By Jeff Goodman(CBSSports.com) -- Jared Sullinger gave up late-night snacks and his favorite foods this past summer and shed about 25 pounds of baby fat in an effort to become more versatile and increase his stamina. He was primed for a huge season. Instead, he's caught the injury bug. The once-rotund Ohio State sophomore big man, who entered the season as the frontrunner for National Player of the Year honors, missed last weekend's loss at Kansas with ... Read More

By: Matt Markey (ToledoBlade.com) --COLUMBUS -- Trailing by a point with 36 seconds to play, the visitors went for two and the win. To the surprise of absolutely no one, they didn't run the ball up the middle or try a predictable play they had already used a dozen times earlier that cold November day along the shore of Lake Michigan. Urban Meyer called a reverse and had his tight-end-sized quarterback Josh Harris fake a handoff inside and ... Read More

By: Bud Elliot (SBNation.com) -- Wednesday night I was fortunate enough to chat with Tyler T. of Along The Olentangy, the excellent Ohio State site on the SB Nation network. Our main topic of conversation was, of course, Urban Meyer. And specifically Urban's plan to recruit at Ohio State. And it's safe to say that Tyler believes Meyer is going to be a major hit. "Meyer is bringing that SEC aggressiveness that hasn't been seen in the Big Ten. And I think he'll have immediate ... Read More

By: Brent Yarina (BTN.com) -- Every week during the football season, Brent Yarina posts his latest Big Ten Power Rankings. As for the power rankings, they are not meant to mimic the Big Ten standings. What fun would that be? They aren’t scientific, either. They’re simply Brent’s thoughts on where each Big Ten team stands after its latest game and entering its next contest. Agree? Disagree? Tweet @BTNBrentYarina. 1. Wisconsin (8-2, 4-2) – Star center Peter Konz’s foot ... Read More

From: MarionStar.com -- Handicapping the Big Ten race used to be so easy. Plug Ohio State into the No. 1 spot and then forget about it until November when the Buckeyes make you look like a genius. Nobody remembers (thank goodness) who you picked second through 11. Those days, though, are gone. Drat. The league added another top-shelf program in Nebraska, split the now-12 team circuit into two divisions and created a league championship game, bringing it into the ... Read More

From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Monday the launch of the Honoring Legends. Building Leaders. Mobile Tour that will visit each Big Ten campus this football season. The tour will contain the Big Ten Football Championship and division trophies and will make its stop in Columbus for the Sept. 24 game against Colorado. The mobile tour will entertain and educate fans about the new era of Big Ten football and the exciting road ... Read More

By: Stewart Mandel (SportsIllustrated.com) -- The Big Ten certainly wouldn't be the Big Ten without all 11, er, 12 schools. This fall will mark a momentous change, as everyone from Penn State to Michigan State, Iowa to Illinois, acclimates to a world of Leaders and Legends and cross-divisional matchups, trips to Lincoln, Neb., and, for the lucky two, a December showdown in Indianapolis. But even the proudest Northwestern or Minnesota fan, even the newcomers from Nebraska, understand ... Read More

By: Greg Kozarik (Examiner.com) --  A championship game, two divisions, a new school, four new head coaches, plenty of new players and of course a scandal that rocked the college football universe are just a bit of what happened to the Big Ten over the past six months. Now as the college football season is about to kickoff, the Big Ten conference is ready to start a new chapter in the conference’s long history. The addition of the Nebraska ... 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

By Chris Larkin (iSportsWeb.com) -- With 5 players serving 5 game suspensions for the Ohio State Buckeyes, including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, this year’s Big Ten title race could be wide open. The Buckeyes have finished first or tied for first in each of the last six seasons, but with five key players and head coach Jim Tressell suspended for the first 5 games of the season, the Buckeyes could face some early adversity which they are unaccustomed to.  ... Read More