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Big 10 Football Coaches Pay Scale
Big Ten Football coaches will take home over $22 million in compensation for the 2010 football season, and the figure doesn’t even count over $5 million in potential performance bonuses. USA Today published a Football Bowl Subdivision coaches salary scale that includes compensation the coaches receive from their school, potential bonuses as well as non-university [...]
TweetIowa Star Receiver “Blindsided” by Drug Charges
It is affectionately known in Iowa as the Hawkeye real-life version of “Blind Side.” The personal story of how Iowa football player Derrell Johnson-Koulianos overcame adversity growing up in the Youngstown, Ohio projects only to become Iowa’s all-time leading receiver and one of the team’s most popular players ever. Well to-do white parents, Tony and [...]
TweetBig 10 Expansion on Hold, For Now
Has the Big 10 put their expansion plans on hold, or are they laying in the tall grass and waiting to pounce? The Big 10 released a statement on Sunday that said they are not “actively engaged” in conference expansion and that the conference “does not expect to be proactively seeking new members.” This comes [...]
TweetNCAA Provides Blue Print for Cheating
After Auburn put Cam Newton on double-secret probation on Tuesday, the NCAA miraculously reinstated his eligibility on Wednesday. In doing so, the NCAA has opened up Pandora’s box and provided a blueprint for families to seek money under the table with no impact on the eligibility of their child/athlete. The smoke-filled backrooms of the SEC [...]
Tweet20 Great Big 10 Cheerleader Pictures
Bowl games are coming- basketball is in full swing- things are heating up- and our friendly cheerleaders are working double duty. With great fanfare we present the premiere Big 10 Rant pictorial feature on the ladies who make you crave for a TV-timeout, the cheerleaders. 20 great cheerleader shots at Big 10 games, and we [...]
TweetCoaches Name All Big Ten Team
The Big Ten football coaches have named their All Big Ten team. Ohio State leads the pack with eight players while Wisconsin and Iowa land four members each. Denard Robinson wins Offensive Player of the Year and Ryan Kerrigan takes Defensive Player of the Year honors.
TweetOhio State President Trash-Talking?
There must be somebody in the media relations department at Ohio State that can convince University President E. Gordon Gee to keep his mouth shut. In statements to the Associated Press, in an attempt to defend the current BCS Bowl selection method, Gee seems to have taken a page from BP Oil in his approach [...]
TweetBreaking News- Wrigley Paydirt Problem
The end zone that faces right field in Wrigley Field has been deemed a safety concern and the Big Ten Conference has decided to run all offensive plays from the line of scrimmage for both teams heading west- towards the end zone that runs from third base to home plate- for the Illinois-Northwestern game. The [...]
TweetBig 10 Two Minute Drill
Our no-huddle offense has news and notes on the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game next year, consequences of the Ohio State-Iowa game, who should win the MVP, the top-rated quarterbacks and whether Texans will head for the Midwest.
TweetBig 10 Bowl Picture Taking Shape
The Big 10 Bowl picture is starting to take shape, barring major monkey wrenches. With Wisconsin, Michigan State and Ohio State tied atop the conference standings with 5-1 records, the final two games will sort things out. If all three teams win out and there is a three-way tie, the highest ranked BCS team goes [...]
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