Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments
Less than a year ago, when conference realignment began to shift significantly, few could have imagined that Texas A&M’s decision to bolt the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference would eventually lead to Virginia Commonwealth’s move to the Atlantic 10..
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments
Updated: May 18, 2012, 12:16 PM ET ESPN.com news services The champions of the Big 12 and SEC conferences will meet in a New Year’s Day bowl game annually beginning with the 2014 season, the conferences said Friday in a.
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments
Hoping everyone has a great weekend. Ben from Columbus, Ohio, writes: “Hi Adam!” WAIT!!!!!!! You can’t say a word back to me or its an NCAA violation!! Are you kidding me? Sounds like Meyer was between a rock and a.
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Five Big Ten head coaches have official Twitter accounts, but none other uses it as consistently as new Illinois boss Tim Beckman. If there aren’t a few tweets sent out from Beckman’s account (@coachbeckman) every morning.
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments
The Big Ten and Pac-12 have their Rose Bowl. And now, the SEC and Big 12 are trying to create something just like it. In a wildly interesting development, those two leagues announced today that their champions would meet annually.
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in Pac 12, with 0 Comments
SEC and Big 12 folks been tweaking the Big Ten and Pac-12′s love of the Rose Bowl of late. That made me grin because the primary motivation for those tweaks was jealousy. Don’t buy that assessment? Well, then what do.
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments
Four Big Ten teams made colleague Mark Schlabach‘s post-spring top 25, led by the Michigan Wolverines. Schlabach ranks LSU No. 1, followed by USC. Michigan’s opening opponent, Alabama, is ranked third. The Wolverines cracked his top 10 at No. 9..
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments
A very odd announcement came out today from the Big 12 and the SEC. Starting in 2014, the year the current BCS system ends and the four team playoff begins, the two conferences have agreed to pit their conference champions.
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in ACC, with 0 Comments
Heather Dinich Dinich covered ACC and Big Ten football for five seasons before joining ESPN.com in November 2007. She’s an Indiana grad but somehow her favorite day of the week is Saturday. Send questions and comments �
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Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments
Adam Rittenberg Rittenberg joined ESPN.com in 2008 after four years at the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald, where he covered sports at Notre Dame, Northwestern, DePaul and several other colleges. He lives in Chicago. Send questions and comments � Brian.
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