By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As we enter the home stretch of the regular season in the Big Ten, a few things could be decided on Saturday. A win at Wisconsin would give Ohio State the outright Leaders Division championship. The Buckeyes are guaranteed no worse than a share of the title after Penn […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent The nightmare scenario that many feared this summer could become reality in the Big Ten. Once Ohio State and Penn State were both declared ineligible for the post-season, people who follow the Big Ten began to ponder the possibility of which remaining four teams from the Leaders Division had a shot […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Just when you think you have the Big Ten football somewhat figured out, last week happens. Michigan appeared ready to solidify itself not only as the favorite to win the Legends Division, but take a stranglehold in doing so. Nebraska, though, had other ideas and now the Cornhuskers control their […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent One look at Saturday’s Big Ten schedule and it’s easy to decipher that we could be entering the month of November and both divisions could for all practical purposes be sewn up. That scenario will indeed unfold if Michigan is able to win Saturday at Nebraska. A Wolverine win in […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent It’s probably a good thing for the Big Ten that the preseason college basketball coaches poll came out this week since the conference has been agonizing through what to date has been a forgettable football season. The Big Ten leads all conferences with five men’s basketball teams ranked in the […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent This will mark the third week of Big Ten play and it likely will feature the most important game of the season in the Leaders Division. Wisconsin at Purdue. The winner of Saturday’s game in Ross-Ade Stadium will have an inside track on a ticket to the Big Ten Championship […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent So the opening week of Big Ten play has come and gone. What did we learn? Well, for starters, Nebraska looks to be awfully good, especially at home. Ohio State is good, too, but what else is new? Michigan State looks like it will have to rely on defense to […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is towing the company line this week, saying Everett Golson remains the Irish’s starting quarterback going forward. Who Notre Dame’s starting quarterback will be going forward was a topic of discussion immediately following the 13-6 win over Michigan Saturday, and it continues to be a […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent The Big Ten continues to be the proverbial punching bag for the national college football pundits and for good reason. One look at the latest Associated Press poll and it will reveal not one team from the conference is ranked in the top-15 nationally. How sad is that? Well, it […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Appearing on ESPN’s The Herd on Tuesday, former Irish Hall of Fame coach Lou Holtz spoke highly of Notre Dame and its 3-0 start this season. What else is new, right? Let me say this to all those fans who say I’m for Notre Dame, they do have a statue […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Before the Notre Dame-Michigan State game Saturday night, Irish coach Brian Kelly said we would learn a lot about quarterback Everett Golson. We did, but we also learned that the Irish have a pretty darn good defense that is quicker and more talented than it has been in a while. […]
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