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Jim has been the shrewdest commissioner in sports, in 2007 he kept the Big Ten at the top with launching a TV network, and watched as all the other conferences got greedy and impatient to close the gap. They unilaterally signed long term TV deals with big dollar figures that showed a comparable...

Thanks for the update Rob. I imagine the coaches are thinning out the herd a little bit to try to make this a bigger group coming in 2016. It sucks but some 2 stars aren't cut out to be D1.

Just another banner year for the Big Ten - just to compare, the SEC is going to average 28.6 million per school for tier 1, 2, and 3 rights over a 20 year deal with ESPN that includes no equity in the network. The Big Ten is nearly there per school now, and the most valuable rights are about to...

It's kind of a funny deal, the SEC might get a ton of exposure out of this deal, but they got royally screwed on the money end of it. I heard on another website they're looking at a 28.6 million per school average with the media deal and the SEC does not get any ownership in the network -...

I would lean towards believing Podalak rather than Harty, who doesn't know his *** from a hole in the ground. Podolak may be a homer but he knows football. After having some time away from last year's situation, seeing the practices, and cooling off, I can see the why behind the decisions...

Donatell did nothing on Saturday for you or anyone else to doubt him. They held NIU to about 200 yds and 17 pts, and only 57 yd passing. Half of the run yardage was from a big run for a TD by Lynch that was on Tanner Miller's side of the field. Last year Sleeper lost his job the moment he didn't...

A lot of you guys seem to be morons. James and the rest of the defense did a good job yesterday, only 17 pts given up and they got off the field and got the offense the ball for most of the game. They gave up 1 big play and 1 long drive. James wasn't perfect by any means, but the offense N...

One of his runs he should have been gone, no one really had a good angle on him but he was too slow at the top end and the DB's and safeties caught him. We had such a good O-line last year, most of the holes were huge last year, and he couldn't cash in for points because of his speed. He really...

Plus its basically going to be a home game! There will be 55,000 hawk fans in Soldier Field. Hell, Jake Christiansen couldn't even f up against NIU when we played them last. I see eight wins in that schedule myself. People also don't see it now, but Iowa has enough talent on the defensive line...

Some of the Lebron haters on this thread are really kidding themselves. Wilt? Guy was an all-time great. But the league was way different back in his day, he didn't exactly dominate at his position for most of his career (Bill Russell), the NBA wasn't a major sport yet, and getting laid is not...

I believe the NCAA will hit them with a lack of institutional control. There's just too much evidence that the people at the top lost control of the program. It is now public knowledge that there was a cover-up of Sandusky's conduct and it's so much worse than simply ignoring evidence of...

I do think that there is some truth in that we just aren't going to get a ton of 4 star prospects this year. Michigan in particular has really hurt us this year head to head in recruiting, and MSU and Wisconsin are getting a few punches in as well. We're not necessarily getting our first choices...