Off Tackle Empire, for Big Ten coverage

Let's take a look at how all eight bowls stack up against each other in degree of difficulty (easiest to hardest), and the likelihood of a Big Ten win in each one.

A few years ago Ivan Maisel outlined 20 reasons why college football is better than the NFL. He cited passion and tradition as key ingredients that define the college game, along with rivalries, overtime, historic venues, dynasties, the Heisman, and eternal youth. Let's take this opportunity to hammer out a few more:

Big Ten 2009: A trinity of sexy defenses as never seen before

Here are the games, wins, losses, and moments we can't help but remember.

Identifying the biggest game, best win, worse loss, and biggest moment for the month of September.

The second part of a season end feature on the Wisconsin Badgers...

The Alamo Bowl Recap: A week late, a defensive coordinator short

Those readers who just joined us this season, might not know what to expect now that the curtain is down. I'm hear to say that this is when we do our best work.

Up in the air and pondering a dynamic, successful Big Ten Conference

Listing all of the good and bad things for Iowa against Georgia Tech. Hint: the bad rhyme with orange.