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 MoreThe 2020 Preseason Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Is Out
We’re about one month away from the start of the 2020 college football season (more for the SEC and some other teams). Ahead of the start of the most bonkers college football season in history, the first polls are starting to trickle in. On Wednesday, USA Today revealed its annual preseason Coaches’ Poll Top 25. […]
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 More247Sports Says 1 Big Ten Team Has ‘Cakewalk’ Schedule
The revised Big Ten schedule is out and some teams should have smoother sailing than others this fall. But there’s one team that 247Sports writer Bud Elliott believes got the best “cakewalk” schedule in the conference. In a schedule ranking for all 14 Big Ten teams, Elliott declared that Wisconsin has the easiest schedule. Elliott […]
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 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 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 MoreWisconsin Is Changing Its Uniforms To Support The Black Community
When – and if – the 2020 college football season kicks off, the Wisconsin Badgers will have a new jersey to wear. Earlier this offseason a group of Badgers football players called for the change. They penned a letter to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, athletic director Barry Alvarez and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims. The […]
Read MoreThe 4 Highest-Rated Rookie RBs In Madden NFL 21
The Madden NFL 21 ratings have been trickling in ahead of its August release. Today we got a look at the highest-rated rookie RBs in the new Madden game, and the numbers are very interesting. On Monday, FOX College Football revealed the four highest-rated rookie RBs in the upcoming game. Getting the top rating at […]
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 MoreDecision Made On Northwestern-Wisconsin Game At Wrigley Field
The 2020 college football game between Wisconsin and Northwestern was initially slated to be played at Chicago’s iconic Wrigley Field. But the ongoing pandemic has forced the Wildcats to change the venue. On Wednesday, Northwestern announced that the November 7 matchup against the Badgers will no longer be played at Wrigley Field. The Wildcats athletic […]
Read More247Sports Releases Preseason Big Ten Football Media Poll
As we await word on whether the 2020 college football season will happen as scheduled, 247Sports has dropped its preseason Big Ten media poll. Using its network of beat writers, 247Sports has compiled media polls for all of the Power 5 conferences. The ballots are logged and tallied, with first-place votes garnering seven points, second-place […]
Read MoreSporting News Ranked College Football’s Top 25 Programs Of The Decade
Sporting News has released its ranking of college football’s top 25 programs of the decade. There’s a clear No. 1 team. Alabama checks in as the top program of the decade, per Sporting News’ points system. The Crimson Tide “played for a national championship six times in 10 seasons.” Nick Saban has a knack for […]
Read MoreNew College Football Playoff Betting Odds Released
The College Football Playoff has managed to include at least one new team each year, but overall you’ll see familiar names more often than not. Many of those usual suspects are up around the top of the latest odds for making the four-team field. FOX Bet just put out an updated list of odds to […]
Read MoreNebraska Basketball Loses Commitment From Wisconsin Transfer Kobe King
Wisconsin transfer guard Kobe King will no longer be joining Nebraska basketball. King, the former Wisconsin guard, announced his transfer decision back in February. Rather than leaving the Big Ten, the 6-foot-3 originally planned to join Fred Hoiberg and the Nebraska basketball program. The move didn’t sit very well with Badgers fans, for obvious reasons. […]
Read More2021 College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot Released
The College Football Hall of Fame ballot has been released for the 2021 class. It is stocked with names that should be very familiar to football fans. 78 players and seven coaches from the FBS ranks are included. Over 12,000 National Football Foundation members and existing Hall of Famers will vote on the candidates, and […]
Read MoreWisconsin Football Commit Has A Message For Ohio State
Wisconsin-Ohio State has been a bit lopsided lately, going in favor of the Buckeyes. But Badgers’ defensive end commit TJ Bollers is looking to change the narrative surrounding the classic Big Ten matchup. The Buckeyes have had no issue taking down the Badgers over the years. Ohio State has won eight straight games in the […]
Read MoreFormer Alabama, Wisconsin LB Has New Transfer Destination
Christian Bell began his college football career at Alabama, and spent most of his time at Wisconsin. He’ll suit up for a third school to finish things out. Bell was a three-star player out of Hoover, Ala. in the 2015 recruiting class, per 247Sports. As the No. 407 player in the country, he committed to […]
Read MoreBig Ten Conference Announces Its 2 Athletes Of The Year
The Big Ten has announced its two conference Athletes of the Year. Ohio State football star Chase Young and Wisconsin volleyball star Dana Rettke are the recipients of the award during this strange year in sports. Young and Rettke both had the luck of playing during the fall season. That was the only one completed […]
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