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Hokepoints: The 'How Big Ten Are You?' Test
As we enter the last season of the Big Ten as a natural twelve-team conference (er…) it is only natural that we begin to question exactly who's a "real" Big Ten of the Big Ten, and who ought be "the...
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Mailbag: We Should Have Been Screwed, Funk Position Paper
"I hope we're all up on the latest changes to the NCAA rule book." [Fuller]Wait, substitution. Wait. Wait, what?Yo Brian, So when the bearded lady rushed into the center ring to launch the football out...
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This Week's Obsession: B1G X
That episode where Mr. Burns had to go work for Smithers. I'm sure there is one. The Big Ten Championship Game and bowl selection gives us an opportunity to zoom out a little.Who's on the up, how do...
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Hokepoints Doesn't See a Regional Trend
Yesterday Ace posted a link to the full Lemming recruiting rankings from 1990 to 2004. Just perusing the list is pretty interesting, since accessible recruiting data on a national scale otherwise only...
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The Grand Opening
Previously on we-ripped-this-off-from-BHGP: ID16, ID16 part II, Urban's meeting.As you may have heard, the Big Ten opened its new office in New York City recently, and the media got its first look on...
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Breaking B1G
In our continuing pursuit to explain to outsiders "what is Big Ten football," and, more importantly, "why is the Big Ten football," we turn to the world of metaphor. Or simile. I forget.We look now at...
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You Shall Not Run
Unrelated but never unrelated (h/t @smartfootball)Ranking things is fun, or at least so BuzzFeed tries to tell me every freaking day of my life. And just like any prediction, rankings that attempt to...
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Opponent Watch 2014: Week 2
The sun had risen, though it was hard to tell through the lingering haze and dust. It all seemed so surreal; they had so recently stood beaming with pride, assuring the peasantry that the claiming of...
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Opponent Watch 2014: Week 4
About Last Week:Melanie Maxwell/Ann Arbor News I went back.I don’t know why I went back. The pluie de grâce had so mercifully released us all from any sense of obligation. Despite being the most...
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Big Ten Announces Plans For New Student-Athlete Benefits
If you're in search of good news, look no further. The Big Ten just announced their intention to, among other protections for student-athletes, ensure that scholarships cover the full cost of attedance...
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