Week 13: We predict all six Big Ten games
Every week this season, BTN.com’s Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) and Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) have offered their predictions for each Big Ten football game and provided polls for fans to pick...
View ArticleHow did we do? Week 13 picks revisited
Before we turn our attention to the Big Ten title game in Indianapolis, it’s time to check out how BTN.com fans, Tom Dienhart and yours truly did with our Week 13 predictions. For the second straight...
View ArticleBTN.com’s 2012 All-Big Ten teams
BTN will announce the 2012 Big Ten All-Big Ten teams at 7 p.m. ET Monday. Before the lists are made official on our 60-minute special, BTN.com’s Tom Dienhart and Brent Yarina offer their first-teams...
View ArticleVote now: We predict Big Ten title game winner
Every week this season, BTN.com’s Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) and Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) have offered their predictions for each Big Ten football game and provided polls for fans to pick...
View ArticleHow did we do? Big Ten title game picks revisited
The regular season is over, the Big Ten title game is in the books, and now it’s time for bowl season (view bowl schedule). Before we offer our bowl predictions, though, it’s time to find out how...
View ArticleBig Ten bowls: We predict all seven games
Every week this season, BTN.com’s Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) and Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) offered their predictions for each Big Ten football game and provided polls for fans to pick their...
View ArticleMake the Call: Predict the Big Ten Bowl games
Minnesota kicks off the first of seven football bowl games involving Big Ten teams when the Gophers face Texas Tech on Friday night. On Saturday, Michigan State plays TCU. On Sunday leading up to five...
View ArticleYarina: My All-Big Ten noncon teams
And just like that, it’s time for the Big Ten season to tip. It was a highly successful nonconference season, with the Big Ten owning the national polls. We have even more to look forward in the coming...
View ArticleHow did we do? Big Ten bowl predictions revisited
Every week this season, Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) and myself (@BTNBrentYarina) offered our predictions for each Big Ten football game and provided polls for fans to pick their winners. We...
View ArticleTake charge: A look at “Big 4′s” remaining slates
There are four schools that I think have legit shots to win the Big Ten as we enter the final five weeks of the season: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State. (Yes, Wisconsin still has a...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Big Ten interception leader?
No category, it seems, is more difficult to predict on a yearly basis than interceptions. Sure, we know who the best cover guys are in the league every year, but that’s not always who finds himself on...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Big Ten sacks leader?
Last year was hardly the season of the sack. For the first time in at least a decade, no Big Ten player recorded double-digit sacks. Nine was good enough for the 2012 lead, shared between...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Big Ten tackles leader?
Tackles are an inexact science, to be sure. Teams award them differently, so it’s not always as simple as comparing Player A from School A to Player B from School B. Whatever the case, the Big Ten...
View ArticleHow many Big Ten stars land on DeCourcy’s lists?
Sporting News and BTN correspondent Mike DeCourcy has been busy compiling his top 10 position lists. With all the talent the Big Ten returns in 2013-14, it’s only fitting that the conference boasts its...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Offensive Player of the Year?
Braxton Miller is kind of good. We all saw what he did a season ago in his first yea under Urban Meyer, and it resulted in the 2012 Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year. Back under center as a...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Defensive Player of the Year?
Here’s what we know: There will be no repeat winner for the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year. Last year’s winner, John Simon, is in the NFL, leaving a pool of worthy candidates to fight...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Big Ten Quarterback of the Year?
In its short two-year existence, the Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year has been very kind to its recipients. The inaugural winner, Russell Wilson, went on to have an All-Pro NFL rookie season, and...
View ArticleDebate It: 2013 Big Ten Running Back of the Year?
Wisconsin has its fingerprint all over the Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year award. Not only is the award named after two Badgers, former Wisconsin standout Montee Ball is its lone...
View ArticleYarina: My picks for ‘BTN Awards Show’ winners
The sixth annual “BTN Awards Show” airs at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday on BTN/BTN2Go. Mike Hall will host the special 30-minute show. But before all of the winners are announced, Brent Yarina offered his picks...
View ArticleHow many B1G stars made Athlon’s All-America Team?
Athlon Sports released its annual preseason All-America team Tuesday, and the Big Ten fills 16 spots – four on each of the publication’s four teams. The conference even boasts a two-time honoree, as...
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