The College Football Playoff Board of Managers voted to expand the playoff system from four teams to 12 starting in 2026 when the current contract with ESPN ends. This is a huge boon for college football as since the CFP started, there have been sentiments that it is too exclusive having just four teams and doesn’t allow for any teams outside the Power 5 conferences … Continue reading 2021 12-Team College Football Playoff
Ohio Stadium, home of The Ohio State Buckeyes, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this football season with a brand new field sponsor. The school put in new turf over the summer and with it a new sponsor logo will show up on the 25 yard line. Safelite Field as it will now be known for the foreseeable future, the first time that the venue as … Continue reading Historic Ohio Stadium Has New Field Sponsor
When you think volleyball you probably think of warm weather states, usually the southwest as the place for the best competition. You aren’t wrong, there are some great teams like Stanford, but arguably the best concentration of top tier collegiate volleyball programs is in the Midwest, in the Big Ten. On Top The Big Ten is considered one of if not the best conference in … Continue reading B1G Volleyball is the Pinnacle
The Ohio State University football team unveiled the Columbus NIL Club this afternoon, a subscription based club that provides content and experiences directly from the football players. This idea seems to be completely separate from the university, it’s the players that are running this show and asking for the money. The goal of the club is to be a revenue source for the Ohio State … Continue reading NIL Takes New Form With Ohio State Football Players
Manti Te’o was at the same time one of the most inspirational athletes of his generation and one of the most ridiculed. Te’o, a fantastic football player from a small island in Hawaii, played unbelievably well in his senior year of college at Notre Dame, nearly winning the Heisman Trophy and riding the wave of his unshakable determination to play for his grandmother and girlfriend … Continue reading Manti Te’o is an Inspiration
The Pacific-12 Conference is made up of 12 schools spanning the Pacific coast and bordering states, well for now. As it stands now the conference is being dismantled and sold for parts to the Big Ten and the Big 12. and potentially might not be around in a few years. Big Ten The Big Ten comprises 14 schools in the midwest and a few in the … Continue reading The Pac-12 is on Life Support
The Big Ten conference made a huge move this past week, adding two of the most influential west coast schools to its ranks in UCLA and USC. When looking historically at the football programs and the cachet that comes with that, it is a fantastic move for the conference. However, there is a clear and obvious gap in the logic that spans almost 1,300 miles … Continue reading Bridging the B1G Divide
Last week featured some great games in the Big Ten and showed a snapshot of what the rest of the season will hopefully look like. Maryland’s Jalen Smith floated in a bucket with 3.8 seconds left in the game to give the Terps an upset win over #24 Nebraska. #25 Iowa was trounced by the Purdue Boilermakers, 86-70, in West Lafayette. Penn State held their … Continue reading Big Ten Bouts | Jan. 7-13
#8 Michigan State 86 (13-2, 4-0 BIG) vs. #14 Ohio State 77 (12-2, 2-1 BIG) 01/05/19 12:02 PM – Columbus, OH – Value City Arena The contest was a true battle between two of the best teams in the conference as the game featured 15 lead changes with the Spartans ultimately emerging victorious. Both teams played well from wire to wire but Ohio State ran … Continue reading #14 Ohio State falls to #8 Michigan State, 86-77
A phenomenon has gripped the world in recent years with a ferocity that I do not believe anyone really expected. Video games that have always been seen as a worthless pastime have now started to put people through college or make them rich beyond what they ever could have imagined. esports as it is now called, has taken over the “sports” landscape on a level … Continue reading The Rise of eSports
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