<![CDATA[Deadspin: Big Ten]]> http://ganja.gawkerassets.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Big Ten]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/big ten http://deadspin.com/tag/big ten <![CDATA[Reports: Wisconsin Running Back Montee Ball Arrested For Lamest Offense Ever]]> Twitter is aflutter with reports of one of the silliest transgressions in college football. Montee Ball was apparently arrested and cited for trespassing during Wisconsin's annual Mifflin Street block party. The picture above, appeared on Twitter minutes ago and purports to show Ball being taken away by a couple of crossing guard-looking police officers. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5907964&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Florida State, Vanderbilt, And Michigan State Are Going Dancing, But They Would Have Been Anyway]]> This brings to a close our series highlighting teams celebrating their conference championships, and like most televised entertainment, it comes to a somewhat anticlimactic end. Sure, FSU won the ACC for the first time ever, and Vanderbilt won the SEC tournament for the first time since 1951 (though there were decades the SEC had no tournament) but save for a movement forward or backward on the seedline S-curve these games didn't make or break much. College basketball's regular season has concluded, and it's time for the brief relaxation before the NCAA tournament kicks off Tuesday. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5892342&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Northwestern Wildcats Will Not Be Going Dancing]]> What looked like a sure thing is now just a memory. The Northwestern Wildcats hoops team, despite its best efforts, will most assuredly miss qualifying for the NCAA Tournament after today's overtime loss to Minnesota in the Big 10 Tournament. The team was attempting to secure its first March Madness appearance in 73 years of existence. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5891787&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[That Craigslist Ad Offering People $75 To Attend The Big Ten Championship Game Was A Hoax]]> Spencer Hall, who had gotten hold of a response from the hoaxster and initially thought it could be legit, ended up getting to the bottom of it: "The funniest thing was all the damn Spartan and Badger fans who crawled out of the woodwork. Can't be bothered to drive 3 / 6 hours for their team and buy a cheapass 20 dollar ticket on stubhub, but FREE ticket? Nom nom nom. They should be disqualified." [Every Day Should Be Saturday] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5864119&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Indianapolis Is Not Paying People To Attend The Big Ten Championship Game, Either]]> The Big Ten has already denied it was behind the Craigslist ad that offered people $75 to attend its conference championship game Saturday night. Now, the city of Indianapolis has denied it, too. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5864009&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[There's A Good Reason Somebody's Trying To Hire Seat-Fillers For The Big Ten Championship Game [UPDATE]]]> The portion of Lucas Oil Stadium highlighted in the above image is Section 113. Situated at the 50 yard line on the far side of the field, it contains the most prominent (from a television perspective) seats in the entire facility for the upcoming Big Ten Championship game between Wisconsin and Michigan State. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5863962&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Someone Is Offering To Pay People $75 To Attend The Big Ten Championship Game]]> A Craigslist ad requesting "seat-fillers" for an event Saturday night in Indianapolis has been making the rounds today. The original ad, which you can see above (click it to view it in its entirety), stated that those interested "[m]ust have red or dark green casual clothing to wear"—a requirement that has since been removed. The ad offers to pay participants $75, to validate their parking, and to grant access to the event. It does not say where the "seat-fillers" will go, or for what event, but one can't help but notice the inaugural Big Ten championship game is being held Saturday night in Indianapolis, and that Wisconsin and Michigan State—the two teams scheduled to play—happen to wear red and green, respectively. But is the ad for real? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5863863&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Joe Paterno's Name Has Been Removed From The Big Ten Trophy That Has Not Yet Been Awarded]]> Retired life is not going any better for toppled morally complicit geezer Joe Paterno. Now his name has been removed from an essentially hypothetical trophy. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5859301&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[We Remind All Big Ten Reporters That Asking For Coach's Autograph Is Not Acceptable (Update: Ed Responds)]]> Big Ten Media Days in Chicago just wrapped up, and for the most part it was the same boring old questions, asked 100 times by 100 different reporters from across the Midwest. So it takes something special to stand out. Ed Littler, Sports Director at News 5 in Nebraska, you are something special. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5826605&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[For Jim Tressel, It's Been A Strange Few Months]]> Tressel resigned as head coach of Ohio State Monday morning. Some have suggested he departed so abruptly because of George Dohrmann's story in this week's Sports Illustrated. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5806798&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Last Night's Winner: Big Ten Refs Grab The Spotlight]]> It's rare when we even notice which conference's refs are working bowl games. So the Big Ten crews at the Music City and Pinstripe Bowls must have been doing something right. Or wrong. Or both. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5721981&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Big Ten's New Logo Really Isn't That Bad]]> Co.Design talks to Michael Bierut, the guy responsible for the Big Ten's redesign, who finds himself assailed by the sort of conference alums who'd hate any logo that wasn't Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes humping each other in a cornfield. [Co.Design] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5718949&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Big Ten Makes Some Changes. Stupid, Stupid Changes.]]> Here's the new Big Ten logo. And the division will now be called "Leaders" and "Legends." And they have about 20 trophies, each with 6 names. We joke, and criticize, and they continue to print their own money. [via Midwest Sports Fans] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5713003&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Here's A List Of Things That May Or May Not Happen Tomorrow]]> Sources tells us that all of the following things are true, unless they turn out not to be: More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5560648&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Conference Realignment Will Tear Us All Apart]]> We're on the verge of the biggest conference realignment in the history of college sports, but if it happens ... will it still be college sports? Or just pro football that happens to take place near schools? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5557835&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Big Ten Considers Desperate Plea For Attention]]> The Big Ten is sad because no one pays attention to it after Thanksgiving, so it wants to add a new school and rebuild its entire organizational structure to play one extra football game. I have a better solution. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5427330&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is The Big Ten The Best Hoops Conference?]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5417704&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Last Night's Winner: Mike D'Antoni]]> In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Mike D'Antoni, whose Rich Little version of the Suns ran the real thing out of Madison Square Garden last night. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5417026&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Big Ten: Still Sucking]]> After numerous Big Ten teams barely escaped being upset by non-conference underdogs last week, the ax dropped today with Michigan State falling to Central Michigan while Wisconsin and Northwestern barely got by Fresno State and Eastern Michigan at home. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5358078&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gator Playmate Speaks Candidly: Big Ten Girls Just Ain't That Purty]]> This month's Playboy cover model is a Florida gal who calls herself "Kelly Carrington" (a pseudonym she used for the magazine; her real names is Kelly Hemberger) and she's a proud SEC lassie through and through. From her poofy blond hair, to that dimwitted twinkle, to the gratuitous Big 10 bashing. Carrington's shoot falls on the same month as Playboy's annual "Girls Of The Big Ten" issue, so it did seem a little odd that they went with the U of F public relations major for the cover. "Carrington" told the Gainesville Sun why she thinks that decision was made:
"There weren't any girls from the Big Ten who were hot enough to be on the cover, so they had to pull someone from the SEC."
Carrington/Hemberger is currently lounging in LA, doing the Bunny House-thing, playing with monkeys and posing with other hefty-chested blond floozies in Hef's castle. This is an important time in Carrington's career, and depending on how the tit-showing works out for her, she may have to relocate to the West Coast permanently and transfer to USC. They have a much more challenging public relations program out there. UF Student makes Playboy Cover [Gainesville Sun] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5047822&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's College Football Eve!]]> It’s College Football Eve and there’s a good chance some of the guys and girls you're working with are a bit giddy today. Jumpy in ways they aren’t ordinarily. It’s not the alcohol or drug withdrawal, it’s just because those of us who are college football fans can feel it in the pit of our stomachs—the most glorious, and shortest, sports season of the year is less than 24 hours away. We’ve only got 12 weeks out of 52 to watch our teams play, and by God, we’re going to pack as much life into those 12 weeks as is humanly possible. We’re going to drink, we’re going to tailgate, we’re going to scream louder than anyone ever thought was possible, and, inevitably, we’re going to want to cry. Yep, it’s Christmas Eve for football fans. Because, at long last, college football season is here again. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5042626&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[College Football Previews: #3 Ohio State]]> Today's preview is brought to us by Matt from Buckeye Commentary. We're just two days away from kickoff. Is your blood not pounding at the thought of Oregon State-Stanford? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5042040&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The SEC Done Got Paid Y'all]]> Last week we linked the news that CBS signed a 15 year deal to carry a single SEC game a week. Effectively CBS purchased the right to make a first pick each week to nationally televise just one game. For this right CBS paid $55 million a year. But, as is usually the case, ESPN has gone and upped the ante. Buying the rights to every other league game for—wait for this— $150 million a year for the next 15 years. Or $2.25 billion total. That's a tripling of the SEC's current television deal and will amount to $205 million in television rights each year. For comparison's sake, CBS pays $622.5 million to carry every AFC game. Most importantly for Southerners, however, the final nail has been driven in the coffin of JP/LF/Raycom. Praise to the Lord. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041325&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[College Football Previews: #12 Wisconsin]]> Today we're bringing a bit of Big 10 cross-pollination for you as Iowa fan Adam Jacobi from Black Heart Gold Pants brings the Badger love. At least a little bit? He also blogs at Fanhouse. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5038782&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Elected Officials in Ohio Have Spent $400k on Buckeyes Tickets]]> What's more, they're allowed to buy the season tickets with campaign contributions. Wow. I know that many states allow elected officials to purchase seats to the games but I think most of them require them to use their own money. Or at least they should. The Chronicle of Higher Education has the details More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5032755&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Northwestern Steals Michigan Signs; Ball Boys to the Rescue]]> Way back in 1997, student managers brought it to Lloyd Carr's attention that those witty rascals at Northwestern were stealing signals from the Michigan offense. Well, okay, maybe not so much stealing signals as noticing what a single player was doing. Perhaps this explains the memorable Northwestern upsets of Michigan in 1995 and 1996. But, three years later, come 1997, Michigan was on to that trick. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5023296&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Where Do NFL Starters Go To College?]]> And by "go to college" I mean commit felonies. Well, Mike Detellier has broken down NFL starters by their college conference. And while there is no big surprise, the SEC leads with 137 projected starters, there are some really surprising positional breakdowns. Coming in second after the SEC? Shockingly, BCS whipping boy, the ACC with 121. Followed by the Big Ten with 105, Big 12 with 72, Pac 10 with 70 and the mighty Big East clocked in with a robust 33. Yeah, but Ray Rice is awesome (and not starting)! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022533&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Time For The Big Ten To Lose Again]]> Well, you know the college basketball season is officially upon us with the ritualistic beatdown of the Big Ten at the hands of the ACC starts showing up on ESPN. With the precursor of N.C. State trouncing previously undefeated Michigan already pushing the ACC into a 1-0 lead last night, the ACC is well on its way to its eighth straight victory. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=217704&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Big Ten Conference]]> Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to finally get some respect. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please send contributions to tips@deadspin.com. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213543&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Big Ten]]> We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and present four things you didn't know about each major conference. If you have a little-known fact about your team or conference, strap it to a freshman, point him in our direction and whack him on the ass. Or, mail to tips@deadspin.com. Today: The Big Ten. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=191151&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Bristol Is Big Ten Country"]]> Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany is visiting ESPN's campus in Bristol today and tomorrow, and it appears ESPN brass is doing everything they can to make him feel comfortable. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=163665&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[They Love Erin Andrews In Iowa]]>
Unfortunately, it is a naughty kind of love. Nevertheless, I'm proud to bring you some more Big Ten basketball fan shenanigans: This time, it's comely young ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews being unknowingly molested by a Hawkeyes fan. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=156299&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Leftovers: Those Dead Twins]]> · Twins pretty much toast this year. Fans of vanilla baseball cry, everyone else does the wave. [ESPN] More »
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