ESPN.com presents Big Ten http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten 60 en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:33 webmaster@espn.go.com http://assets.espn.go.com/i/espn/teamlogos/lrg/trans/espn_dotcom_black.gif 110 110 100 days away ... Illinois is very much in the mix for Oklahoma State QB transfer Wes Lunt. Illini coach Tim Beckman and his assistants are social-media machines. A great look inside a week with Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Michigan is in good shape to add standout CB recruit Jabrill Peppers. Former Wolverines star Mike Hart talks about the challenges that await incoming RB recruit Derrick Green. Top 2014 recruits are buying what Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald is selling, Jared Shanker writes.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77159/big-ten-lunch-links-731 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:36 EDT 77159 The no. 2 recruit in the country, Jabrill Peppers, will be announcing his decision live this Sunday at 5:15 p.m. on ESPNU. Tom VanHaaren stops by the show to break down the latest with Peppers and what the Michigan Wolverines’ chances are. Also, Jared Shanker joins the show to explain what’s behind the recent recruiting success of Northwestern.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77158/b1g-official-visit-no-1-cb-jabrill-peppers-ready Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:03 EDT 77158 Prepare to say goodbye to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl as a Big Ten bowl, though the league could still send a team to Detroit for the postseason. Colleague Brett McMurphy reports that the NFL's Detroit Lions are planning to create and operate their own bowl game at Ford Field beginning in the 2014 season. That would eliminate the Little Caesars Bowl, which is played at the same stadium. McMurphy reports that the Lions would keep the Big Ten as an anchor in the bowl, but the other slot would no longer belong to the MAC.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77167/new-detroit-lions-bowl-could-pit-b1g-acc Tue, 21 May 2013 11:15:45 EDT 77167 We're 100 days away from the start of the college football season, so what better time to check in with our conference bloggers on the state of their teams heading into the summer? Join us at 1 p.m. ET as we go conference-by-conference taking your questions until 3 p.m. See you there. ]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77126/live-chat-100-days-until-kickoff Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:16 EDT 77126 The countdown is underway as we're only 100 days away from the start of the 2013 season. We'd all agree it can't get here soon enough. ESPN's Stats & Info crew put together 100 numbers to know for the 100-day countdown. Several are of interest to Big Ten fans, and here are a few: 4. (Wisconsin Rose Bowls): A new coach in Gary Andersen has fans intrigued, but Wisconsin has made the Rose Bowl in each of the past three seasons and could be in line for a fourth if the Badgers can win the Big Ten title again.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77143/b1g-numbers-to-know-as-countdown-begins Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:12 EDT 77143 Gerad Parker and his fellow Purdue assistants need no tutorial on what the state of Texas means to the Boilers' program. They get a reminder every time they turn on the television every Sunday during the NFL season. Former Purdue coach Joe Tiller built his program largely on recruiting the Lone Star State, and the centerpiece of Tiller's efforts plays quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. "We knew from what Coach Tiller was able to do here at Purdue," Parker, Purdue's recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach, recently told ESPN.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77104/purdue-wants-to-keep-texas-pipeline Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:45 EDT 77104 Good news: We are just 100 days away from the start of college football. To mark the occasion, we're pulling out a checklist today of things that Big Ten teams need to accomplish between now and the start of the season. It's not quite "The Final Countdown" (cue GOB Bluth), but we are inching ever so close to kickoff. Here's what needs to happen in the next 100 days: 1. Identify a starting quarterback at Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin: It seems as if there are an unusually high number of Big Ten teams who don't know for sure who their starting quarterbacks will be in the fall.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77105/100-days-checklist-big-ten Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:09 EDT 77105 BuckeyeNation Brad Bournival writes : WR commit Lonnie Johnson has the size (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) and speed (sub 4.5-second 40-yard dash) to become a major deep threat for the Buckeyes. Austin Ward writes: Here’s a ranking of OSU’s opponents for the 2013 season. NittanyNation Josh Moyer writes : The Nittany Lions will face some difficult opposing offensive players in 2013, with the emphasis on dual-threat quarterbacks. Moyer writes : His high school coach says run-on WR Gregg Garrity Jr.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77131/recruitingnation-links-big-ten-edition-21 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:49 EDT 77131 I missed our correspondence during my vacation. Let's let the letters commence: Alex from New York writes: As a Michigan fan, the release of the new schedules starting in 2014 is pretty infuriating. Both MSU and OSU on the road in a given year? Are you kidding me? Did Dave Brandon not bother fighting this at all? Couple this with some of the recent basketball schedulings, like giving OSU a home game against Michigan next year but not vice versa, it seems like sometimes the Big Ten is out to screw Michigan.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77056/big-ten-monday-mailbag-13 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:03 EDT 77056 Indiana Hoosiers head football coach Kevin Wilson has brought in a late addition to his already-impressive 2013 recruiting class. The Hoosiers announced Monday that lineman Nate Hoff has joined the program and will be eligible for the 2013 season. Hoff committed to Navy in 2012 and then spent a year at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I. He's originally from Solon, Ohio, where he was ranked as a three-star prospect his senior year by ESPN.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/77094/hoosiers-add-lineman-for-2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:30:58 EDT 77094