Northwestern 2011

2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Wildcats play on a grass field at Ryan Field Stadium (seats 47,130) Pat Fitzgerald is in his 6th year as head coach at Northwestern.  Last year his team had a 7-6 record, which is a slight dip from how they performed the previous two season (9 wins in 2008, 8 […]

Minnesota 2011

Minnesota 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Golden Gophers play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at TCF Bank Stadium (seats 50,805) Jerry Kill is in his first season as head coach at Minnesota. In the last five years, Minnesota has had just one winning season (7-6 in ’08) and have won just over one-third of their […]

Iowa 2011

Iowa 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Hawkeyes play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at Kinnick Stadium (seats 70,585) Kirk Ferentz is in his 13th year as head coach at Iowa.  Last year they finished 8-5. On offense, they return just 4 starters.  But the key is that three of those starters return to the offensive […]

Ohio State 2011

Ohio State 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Buckeyes play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at Ohio Stadium (seats 102,329) What would have been.  Jim Tressel would have been in his 11th year as head coach of Ohio State.  Terrell Pryor would have been a senior quarterback starting  his 4th season as a Buckeye.  The Buckeyes […]

Michigan State 2011

Michigan State 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Spartans play on a grass field at Spartan Stadium (seats 75,005) Mark Dantonio is in his 5th year as head coach at Michigan State. Last year following a thrilling victory against Notre Dame with a fake field goal touchdown to win it in overtime, Dantonio suffered a heart […]

Michigan 2011

Michigan 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Wolverines play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at Michigan Stadium (seats 109,901)…nicknamed the “Big House” it is, in fact, the biggest stadium in college football! Brady Hoke is in his first year as head coach of Michigan (click here for their schedule). Why did he win the job? Most […]

Penn State 2011

Penn State 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Nittany Lions play on a grass field at Beaver Stadium (107,282) Joe Paterno is in his 46th year as head coach at Penn State! Last year Joe Paterno became the first FBS coach to reach 400 wins. And Penn State did it in memorable fashion.  The game against […]

Nebraska 2011

Nebraska 2010 Statistics (Big Ten) The Cornhuskers play on an artificial field (FieldTurf) at Memorial Stadium (seats 81,091) Bo Pelini is in his 4th year as head coach at Nebraska. In that time, Nebraska has gone 9-4 (’08), 10-4 (’09) and 10-4 (‘10).  Immediately prior to this  job, Pelini was the defensive coordinator for LSU and his 3rd […]

The Rose Bowl: New Rules and Why They Might Impact Stanford

 The reason why there has already been discussion about the Rose Bowl (taking place in January 2011) is that the likely Pac-10 Champion, Oregon, may ultimately play in the National Championship Game.  If this happens, then the question becomes:  who plays in the Rose Bowl game in Oregon’s place?  Under normal circumstances if the Rose […]