Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Home on the Range The importance of winning at home has a direct correlation to who captures the Big Ten championship. Over the last 13 seasons the team that claimed Big Ten Gold has not lost more than one home game during the […]
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Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Big Ten Loses Legend The Big Ten lost one of its all time greats when former Michigan and Wisconsin All-American and Badger Athletic Director Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch passed away in a Madison nursing home at the age of 80. Hirsch grew up […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Turning Back the Clock Indiana and Michigan State will go retro when the Hoosiers travel to East Lansing on Saturday. Both teams will be fitted in 1980 era jerseys. The announcers for the game will also be fitted in disco era threads. Graphics […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle would cite the Big Ten Standings as the model of his perfect league. Just one game separates ten of the 11 teams after two weeks. Next season should be less taxing for Big Ten teams. To ease some […]
Bruce Weber
Live from Chicago – Illinois head coach Bruce Weber by Alan Rubenstein Preceding Illinois’ third Chicago-area appearance of the season with an excursion to Evanston to face Northwestern, Niketown Chicago featured a pep rally with a talk by Illini Head Coach Bruce Weber. A few hundred fans turned out to […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein The Big Ten week that was Inconsistency, unpredictability and ever changing lineups have marked the first half of the season for the Big Ten. The opening week of the conference season certainly illustrated that. Indiana defeated Michigan after being embarrassed by Wisconsin. The Wolverines […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein The final week before conference action began was a rough one for the Big Ten. Only Illinois emerged without a loss. Many conference teams hit the road to play games near the hometown of one of its players. Milestones were reached, acquaintances renewed and […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein How I Spent My Winter Vacation The month of December regularly brings holidays parties, company outings, sweets and visits with old friends. The Big Ten basketball teams spent the final weeks of the year taking those traditions to heart. Match-ups with traditional and in-state […]
Coach-Pupil Rivalries
Obsession With Coach-Pupil Stories Takes Away From the Game by Phil Kasiecki Why is the media obsessed with sub-plots of coach-pupil matchups in sports? Such meetings are often made out to be larger-than-life contests. We saw it earlier this year when the Bill Parcells-led Dallas Cowboys played the New England […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Minnesota’s Kris Humphries is trying to become the first freshman since 1959 to lead the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding. The 6-foot-8 freshman has posted averages of 24.4 points and 11.4 rebounds through seven games. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State was the last […]
