By Brian Bennett via ESPN.com -- The Big Ten has released its complete prime-time schedule for the 2012 season, with 14 total games under the lights this fall. That includes six games on the ABC/ESPN family of networks and eight on the Big Ten Network. Here you go, night owls (all kickoffs listed in ET): Aug. 31 Boise State at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ESPN Sept. 1 Indiana State at Indiana, 8 p.m., Big Ten Network Sept. 8 Vanderbilt at Northwestern, 8 p.m., BTN Sept. 15 Notre Dame at Michigan State, 8 ... Read More

According to an article published on ESPN's website, one of the nation's most heavily-recruited linebacker prospects in the nation has made his decision as to where he will play football.  Dorian O'Daniel, who is listed as 6'1" and 205 lbs., has committed to Clemson.   The Tigers landed this powerhouse from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Olney, Md.) even though O'Daniel was being pursued by multipal colleges. Ohio State, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Syracuse, ... Read More

By: Josh Martin (BleacherReport.com) --  Who's No. 1? It's a simple question, really, one that the college basketball universe has been asking of the Big Ten all season. And one that Ohio State finally appears prepared to answer in the affirmative this week. The Buckeyes claimed a share of the conference's regular-season title by way of a 72-70 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing on Sunday, sharing the honor with the Spartans and arch rival Michigan at 13-5 ... Read More

From: sportsnetwork.com -- Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Jordan Taylor netted 19 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists, and No. 16 Wisconsin edged No. 8 Ohio State, 63-60, in a thriller on Sunday. Jared Berggren scored 18 points and Ryan Evans had a double-double with 10 points to go with 10 boards for the Badgers (21-8, 10-6 Big Ten), who bounced back from a one-point ... Read More

From: modbee.com -- Thanks, Big Ten. The bruised feelings and backbiting over recruiting last week confirmed my long-standing argument that it's nothing more than an image-obsessed, ethically convenient, regionally focused football conference. It exists in its own little parochial enclave, conning itself and its legions of apologists that it operates from a higher moral compass than other, more competitively dominating conferences. The combative reaction to Urban Meyer's first Ohio State recruiting class exposed the Big Ten's double standards. Every ... Read More

By Eric Prisbell (WashingtonPost.com) --The Big Ten is the nation’s strongest conference this season. It may also be the nation’s most balanced. Aside from Nebraska and Penn State, every other team in the 12-team league is capable of an upset or two. Among the noteworthy results this weekend: Northwestern beating Michigan State; Iowa blasting Michigan and Ohio State avenging an earlier loss to resurgent Indiana. There certainly are many Big Ten haters out there. But the league is the nation’s ... Read More

By: Luke Pashke (BleacherReport.com) --Urban Meyer's search is now complete and his entire coaching staff is now full. The rumor mill ran rapid throughout the process, with names like Mike Stoops and Greg Studrawa being associated with Meyer's staff but for the most part, his choices weren't headliners. However, that's not to say that this isn't a solid staff. It is chock-full of young, talented and passionate coaches. With the offensive coaching staff now complete, let's get ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- IOWA CITY, Iowa --  Jared Sullinger was walking back to the Ohio State locker room with a towel draped around his neck when he spotted freshman Shannon Scott being grilled by reporters. The effervescent Sullinger pulled up in front of the scrum and started making faces, drawing a wide smile from Scott. Sullinger had every reason to be in good spirits after the show he put on in Iowa City. Sullinger scored a season-high 28 points and ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four days after Iowa provided a first step, but far from a definite answer, toward determining a Republican presidential nominee, the Big Ten basketball race will hold its version of a caucus when Ohio State visits Iowa City today. The Buckeyes are still the frontrunner, picked unanimously to win the Big Ten by a poll of 24 conference writers surveyed by the Columbus Dispatch in October, and continuing ... Read More

By: Scott Dochterman (TheGazette.com) -- Big Ten football schedules had slick manueverability when the league carried an unwieldy number of 11 schools. Each football program played two permanent rivals annually and faced the other league opponents six times over an eight-year period. That scheduling procedure worked until it got in the way of progress. In June 2010, the Big Ten voted to unanimously add Nebraska as its 12th member. In football terms that meant two divisions and a new scheduling ... Read More