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

By: Tom Dienhart via btn.com --    Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is a genius–at least when it comes to spicing up spring football games. Let’s face it: These spring “games” often are little more than glorified scrimmages to appease and tease fans. The interest? Minimal—aside from the true cognoscenti. Many coaches don’t like them, preferring to run a scrimmage or just conduct another practice for fear of injury. Lack of depth is another reason many coaches don’t like intrasquad scrimmages, as it often makes it ... Read More

By Donald Wood (BleacherReport.com) --  With the Big Ten Tournament looming large over college basketball fans, we have broken the odds of who will win the conference tournament. Five nationally ranked teams grace this conference, which is regarded as one of the toughest in all of college sports, but only one can walk away the Big Ten Champion. Every team has a chance to win the tourney, but some teams have much better odds to pull out the victory than the rest. See where ... Read More

From: AP via ESPN.com -- EVANSTON, Ill. --  Jared Sullinger knew the pass was coming to him. And why not after he had powered and muscled his way through Northwestern defenders all game? Teammate Aaron Craft delivered the ball right where Sullinger wanted it. He turned and banked in the game-winner with 3.1 seconds left Wednesday night as Ohio State (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) recovered after squandering a 13-point lead to beat Northwestern 75-73. "Craft threw a perfect pass to me ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) --  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- To watch Jared Sullinger against Wisconsin on Sunday was to wonder what was wrong with Ohio State's All-American. Was it physical? Was something still bothering him relating to the back injury that sidelined him for two games in December? Had he dropped too much weight in the off-season while getting in better shape and now wasn't able to establish position in the post? Was it mental? Was Sullinger frustrated by ... Read More

By Ryan Feldman (ESPN.com) -- In Northwestern’s not-so-storied men’s basketball history, Wednesday’s game in Evanston against No. 11 Ohio State could legitimately be the most important game in school history. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi currently has Northwestern as one of his “Last Four In” the field. Why would a regular-season game be so important to a program that has existed since 1904 and has spent the last 95 seasons in the Big Ten? The Wildcats are the only team in a ... 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 MIKE CLARK (suntimes.com) -- 1. Ohio State: The Buckeyes can’t play in the Big Ten championship game or a bowl this season, thanks to the fallout from the scandal that led to Jim Tressel’s forced departure. But new coach Urban Meyer still recruited the conference’s best class, including Glenbard West DT Tommy Schutt, and they’ll be ready for the postseason in 2013. 2. Michigan: Second-year coach Brady Hoke has another exceptional class, one that’s just behind ... 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 Danny Restivo (TheLantern.com) -- The No. 11 Ohio State women's basketball team returns to action Thursday against Northwestern after suffering its first defeat of the season Saturday. While the loss against Michigan ended an unblemished record, coach Jim Foster is looking to his upperclassmen to take a leading role in the upcoming game. "I think it's up to your players to respond," Foster said. "The older players, you plus games and you bounce back, the younger players ... Read More