Monday was Maryland’s day. Today is Rutgers’ day. (That is done.) Wait a minute, OK, the grammar is correct. There is an “S” at the end of Rutgers, so the apostrophe after the “S” makes it correct. (You’re thinking, ‘hey, you’ve never worried about grammar before, dummy.’ Well yeah, but I’m putting on my best [...]

Polling doesn’t have to be painful. This, in fact, couldn’t be simpler.      

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The cast of “On Iowa Live” returned Monday night with a new episode, and the guys welcomed former Iowa State Cyclone Kyle Knock to the show to talk about the ‘Clones becoming bowl eligible. Plus, Saville – and The Gazette’s Mike Hlas and Marc Morehouse – talked about the Big Ten’s [...]

In the months since Nebraska joined the Big Ten, commissioner Jim Delany had been fond of mentioning “tectonic plates” when the subject of conference expansion came up. It was his go-to line and why not? It sounded smart and funny. Who doesn’t want to sound smart and funny? The Big Ten’s plates did a backflip [...]

I hate to be one of those dreaded baby-boomers who goes around quoting Bruce Springsteen lyrics, but I can’t get this one out of my head today: Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king And a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything Billionaires spend tens of millions to try to prop [...]

CANCUN, Mexico — Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said the Big Ten’s addition of Maryland on Monday coupled with the Rutgers’ likely entry on Tuesday will help his program with recruiting. “In terms of location, I think it’s great,” McCaffery said before Monday’s practice at the Cancun Challenge. “You get two teams from the East. I [...]

  Maryland football and Big Ten football are two ships that have seldom passed in the night. But when they have, it hasn’t gone well for the Terrapins. Big Ten member-to-be Maryland is 4-44-1 against current Big Ten teams. The records:   vs. Indiana  0-2  vs. Michigan  0-3 vs. Michigan State  1-4 vs. Minnesota  1-0 [...]

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany speaks: Oct. 7, 2011 “We have what we want (regarding conference expansion). My phone isn’t ringing off the hook. People understand we’re pretty serious about what we’re saying.” Oct. 27, 2011 “There are expansion stories all over the country. We’re not involved in any of them.” Feb. 20, 2012 “We [...]

CHICAGO — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany told reporters Thursday morning the league remains on the sidelines and inactive in the recent round of expansion. “We are as happy as we can be with what we have,” Delany said from Big Ten basketball media day. “We’re monitoring the landscape. I think that the (league’s August) statement included [...]

Here’s a statement on expansion from the Big Ten offices. The answer, in a nutshell, is no active movements on expansion barring something crazy happening (and no, A&M to the SEC isn’t crazy enough): BIG TEN STATEMENT ON EXPANSION Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) met recently to discuss reform [...]