Andrew Bagnato

Here's a tip for Northwestern as it prepares to face host Michigan State at noon Saturday in its Big Ten opener: Jump on the Spartans early. In their last three...

On a day Big Ten teams needed fourth-quarter rallies to defeat Duke, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State turned a potentially disastrous weekend into fodder for...

Northwestern quarterback Alexander Webb likely will miss the rest of the season with a lacerated liver he sustained in Saturday's 48-24 loss to Texas Christian. Webb remained in Evanston Hospital...

If Charles Rogers were a football coach, he would abide by the cherished one-game-at-a-time cliche. But Rogers isn't a coach. He's a wide receiver at Michigan State, and one of...

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany isn't saying whether he's interested in becoming the next NCAA president. "I don't discuss other jobs; that's pretty much the position I've always taken," Delany...

Illinois lost at Michigan by 24 and Maryland went down at Florida State by 21. No news there. Then the Fighting Illini and Terrapins won their respective conferences--outright. It was...

When it came time for Antwaan Randle El, a multisport star from Thornton High School, to decide where he was going to go to college, he sat down and mulled...

Opponents have compared Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle El to melting butter. Slippery. Get it? They have called him a mouse, a gazelle, a jackrabbit. They have tripped all over their...

Colorado coach Gary Barnett has this advice for proponents of a major-college football playoff: Take a look at Saturday's games. No. 1 Miami vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,...

1. DeShaun Foster, UCLA tailback. Has all the right stuff: plays for highly ranked team in major market. But was limited to 77 yards and one TD in 21 carries...