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Latest Big Ten APR Scores

The latest Big Ten Academic Progress Report scores have been released. For those who do not know what this is, the APR is a measure the NCAA uses to track teams in the classroom instead of on the field. It is a current rating of the state of a program...

Published 13 Jun 2010 6:57 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Northwestern, Iowa, Michigan State, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota

On a positive note...

Still somewhat flustered by the Ohio State performance today I am unable to sit back and objectively write anything about this Buckeye team. Maybe a day or two to cool off wll give me a more level head to find both the good and the bad with the team but...

Published 6 Sep 2009 1:25 AM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Michigan, Florida, Oklahoma State, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Maryland, Minnesota, Free Picks, Oklahoma Oklahoma, Western Michigan, Cal, Georgia, Nebraska, FAU, Nevada

Lack Of Family Values At Michigan

According to a recent article by the Detroit Free Press the University of Michigan may have violated major NCAA rules regarding practice , more specifically the amount of time a college team is permitted to practice in both the off-season and season....

Published 30 Aug 2009 1:59 AM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Ohio State, Rumors, Michigan

Buckeyes Land Big Committment

The Buckeyes received their 7th verbal for the class of 2010 from 6'3", 220lb, running back Roderick Smith. Smith is a four-star prospect out of Indiana and is the 47th ranked player in the nation according to Rivals.com. Smith flew under the...

Published 2 Jul 2009 12:10 AM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Ohio State, Recruiting, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Tennessee

A Waaaay Too Early Big Ten Prediction

With head coaches basically on vacation this month since the NCAA forbids them from visiting recruits during May things are relatively slow in terms of college football news. What better time to give an entirely too early prediction for the Big Ten standings...

Published 19 May 2009 5:05 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Predictions, Northwestern, Iowa, Michigan State, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Big Ten APR Scores Released

The new measure of academic standing with sports teams is no longer the graduation rate since grad rates are inaccurate is the academic performance report. Now the APR is not a totally perfect measure of the academic standing of a team but it is an improvement...

Published 7 May 2009 1:21 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Penn State, Ohio State, News & Notes, Michigan, Northwestern, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota

UM Football, the "UM" stands for "ur Major"

After a discussion with a fellow football fan about Michigan football and namely their coach Rich Rodriguez, I was reminded of a story done by ESPN about a year or so ago concerning the academic situation of the Michigan Wolverine football team, namely...

Published 17 Apr 2009 10:49 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: News & Notes, Michigan, Bad Jocks

Looks like Michigan QB Tate Forcier is not happy with the possibility of Paulus

Much has been said in recent days concerning the possibility of current Duke point guard and former stand out high school quarterback Greg Paulus attempting to play college football for one year upon his graduation from Duke over the summer. Since Paulus...

Published 17 Apr 2009 2:12 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Rumors, Michigan

Gardner set to commit to Michigan, how does this affect OSU?

Once thought to be an almost lock to Ohio State, Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner appears set to pledge his football services next season for the University of Michigan. Early in the recruiting process it seemed as if Gardner would commit to the Buckeyes...

Published 2 Apr 2009 1:14 AM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Ohio State, Recruiting, Michigan

Michigan QB out 4-6 weeks

Michigan's only returning quarterback with any experience, Nick Sheridan, suffered a fractured lower leg that will reportedly sideline him for 4 - 6 weeks. Starting quarterback Steven Threet decided to transfer last month leaving Sheridan with the...

Published 26 Mar 2009 6:21 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: News & Notes, Michigan

Where will five-star LB Jelani Jenkins end up?

AbsolutePigskin.com has learned that highly recruited linebacker Jelani Jenkins will in fact choose the Florida Gators as his college of choice. Jenkins will choose the Gators over offers from Illinois, LSU, Penn State, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, USC...

Published 25 Dec 2008 10:44 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Penn State, Rumors, Michigan, Predictions, Florida, USC, Notre Dame, Illinois, Boston College, Miami, Oregon, Stanford, LSU, Maryland

Academic All Big Ten Released

The Big Ten conference recently released it's list of academic all Big Ten athletes. In order to qualify to be named to the academic all Big Ten team the individual must have earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the current academic year. For football...

Published 22 Dec 2008 1:08 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Penn State, Ohio State, News & Notes, Michigan, Northwestern, Iowa, Michigan State, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin

Michigan loses QB to Tulsa?

Once thought to be heading to Michigan to play his football news season athlete/quarterback prospect Shavodrick Beaver has instead confirmed rumors of his change of heart and instead has decided to play his collegiate ball at Tulsa. This is another in...

Published 20 Dec 2008 2:58 AM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Recruiting, Michigan

Newsome set to announce

Four-star dual threat quarterback Kevin Newsome is set to announce his choice of college tomorrow Tuesday December 16th. The 6-3, 217lbs product of Chatham, VA is ranked the 4th best dual threat quarterback in the nation and is also one of the top 250...

Published 15 Dec 2008 1:39 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Boston College, Virginia Tech

Michigan's McGuffie transfers

As has been speculated over the last few weeks Michigan running back Sam McGuffie has officially decided to transfer. The official party line is McGuffie was homesick and desired to be closer to home. In an somewhat odd comment from Michigan coach Rich...

Published 12 Dec 2008 6:57 PM by Tom Loker

Filed under: News & Notes, Rumors, Michigan

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