In 2015, the Big Ten distributed $27.6 million to each of its 14 member schools, second only to the SEC in terms of money generated by a college conference from football. Over the past two seasons the conference has begun to turn things around in the postseason, winning the national championship with Ohio State in 2014-2015 and then...
Central Michigan v. Minnesota
Ford Field -- Detroit, MI
December 28, 2015 -- 5:00 pm Eastern (ESPN2)
Why You Should Watch
Continuing a tradition of bowl games being held at Ford Field in Detroit, the Quick Lane Bowl took over the bowl certification in the Motor City from the Little Caesars Bowl...
#16 Missouri v. #25 Minnesota
Florida Citrus Bowl -- Orlando, FL
January 1, 2015 -- 1:00 pm Eastern (ABC)
Why You Should Watch
This is the second of three New Year's showdowns between the Big Ten and the SEC, so you can watch this game simultaneously with the Outback Bowl to warm up for...
Less than a decade ago, the case could have been made that the Big Ten was the best conference in college football. In the 2005 season Penn State and Ohio State were ranked third and fourth respectively, hovering just on the cusp of the national championship picture. A year later, the Buckeyes and Wolverines played a 42-39 thriller...
It's lucky Week 13 here at the Tailgater, and that means we're a few weeks away from conference championship games and the final decision on bowl matchups.
Since September we have enjoyed a dozen Saturdays (and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays and Fridays as well) with college football action. The cycle draws closer to a close,...
Once again a Stanford result shakes up the polls. One week after knocking off Oregon in a dominant display, the Cardinal couldn't get past a depleted USC defense. And now, thanks to the Stanford defeat and a 44-21 win over Utah, the Ducks are back atop the Pac-12 North and the highest-ranked team from the conference.
There is still...
Well, we got our first real shake-up to the top of the polls this week. Oregon's loss to Stanford on Thursday night dropped the Ducks from the ranks of the top five, clarifying the hierarchy slightly with one fewer undefeated team in the mix. With the Cardinal now in the driver's seat of the Pac-12 North race, Oregon has effectively been...
Last week's picks provided a tighter race than at any other point yet this season. That's not to say it was necessarily a good week picking against the spread, merely that we all finished closer to one another than we have in any of the previous three weeks.
The fourth week finished off the first month of the football season and...
The fourth week of the football season didn't exactly create much shuffling in the ballot, as only a few teams really lost or gained positioning based on the weekend results. It was a week where it was more possible to lose footing than to muscle further up the ranks, as ranked teams by and large scheduled a saccharine weekend of cupcake...
