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• Lord Voldemort Revisited: Confusion Reigns in Big Ten
• By Mark Hasty 3/10/2010 10:00 PM ET
• Last spring I wrote an article comparing Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany to Lord Voldemort, the freakishly evil villain from the Harry Potter books. At the time I was inspired to write it by Delany's ... More »
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• Texas AD: No Talks With Big Ten About Expansion
• By Terrance Harris 2/24/2010 9:40 PM ET
• University of Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds has mostly been quiet as speculation has swirled the past couple weeks that the Big Ten may be interested in the Longhorns if the league expands. ... More »
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• Texas to Big Ten? Commissioner Delany Says That's News to Him
• By Terrance Harris 2/12/2010 5:50 PM ET
• In the first official word from the Big Ten, commissioner Jim Delany told a Chicago radio station Friday that the conference has not contacted any schools about possible expansion. A report came ... More »
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• Texas-to-Big Ten Rumors Heat Up
• By Mark Hasty 2/11/2010 11:07 AM ET
• Ever since the Big Ten started kicking around the idea of expanding to twelve teams, Texas has figured prominently in the discussion of who that 12th member might be. Missouri, Pittsburgh, and ... More »
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• Big Ten Signing Day a Tale of Misses
• By Mark Hasty 2/03/2010 8:48 PM ET
• Now that the goofy meat raffle we call National Signing Day is mostly over, it's time to count up the "winners" and "losers" in the Big Ten. I put those words in quotes because, as we all know, some ... More »
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• Big Ten Review: A Year of Vindication
• By Mark Hasty 1/26/2010 9:00 AM ET
• The road to redemption is pretty long, and unfortunately, every gas station along that road has terrible coffee. The road to vindication is nice and short, however. The Big Ten took a trip down that ... More »
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• Iowa Seeks to Boost Big Ten Bowl Roll
• By Brett McMurphy 1/05/2010 1:45 PM ET
• FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- That annual late December/early January tradition of Big Ten bowl bashing has been a little quieter this season. Ohio State defeated No. 7 and Pac-10 champion Oregon in the ... More »
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• No Leach, No Problem as McNeill Leads Texas Tech to Victory
• By Terrance Harris 1/03/2010 2:15 AM ET
• Texas Tech interim coach Ruffin McNeill called it the most difficult week of his life as he watched his boss be suspended and later fired. ... More »
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• Appalachian State Staggers Michigan
• By Clay Travis 12/26/2009 4:00 PM ET
• Over the remainder of the year, FanHouse will be covering the top sports stories of the decade. In this installment, Clay Travis looks at the most memorable college football game of the decade. On ... More »
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• Big Ten Starts Looking at 12th School
• By Mark Hasty 12/19/2009 12:01 AM ET
• The Big Ten has announced that expanding to 12 teams is now a "front-burner" issue. It's not their only front-burner issue; commissioner Jim Delany also wants to get to the bottom of what this whole ... More »
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• Big Ten Wants in on Championship Game Money
• By Michael David Smith 12/15/2009 11:23 AM ET
• For the SEC, Big 12 and ACC, conference championship games aren't just contests to determine which team gets an automatic BCS berth. They're also lucrative events that generate major revenue from TV ... More »
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• Minnesota Coach's Apparent Interest in Kansas Job Irks His AD
• By Terrance Harris 12/09/2009 12:30 AM ET
• It's not clear whether or not Minnesota Gophers Tim Brewster is a serious contender for the Kansas job, but from the sounds of the Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi he might need to be. Maturi ... More »
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• Buckeye Bullseye in OT Saves Win
• By FanHouse Newswire 11/14/2009 7:01 PM ET
• COLUMBUS, Ohio(AP) -- The oldest of the Buckeyes sent Ohio State back to the Granddaddy of all bowls. Devin Barclay, a 26-year-old former pro soccer player, kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime to ... More »
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• Big Ten Notebook: Buckeyes Back in Control in Title Race
• By Mark Hasty 11/11/2009 12:00 PM ET
• One little loss to Northwestern can change everything. Iowa looked like the team to beat in the Big Ten title race, but now that it has fallen to the Wildcats and Ohio State has beaten Penn State, all ... More »
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• In Big Ten, a Race Like No Other
• By Ray Holloman 11/10/2009 7:37 PM ET
• For a man who said goodbye to his 2009 team as reluctantly as a kid giving back a puppy, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo took the fastest possible route to this year's season kick-off. He arrived in an ... More »
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• Big Ten Title Race Tightens Up
• By Mark Hasty 11/04/2009 4:45 PM ET
• With three games left in the conference season, the Big Ten championship is seemingly up for grabs. I say "seemingly" because thus far Iowa has proved to be more resilient than Kevlar, cast iron, and ... More »
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• Pickin' on the Big Ten: Iowa Isn't Concerned About Your Scorn
• By Mark Hasty 10/29/2009 12:00 PM ET
• Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten runs down the weekend's games from inside a chicken coop, at least as far as you know. Cue the inevitable anti-Iowa backlash. A team that barely got by ... More »
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• Clearing Up the Big Ten Picture
• By Mark Hasty 10/26/2009 7:30 AM ET
• While most of the world is still trying to figure out how the Iowa Hawkeyes stole the cheese out of the mousetrap -- again -- the conference title race is beginning to take a little more shape. Since ... More »
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• Big Ten Title Race Far From Over
• By Mark Hasty 10/20/2009 3:30 PM ET
• The Iowa Hawkeyes are the Big Ten's only undefeated team, both in conference play and overall. Right behind the No. 7 Hawkeyes stand a 5-2 team (Ohio State), a 4-3 team (Michigan State), and a 6-1 ... 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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