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

By: AP via ESPN.com --  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Even Ohio State's 1-2 punch recognizes the problems it causes. "It's probably hard for them," Tayler Hill said."What are you going to do, double one of us?" Samantha Prahalis added. "It's difficult." Prahalis scored 30 points and Hill added 28 to rally Ohio State (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) from a 15-point first-half deficit for an 84-71 victory over Iowa on Monday. The Buckeyes (15-0, 2-0 Big Ten) are off ... Read More

From: ESPN.com -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Believe it or not, the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl isn't just about Urban Meyer. There are plenty of other things to know about the Jan. 2 matchup between Florida and Ohio State at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. Here's an early look at just the second meeting between the schools: A LOT OF HISTORY Florida has played in more Gator Bowls than any other bowl game. This will be the school's ninth appearance, but first since ... Read More

By Thomas Bradley (TheLantern.com) -- With a high-powered running offense led by junior quarterback Denard Robinson awaiting Ohio State in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Buckeyes will lose to Michigan for the first time since Nov. 22, 2003. After a game that was predicted to be a defensive struggle against Penn State on Saturday, the scoring was high and the defense was almost non-existent in the first half. OSU allowed 20 points in the first half to a PSU squad that, ... Read More

From: jconline.com -- The kickoff time for Nov. 12 Ohio State at Purdue football game won't be announced until Monday, Nov. 7, the Big Ten announced today. ESPN/ABC is exercising one of its six-day selection rights. Other games being held by the network are Michigan State at Iowa, Michigan at Illinois, Wisconsin at Minnesota and Nebraska at Penn State. Two of the five games will be broadcast by ESPN, ESPN2, or possibly ESPNU, at noon. One of the ... Read More

From: PostBulletin.com -- MADISON, Wis. — The face of Big Ten Conference football continues to change. Big Ten officials announced Thursday the league's football teams will begin playing a nine-game conference schedule in 2017. According to the plan: Three teams each from the Legends Division and Leaders Division will have five league home games during odd-numbered years and the three other teams from each division will have five league home games in even-numbered years. In 2017, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio State from the ... Read More