BIG NOOOOOOOD Saturday Morning Hangout, Week 1

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Good morning! It's the first official proper football Saturday. We've got a blissfully long weekend of Big Ten games ahead of us (or behind us, for the fanbases that have already played). Let's get prepared by reading a few articles, shooting the shit, and talking ball.

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From OTR!

WWBWWBD - Week 1

See how your “writers” will be enjoying their holiday weekend!

Off Tackle RepublicHoustonBoiler

B1G Football Survivor 2026 - Week 0/Week 1

The goal of B1G survivor is simple: be the last one standing in the survivor pool.

Off Tackle RepublicBoilerUp89

The Week Zero Conundrum: What Does The First Game Really Tell Us?

This week’s hypothesis: first impressions tend to be more predictive that you suspect.

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Preseason Big Ten Power Poll: Big Ten Teams as ABBA Songs

Who says disco is dead?

Off Tackle RepublicTransient Buckeye

2026 Big Ten Football Record Predictions

Here’s how the Big Ten will finish in 2026, from a crack team of blog experts.

Off Tackle RepublicMNWildcat

Ranking the Big Ten Football Stadiums

What’s the best college football game on this weekend? What time do tonight’s games kick off? And how do the Big Ten stadiums rank by capacity (if they were municipalities in their home states)?

Off Tackle RepublicMNWildcat

Big Ten Football Week 1 Picks, Predictions, Previews

You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick a Rutgers win

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From Elsewhere!

Huskers Dominate Under the Lights

Plus more fall sports updates

Dream B1GAri Levin

By the Numbers: UMass completes unthinkable 37-21 upset at Rutgers

The Minutemen snapped a 16-game losing streak and exorcised plenty of demons in the process.

By The BeltSteve Helwick

Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden welcome you to ‘College Football Happy Hour’

College football is almost here, and no one is more excited than Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden, hosts of “College Football Happy Hour.”

Awful AnnouncingMichael Grant

Play is doing its work even if we’re not keeping score | Aeon Essays

We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity

AeonJustin Neuman