Published on: 22nd October, 2009
In the first edition of the Big Ten Power Rankings, the members of the Big Ten roundtable forecasted a situation where five teams would battle to the end for the Big Ten crown. Those five teams—Ohio State, Penn State, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan State—now all find themselves in ...Published on: 17th October, 2009
The Big Ten title race is starting to get interesting. Despite spotting the Wolverines seven points less than a minute into the game, Iowa held off a pesky Michigan squad to go 6-0 on the season, and Ohio State once again proved that their defense is not only the ...Published on: 12th October, 2009
The Saturday upset has become a weekly tradition so far this season. The state of Oklahoma is the home of the first two victims. First, the Sooners stumbled at Jerry's World against the Cougars of Brigham Young. Then another set of Cougars, this time from Houston, took down the Cowboys of ...Published on: 11th October, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — This wasn't how Bret Bielema imagined his Saturday afternoon would go.Bielema's Badgers came into the Horseshoe on Saturday confident, sporting a 5-0 record, and expecting to go 6-0 for the first time since Barry Alvarez roamed the sidelines in 2004. Wisconsin, under Alvarez, enjoyed tremendous success on ...Published on: 9th October, 2009
Big Ten conference play continued last week offering a slew of exciting match-ups. The Spartans won bragging rights over in-state rival Michigan for the second consecutive year, Minnesota battled to the end but failed to take Paul Bunyan's Axe from Wisconsin for the sixth consecutive year, Northwestern spotted Purdue 18 ...Published on: 8th October, 2009
After five weeks, the Big Ten title race is starting to take shape and the games that will decide the 2009 champion are beginning to become more and more clear.Ohio State and Penn State, the preseason favorites, are both still in the hunt (though the Nittany Lions chances now hinge ...Published on: 7th October, 2009
The first edition of the 2009 Bleacher Creature College Football Poll offers some twists on the recognized college football polls. Like the AP, Coaches, and Harris Interactive polls, the top three teams in the country are clearly out in front of the rest of the pack. Florida, Texas, and Alabama all ...Published on: 4th October, 2009
The Bleacher Creature College Football Poll is back! The major college football polls have all seemingly lost their minds when it comes to ranking college football's top teams. Each poll has had shocking and somewhat embarrassing lapses in judgment. The AP poll has on a few occasions this season punished teams ...Published on: 2nd October, 2009
The Big Ten began conference play last week. Iowa got a huge win in State College, the Buckeyes got their second consecutive shut-out against a supposed high powered offense, Wisconsin looked solid in victory, and Michigan outpaced the Hoosiers in a shoot-out in the Big House.I went 3-3 for the ...Published on: 1st October, 2009
For the third time in as many weeks, the BR Big Ten Pollsters have named a new number one team. After quieting the "White House" in State College, the Iowa Hawkeyes vault up the rankings, supplanting Ohio State and Penn State as the top dog. The Hawkeyes, down 10-0 at the end ...