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LINCOLN - One more offseason. One more preseason. One more football season. And one more postseason. All with a new commissioner, and an eye toward a larger future in the league. One more trip around the sun with this iteration of Big Ten football. And one more year with divisional schedules. One more year, for certain, of a Big Ten title game. The…

After weeks of more or less meaningless bowl games, we finally get to the part of the postseason schedule when things really matter: Saturday's College Football Playoff semifinals. That, along with two other bowl games on New Year's Eve, makes for a fun day of college football. Here's a look at Saturday's matchups, including any players and coaches…

Sports Betting Dime provides exclusive sports betting content to Newsweek, including picks, analysis, tools and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. After nearly a month-long hiatus, the top-four teams in the country will take the field on New Year's Eve for the College Football Playoff semifinals. The…

The biggest of stages are set and the College Football Playoff will finally be played come Saturday. Michigan and TCU will faceoff at 4 p.m. ET and Ohio State will try its hand against Georgia afterward at 8 p.m. ET. Both games will be televised on ESPN. The Wolverines and Horned Frogs are in a unique situation. The Big 12 and Big Ten don't have…

LEEDS, England (AP) - Erling Haaland set a Premier League scoring record in Manchester City's 3-1 win over Leeds on Wednesday. At this pace, it won't be his last. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. SAN DIEGO - Prolific passer Philip…

The fourth-ranked Buckeyes say the loss has left them cast as the underdogs against Georgia, the defending national champion. ATLANTA - More than one month later, Ohio State players still can't seem to shake their one loss of the season. Even though they're playing for a shot at the national championship in the Peach Bowl's College Football Playoff…

The College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl will feature a matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and the TCU Horned Frogs. Both teams have had successful seasons and will be looking to finish strong with a win in this highly anticipated bowl game to advance to the National Championship Game. Michigan football, led by head coach Jim Harbaugh, has…

The Big Ten has been in the news cycle often this offseason and not because of its reigning champion nor its biggest national brand. But we're not here to talk realignment- let's dive into the landscape of the Big Ten conference for the 2022 college football season. As a refresher, the Michigan Wolverines won their first outright conference title…

Well, folks, we made it. The last week of the 2022 college football regular season is finally here. The biggest game of the weekend - as it usually is - is No. 3 Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State. With a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game and College Football Playoff up for grabs, both teams duke it out with everything on the line. The Maize n Brew…

Michigan vs Purdue Big Ten Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 8:00 ET Venue: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN How To Watch: FOX Record: Michigan (12-0), Purdue (9-3) - Michigan is playing for fun. Last year the Wolverines had to beat Iowa in the…

Everything you need to know about Saturday's Big Ten championship game between Michigan and Purdue. Big Ten championship game weekend is back. Woo-hoo. Unless your team is playing, enthusiasm for the game is difficult to manufacture. Since the Big Ten expanded to 12 teams to create a conference championship game, and then 14 teams 3 years later,…

One of the intriguing college football matchups this week is the Big Ten Championship Game between the Purdue Boilermakers and Michigan Wolverines. The two teams meet at 8 p.m. ET Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. These two teams won their respective NCAAF standings to advance to the title game, which has very little College Football…

The Big Ten announced its annual awards for standout defensive and special teams players in the league on Tuesday afternoon as well select coaches awards and Michigan and Michigan State were well represented. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year while the Wolverines had six players earn All-league honors, three get…

11-0 Michigan will march into Columbus on Saturday to take on the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes. It's the first time both teams are ranked in the top five and undefeated since 2006 when Ohio State beat Michigan in Columbus, 42-39. Ohio State has dominated this era of football, but Michigan holds the all-time series record against its rival. The…

No. 10 Penn State takes on No. 5 Michigan in a top-10 Big Ten showdown at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday. Game time is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET, and it will be televised on Fox. Penn State (5-0) had a bye week to prepare for the matchup at the Big House. Coach James Franklin has guided the program to road victories at Purdue and…

Can Iowa close a 39-point gap with Michigan from last December? That is the question Saturday's Big Ten championship game rematch at Kinnick Stadium boils down to. The Wolverines pounded the Hawkeyes 42-3 to clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff. Yes, teams change from year to year. But in the case of these 2 rosters, there's a surprising…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- We labeled the Ohio State Buckeyes as The Kings of the North in our preseason series, as we divided college football not by conferences but by geographic area -- North, South and Southwest. In the North, we placed 29 of the 65 teams from power conferences: * All 14 Big Ten teams * The six teams in the top half of the Pac-12:…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Is there anything we can say for sure about the Michigan football team after two blowout wins over terrible teams? The Wolverines impressed in the Colorado State and Hawaii games, winning by a total score of 107-17. But in their non-Michigan games, those two teams have gone 0-3, losing by a combined 100 points. Michigan's season…