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The first day of Big Ten Media Days is in the books and as a first-time attendee, I can honestly say that it was a lot of different things.

It’s somewhat surreal being in such close proximity to a bunch of people that you’d only seen on television in the past. On the way [...]

Big Ten Network live coverage begins at 10am. If you fall into the larger group of people that cannot watch television in the middle of a Monday morning, the net’s website should have video and photos and this meager virtual water cooler is available to you.

We’ll be chiming in on the live blog below [...]

Without conference media events, could this happen?

One of the last calm weekends of summer is drawing to a close.

The Big Ten’s mediapalooza kicks off Monday in Chicago, followed by the opening of most NFL training camps and before you know it, the Midshipmen will be docking next to the Midwest’s number one cultural attraction, ready [...]

From the release:

Revsine, DiNardo, Griffith and the Big Ten Network production crew will criss-cross the conference’s eight states in a customized, chartered bus. The bus will be branded with logos and air times for the network’s “Four Pack,” a quartet of new football shows that debut in September.

The camp coverage is similar to what [...]

So Dave, from the filthy Michigan blog Maize n Brew, talked me into hosting a preseason podcast series and below you’ll find a link to the 2nd episode1 featuring ESPN super-blogger Adam Rittenberg and Mike Hubbell of Black Shoe Diaries.

In this edition, we try to determine when Rittenberg sleeps and gently prod Mike with questions [...]

We received the press release trumpeting the birth of a new network earlier today and shuddered as we flashed to Chick-fil-A commercials dominating our rust belt airwaves this fall (not that there’s anything wrong with that — chickens are delicious). The SEC Network, shiny new logo and all, will be invading the holy shores [...]

The Big Ten Network has added The Big Ten Quad to their Hulu lineup so you can now catch Eddie in all of his learning-to-host-on-the-fly glory. In the episode below, his “Heisman Trophy frat brother” Troy Smith is on as a guest.

The move to Hulu is a great play by the network. Games [...]

Beats an NCAA logo image, right?!

With no on-field football activity to address, there’s been a flurry of stories breaking down historical and real time troubles schools are having following the five inch thick NCAA bylaws.

On one hand, I want to think the amount of rules and the depth of their specificity is too much for [...]