Articles tagged:Big Ten

Posted: Sat May 26 5:59 a.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Big Ten backs proposal to shift portion of baseball season to fall

'The Michigan baseball team had played 20 games. It had put together both a four-game winning streak and five-game losing streak. It had lost its shortstop and No. 2 starting pitcher to injury. It had traveled thousands of miles to Florida and Louisiana and South Carolina. And it had yet ...

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Posted: Wed May 23 5:58 a.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Dave Brandon against hosting playoffs at indoor Midwest sites; backs bowl inclusion amid criticism

University of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon has heard the criticism regarding his league's plan to include the bowls in its college football playoff model. But he's not backing down. In fact, he's taking it a step further. Brandon has cited cold weather as a principal reason he doesn't favor ...

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Posted: Mon May 21 11:46 a.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Michigan to open Big Ten football schedule against MSU in 2015-16; adds Wisconsin

Michigan is set to open Big Ten play against in-state rival Michigan State in the 2015 and 2016 football seasons, according to a league release issued Monday.

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Posted: Sat May 19 1:45 p.m. by Nick Baumgardner Sports Reporter
Michigan football is Big Ten's 'team to beat,' says ESPN.com

The hype surrounding the 2012 Michigan football team can officially begin. Or, at least, continue at a rather fervent pace. ESPN.com released its updated "Way-too-early" Top 25 for the 2012 season, and the Wolverines wound up at No. 9 on the list. ESPN analyst Mark Schlabach lists Michigan as the ...

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Posted: Sat May 19 12:46 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Big Ten, already nation's richest conference, to award record payout to member schools

The rich get richer. The Big Ten is expected to dole out a record $24.6 million to each of its member schools, according to a report by the St. Louis Post-Dispatach. The report cites figures provided by the Illinois athletic department.

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Posted: Fri May 18 9:22 a.m. by The Associated Press
Big Ten Network cuts academic programming, citing low ratings

The Big Ten cable network has been an unchallenged success promoting conference sports to a national audience and making money for its members. The academic programming its leaders had promised hasn't panned out. When the Big Ten Network launched in 2007, officials said it would promote the scholarly work done ...

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Posted: Fri May 18 5:59 a.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Big Ten's insistence on including bowl venues in future playoff is baffling

CHICAGO -- When it comes to intercollegiate athletics, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is smarter than the rest of us. That's an assumption he's afforded after two decades of keeping the league at the fore, through seismic shifts such as conference expansion and TV deals. But with all due respect, ...

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Posted: Thu May 17 1:47 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Big Ten wants to stress strength of schedule in college football playoff

"You may lose a game early in the season because you played a great football team, but I don't know that should be such a big penalty versus a team that schedules high schools in September to run up their record," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said.

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Posted: Wed May 16 2:40 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Michigan players, Dave Brandon back 4-team playoff that includes bowl system

The Big Ten is sure to encounter pushback from fans, media and other conferences over its preference to include the bowls in any football playoff. But there's at least one prominent group who favors it: The guys who will play the games.

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Posted: Wed May 16 5:59 a.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
As Big Ten's playoff model takes shape, conversation shifts from 'what' to 'how'

CHICAGO -- The Big Ten's major power brokers have come to an understanding on the basic infrastructure for their preferred postseason. Now, the conversation shifts from "what" to "how." And to the league's coaches, that's the more important question anyway. "I had a conference call with our football coaches about ...

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Posted: Tue May 15 7:19 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Big Ten's Jim Delany favors raising bowl threshold to 7 wins, reworking ticket distribution

CHICAGO -- Eat too much ice cream, you'll get a brain freeze. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is getting a brain freeze when he thinks about how 6-6 teams are diluting the bowl experience. "There are more people going to more bowls, and there’s maybe too much ice cream," he ...

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Posted: Tue May 15 4:42 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Michigan-Michigan State after dark? No trepidation from MSU AD Mark Hollis

CHICAGO -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon has said he's reluctant to host a night football game against Michigan State because of the threat of rowdy fans. But his counterpart in East Lansing, Mark Hollis, seems to be more in favor of one. "I love night games," the Spartans' athletic ...

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Posted: Tue May 15 3:49 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Big Ten ADs favor 4-team football playoff that includes bowls; selection committee popular

CHICAGO -- A college football playoff is imminent, and a four-team model is preferred by the Big Ten. This much is clear. But that's the easy part. How are the four teams selected? And where will they play? Those are questions being weighed this week by the Big Ten's athletic ...

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Posted: Fri May 11 2 p.m. by Nick Baumgardner Sports Reporter
Big Ten leads country in men's basketball attendance, Michigan ranks No. 34

For the 36th consecutive year, the Big Ten Conference ranked No. 1 nationally in total attendance. In 2011-12, the Big Ten welcomed 2,856,785 fans in more than 222 games, per a league release. Per an NCAA release, the Michigan basketball program ranked No. 34 in the country in total attendance ...

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Posted: Mon May 7 4:15 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Michigan's Brandon Sinnery, EMU's Steve Weber named conference pitchers of the week

Pitching was hot in Washtenaw County last week. Michigan senior Brandon Sinnery was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and Eastern Michigan junior Steve Weber a Mid-American Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday after strong outings over the weekend.

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