 Big Ten football players published a list of demands for the conference and NCAA. In a lengthy essay for The Players’ Tribune, a group of Big Ten players voiced their concerns about the safety precautions the conference and NCAA have put forth amid […]
Read MoreThe Big Ten Has Released Its 2020 College Football Schedule
After delaying the matter for a day, the Big Ten Conference finally dropped its 2020 college football schedule moments ago. Last month, the Big Ten was the first Power 5 conference to say it would be playing a conference-only schedule. The 10-game slate featuring only league foes will begin on Labor Day Weekend (September 3-5). […]
Read MoreReport: Big Ten Commissioner Speaking With Athletes About Season
The Big Ten has not announced its 2020 college football schedule yet, and the conference appears to be weighing its options according to a new report. According to Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren hasn’t ruled out canceling the 2020 season as the conference struggles with COVID-19. Six Big Ten […]
Read MoreSEC Kicker Announces He’s Skipping The 2020 Season
Vanderbilt kicker Oren Milstein announced last night that he will be opting out of the 2020 college football season. Milstein, a graduate transfer from Columbia, will not be playing for the SEC program this fall. In a lengthy Twitter thread he cited concerns about his health and the “ethics of playing college football during a […]
Read MoreBig Ten Football Preseason Media Poll Released
The Big Ten football season is going to be a very different animal in 2020 with no non-conference games on the slate. Even so, the Big Ten preseason media poll looks pretty similar to what we’d expect in a normal college season. The media polls were released today and the two divisions couldn’t look more […]
Read MoreAnother Big Ten Team Shuts Down Practice Over COVID-19
COVID-19 continues to cast a dark cloud over college football, as multiple programs in the Big Ten are enforcing quarantines due to multiple positive tests. On Friday, Michigan State announced that its entire football team would quarantine for 14 days because a second member on its staff tested positive. A little over 24 hours later, […]
Read MoreReport: Legendary NFL Stadium Could Host Big Ten Championships
The Big Ten Championship Game could have a new home in coming years. The conference’s title game is currently played annually at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The venue has been a great setting for the Big Ten Championship Game, playing home to several entertaining contests. But the Big Ten may move the game from […]
Read MoreRutgers Announces Official Decision On Fans At Games
While some college football programs are content to simply limit the number of fans at home games this season, Rutgers is going to be a little more stringent in 2020. According to Steve Politi of NJ.com, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has announced today that there will be a statewide limit of 500 fans in […]
Read MoreCollege Football Fans React To Big Ten’s Reported Decision
The Big Ten Conference will move to a conference-only model for fall sports scheduling, according to multiple reports this afternoon. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Big Ten programs will not compete in out-of-conference games. This has a major impact on the college football schedule. For one, it eliminated some premier non-league matchups, such as […]
Read MoreBig Ten President Shares When Football Decision Is Expected
Whatever the ultimate decision will be on the 2020 college football season, it will have to be made soon. That much is clear. The choice is either play in the fall, as scheduled, or move the season to the spring. On Monday, new Rutgers president Jonathan Holloway addressed this issue, telling reporters that he expects […]
Read MoreBig Ten President Casts Doubt About College Football Happening This Fall
The Big Ten reportedly opposes moving college football season to the spring. At least one league president is casting serious doubts about the season moving forward this fall, though. New Rutgers president Jonathan Holloway is overseeing what should be a very exciting year for the program. Greg Schiano returns as head coach after leaving for […]
Read MoreBig Ten Assistant Coach Has Strong Message For Duke’s Athletic Director
Rutgers basketball assistant coach Brandin Knight isn’t happy with Duke athletic director Kevin White on Tuesday. White’s controversial statement regarding the college sports’ name, image and likeness issue continues to be a hotly contested topic. White shares the belief that the NCAA’s permitting of allowing athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness could […]
Read MoreBig Ten Expects To Have All 14 Schools Ready For College Football This Fall
The sports world has been in a state of uncertainty for the past two months due to the current pandemic. However, the latest news surrounding the 2020 college football season is mostly positive, especially for fans of the Big Ten. At this point, it sounds like the SEC will be playing football this fall. Most […]
Read MoreScott Frost Addresses Departure Of QB Noah Vedral
Noah Vedral will play for a coach not named Scott Frost for the first time in his college career this fall. After following Frost from UCF to Nebraska, the former Huskers quarterback is heading for another Big Ten program. On Wednesday, Vedral announced his transfer to Rutgers. He should be favored to start for the […]
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