Illinois expat in the Mid-Atlantic. Non-tenure track history nerd.
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Well, that was a good start to the season! Thanks to all who hung around the OTR Pub and shot the shit on Saturday. ISU-KSU was a messy, sloppy, delightful affair, UNLV needed a lot to break right to beat Idaho State (!), the Rainbow Warriors nailed a walk-off FG to
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Lot of news yesterday. Let's get to the links! 1. The SEC is finally moving to a nine game conference schedule like the Big Ten! Cue the "who hates who more?" debate to determine the eventual protected rivalries. 2. Nearly two years after the hazing scandal
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48 hours out, all. Hold on to your butts.
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Midweek, y'all. Irish Farmageddon in 72 hours.
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I would have more links for you, but writing my Michigan article cheated me of the time. Happy Tuesday, all.
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Hot damn, we have college football in days. DAYS. Hours, even! Meanwhile, * The Big Ten now wants to expand to 24 or 28 teams in the playoff. Ahem, Mr. Pettiti: WE DON'T WANT THIS. * And from our friends over at SBN's NC State blog, yeah. These
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* Hey, it looks like Michigan is getting "punished" today! I hope the NCAA doesn't cheat us out of some fun! * ESPN ranks the bottom 10 FBS programs. Oh, poor Kent State. You didn't deserve this (again).
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T Minus 9 days to CFB.
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Y'all know that the Nittany Lion isn't real, right?
Basketball
Many thanks to our favorite Hawkeye and frequent guest writer, Mr. Grizz, for putting together like 4k words on Iowa football and basketball! Here's a thought: Kirk Ferentz's football philosophy at Iowa was unintentionally legitimized (at least to much of the Iowa fanbase) by Fran McCaffery.
Football
If you missed the original post from last week, we took all 153 different Big Ten matchups and winnowed them down to get a top 25 by using stats, methodology, and a good amount of vibes. Now we're doing the harder part: it's time to rank
Football
Like the groundhog heading out in Punxsutawney hearkens the arrival of spring, so too does the entirety of the Big Ten football media descending upon Indy in July mark the beginning of football season! Wait, what? They're in Vegas? At the Mandalay Bay casino? Sure, ok. Anyways, the