Cardale Jones, known for ill-advised tweet, takes stage for Ohio State
At Ohio State, they rave about Cardale Jones' size, running ability and arm strength. "He has a cannon," coach Urban Meyer said. That makes Jones a loose cannon with a...
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Coach Bo Pelini out at Nebraska despite 9-3 season
When Nebraska rallied from 17 points down to stun Iowa on Friday, I figured: Wow. Bo Pelini just saved his job. Wrong. Pelini survived a rage-filled 2013 season in which...
Grading Northwestern’s performance against Illinois
Where is this program after back-to-back 5-7 seasons? That's the question Northwestern fans will ask until Stanford visits Sept. 5, 2015. But first an examination of Saturday's brutal 47-33 loss...
Wildcat takeaways
Better days ahead? There's no reason to expect a major turnaround in 2015. The Wildcats went 5-7 and lost their best offensive lineman in Brandon Vitabile, a solid quarterback in...
After another 5-7 season, NU must examine everything in program
The Northwestern players exited Ryan Field quickly, ceding their turf to the victorious men in orange and white. As is custom, every Wildcat tapped a sign that says TRUST YOURSELF...
Northwestern’s Zack Oliver finally gets his opportunity, and he’s leaving nothing to chance
Offensive lineman Matt Frazier went to bed Monday night without seeing apartment-mate Zack Oliver. Same thing happened Tuesday. Oliver burned the midnight oil cramming for a test. And that test...
Teddy Greenstein’s Big Ten football picks
Last week I declared I was "fading" my picks, selecting the opposite of what I thought would transpire in hopes of ending a nasty slump. So what happened? You could...
Forget Justin Jackson’s only a freshman; his Northwestern teammates have
As a high school freshman, Justin Jackson watched the Illinois-Northwestern game at Wrigley Field on TV and told himself: "Man, I wish I could play at one of these schools...
There were highs and lows aplenty during Big Ten season
Let's all breathe a sigh of relief. The wussification of America is not complete. Gary Andersen scared us there with his Monday comments regarding the Paul Bunyan Axe. The Wisconsin...
Northwestern wants to keep ‘one-game season’ going
Offensive lineman Brandon Vitabile reacted to a question about whether he had glanced at any bowl projections by adopting a poker face. Apparently that's a no-no for Northwestern players. Finally...