The Big Ten has only had five commissioners since 1922. That’s an amazing number and a testament to the loyalty shown by these five individuals. One of those elite is none other than Jim Delaney, who has captained the conference for almost 20 years. He has undergone several changes in several different arenas, and one of his chief responsibilities at the current time is amongst other commissioners on the Bowl Championship Series “team”. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll admit it, I have been like a lot of people in my anger at both sides of this epic battle of the Big Ten Network and Comcast, as it seems it always comes down to money. Heck, I’m not real happy with Comcast in the least, they came in as the big bully and took over Insight as my “everything” provider, and has promptly raised rates as well as concerns with their network capabilities, etc. But I digress.

Since March, subscribers and Big 10 fans have eagerly been awaiting the final ok to a proposed agreement with the BTN and the cable network, but it has yet to be disseminated. In fact, it’s making me a bit nervous that there are more stipulations that I will not be hip to, but as long as at least I have an option to put the BTN on my list, I am simply ecstatic for that availability. The fact is with the biggies Michigan and Ohio State hogging much of the primetime games on the football schedule, when you want to watch another team, the choices are slim pickings most of the time.

Get it done, boys. You can only hurt yourself the longer this goes on, for pete’s sake.

The Men’s Gymnastic Finals are taking place in Palo Alto, California at the home of #1 Stanford. However, even with that huge advantage, the Final has a distinct Big 10 flavor, with six teams out of twelve at the meet.

The teams invited are Penn State (ranked #3), Illinois (#5), Michigan (#6), Ohio State (#7), Minnesota (#8),  and Iowa (#9). So…..there’s a great chance that the Big 10 could be bringing home the trophy if they can overcome that huge home advantage that Stanford has.

From each pre-qualifying session the top three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance to the Team and All-Around Finals session, which will take place Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m. PDT.

Good luck guys!