In defense of Joe: I sense that Joe Paterno has been tried and convicted in the mass media. This seems very unfortunate. I did not realize that a person in his position was mandated to report to police a crime that he learned about second-hand and did not personally witness. ...
The University of Michigan ranks fourth among Football Bowl Subdivision schools in revenue, the Orlando Sentinel reported as part of a six-part series on economics and college athletics Tuesday. The Wolverines brought in $99,027,105 in 2007-08, the second-highest Big Ten school on the list.
Rich Rodriguez walked into the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency for the start of Big Ten media day Tuesday and gave Penn State linebacker Sean Lee a hug.
Big Ten media days haven't even started yet and already, the Players of the Year and top three teams are out. Ohio State was voted the top team in the conference in the preseason, followed by Penn State and Michigan State.
A year after compiling the most losses in a football season in Michigan history - nine - the Wolverines’ climb from the netherworlds of the Big Ten can start Monday in Chicago.