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Report: Ohio State self-reported 46 violations

Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

Updated: May 18, 2012, 10:35 AM ET By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain.

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Big Ten Friday mailblog

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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Technology helps Illinois’ early recruiting

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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Five Big Ten teams in Schlabach’s top 25

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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Meyer, Smith admit to secondary violations

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

Secondary NCAA violations happen with every FBS program on a semi-regular basis, but at Ohio State, after the past year, every error is magnified. The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer recently obtained a list of all Ohio State‘s NCAA violations since May.

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Big Ten post-spring power rankings

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

The book is closed on spring football in the Big Ten, but what did the chapters reveal? Although no games are played during the spring, which fuels optimism for all 12 teams, the 15 practices provide clues for the upcoming.

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O’Brien sticking to core values, beliefs as Penn State changes

Posted on May 17, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Here is the call sheet. Tom Brady‘s call sheet. Basically the offensive game plan for a hall of famer. Bill O’Brien hands it across his desk. Take it, touch it, turn it over, read it. Wow,.

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Most indispensable players: Ohio State

Posted on May 17, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

We’re getting near the end of our series looking at the most indispensable players on each Big Ten team. Once again, this is not necessarily a listing of the best players on each team, but ones whose absence would be.

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Most important game: California

Posted on May 17, 2012, in Pac 12, with 0 Comments

Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We’re going through the Pac-12 and picking out one game that seems most important — or potentially most revealing — for each team from our vantage point today..

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Maisel: Change through renewal

Posted on May 16, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

Commentary Originally Published: May 16, 2012 By Ivan Maisel | ESPN.com Teams Moving To New Conferences Teams Moving To New Conferences NEXT VIDEO Teams Moving To New Conferences Teams Moving To New Conferences Eleven snag Opening invitations in Baltimore Eleven.

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