Teddy Greenstein

The nastiest backdoor cover in college football (sports?) history cost me big-time. Fortunately, we're talking about pride, not pennies. But when Northwestern turned that game-ending hook-and-ladder into a fumble-and-dagger, it...

The Wisconsin Badgers tap a sign as they jog from the bowels of Camp Randall Stadium onto the field. It reads: "PLAYERS MAKE PLAYS. PLAYERS WIN GAMES." That's the program's...

Perhaps you have heard of the movement. It is being pushed by headstrong college football players who want future medical bills covered, compensation issues addressed, graduation rates emphasized. All Players...

Ohio State is idle Saturday, so the opponent will be about as challenging as its next five. Or so goes the prevailing wisdom. The 6-0 Buckeyes will next face Iowa...

The right players have slimmed down (Alex Olah, JerShon Cobb), and the skinniest one has bulked up. Kale Abrahamson added 20 pounds to his 6-foot-7 frame during a summer in...

His day started with a 3:50 a.m. wakeup call. Yet Mike Greenberg called it his best morning in more than a decade. "I walked around campus and can't believe the...

Man it felt nice to be Nostradamus last Saturday. I went 7-1 against the spread, the one being a half-point loss by Wisconsin. And I wrote of USC's Lane Kiffin:...

Gary Barnett's Saturdays now involve calling games such as LSU-TCU, Texas-BYU, Wisconsin-Ohio State and, yes, Ohio State-Northwestern for the Sports USA Radio Network. On Sundays, he's a granddad. His plan...

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald left it up in the air. His players did not. Asked Monday what impact Venric Mark can have against Ohio State, Fitzgerald replied: "If Venric has...