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• Miami, Wisconsin Battle in Champs Sports Bowl
• By Mark Hasty 12/29/2009 11:25 AM ET
• This is the most ironically named bowl in all of bowldom. Think about it. Neither of these teams are the champs of anything, and if they were, they wouldn't be playing in this bowl. Still, this is a ... More »
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• Pickin' on the Big Ten: Let's Go Bowling
• By Mark Hasty 11/05/2009 11:30 AM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten previews the weekend's games so Big Ten haters can get even more nervous. I don't know if you've noticed, but the rest of the college football universe is sort ... More »
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• Pickin' on the Big Ten: Teams for Sale
• By Mark Hasty 10/15/2009 10:30 AM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten gives you the bottom line on the upcoming weekend's games. Every team now has six games on the books. Well, Illinois doesn't, which is good news/bad news. ... More »
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• Pickin' On the Big Ten: Is the Peter Principle Making Illinois Ill?
• By Mark Hasty 10/08/2009 11:30 AM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten stays late to run the TPS reports on the coming weekend's games. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence. The above ... More »
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• Wisconsin Holds on to Legendary Axe
• By Bruce Ciskie 10/03/2009 4:00 PM ET
• In 2003, kicker Rhys Lloyd hit a last-second field goal to lift Minnesota over Wisconsin. As soon as the ball went through the uprights, Lloyd high-tailed it to the Wisconsin sideline. He was looking ... More »
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• Pickin' On the Big Ten: Wake Me Up When Spartember Ends
• By Mark Hasty 9/30/2009 7:00 PM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten tries to make sense out of the upcoming weekend's games. It was not supposed to be like this for Mark Dantonio and the Michigan State Spartans. Sure, they lost ... More »
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• Pickin' On the Big Ten: V for Vendetta
• By Mark Hasty 9/24/2009 9:45 AM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, settling the scores before the scores are settled. Penn State has declared that Saturday night's game with Iowa will be a ... More »
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• Badgers Overcome Flu, Fresno State
• By Bruce Ciskie 9/13/2009 12:15 PM ET
• Bret Bielema will tell you that Fresno State is tough enough. No additional challenges are necessary when the Bulldogs pop up on the schedule, because they'll give you all that you can handle. The ... More »
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• Pickin' On the Big Ten: Can Anybody Here Coach This Game?
• By Mark Hasty 9/10/2009 12:30 PM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, even when the truth is ugly. It was a bad week for vowels. The seven Big Ten schools whose names start with consonants ... More »
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• Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 1
• By Mark Hasty 9/03/2009 9:30 AM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the upcoming weekend's action in The Conference Everybody Loves to Hate. Oh, it's here. It's finally, finally, finally here. No more depth-chart ... More »
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• Wisconsin Still Playing Coy With Quarterback Position
• By Bruce Ciskie 8/27/2009 4:50 PM ET
• The Wisconsin Badgers open a pivotal season in a little more than a week. Off a 7-6 season that ended with an embarrassing home win and a blowout at the hands of Florida State in the Champs Sports ... More »
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