Pat Fitzgerald refers to Northwestern as ‘Fighting Rece Davises’ after victory, mocking comments from ESPN’s Joey Galloway
Joey Galloway said earlier in the week on ESPN that Northwestern has "a bunch of Rece Davises out there running around."
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Columnist Teddy Greenstein leaving Chicago Tribune for PointsBet Sportsbook
Greenstein had been with the Tribune for 24 years.
Twitter again got the NCAA football schedule wrong, citing Arizona State and Minnesota games (both not happening) as “live”
The Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big Sky are all currently not planning to play football until 2021, but Twitter's events approach missed that information.
The Big Ten’s season postponement has become a major political football
After Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign put out ads featuring empty stadiums, including Michigan Stadium, President Donald Trump called the Big Ten's postponement "disgraceful." Trump also called Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren Tuesday, saying afterwards that a season resumption this fall was "on the one yard line."
Big Ten, Pac-12 to reportedly cancel 2020 college football season Tuesday; SEC intends to move forward
The SEC is hoping to get the ACC and Big 12 to partner up for an exclusive TV deal.
Here are all the out-of-conference football games that won’t happen in 2020 with the Big Ten opting out
On Thursday, the Big Ten became the first Power Five conference to say they won't play out-of-conference games this fall. Others may follow.
Retired Big Ten referee Dan Capron says ABC/ESPN committed “broadcasting malpractice” on J.T. Barrett run in 2016 Michigan-Ohio State game
"I don’t know why the network didn’t have a camera right on the yard line."
The Big Ten Conference made $759 million in revenue in 2018, almost 50 percent more than their previous record
The Big Ten's fiscal 2018 revenue is nearly 50 percent up from their previous high number, $512.9 million in 2017.
Three of the nine initial candidates for Big Ten commissioner have substantial media backgrounds
Jon Litner, Burke Magnus, and Tony Petitti have all spent decades working for TV networks.
Part of Jim Delany’s Big Ten legacy will be huge TV deals and the Big Ten Network
Delany leaves a huge shadow over the league which has expanded and became the first conference to have a successful league-run channel
Fox Sports names Francois McGillicuddy as new president of Big Ten Network
McGillicuddy has been working for Fox networks since 2006.
Jim Delany could have been the hero we needed for playoff expansion. Instead, he chose to uphold the broken status quo.
Delany could have used this opportunity to push for an eight-team playoff that wouldn't leave the Big Ten in the cold. He did not.
SiriusXM announces upcoming launch of Big Ten and Big 12 channels
The channels will feature shows hosted by former standout athletes from each respective conference, along with live games.
