1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (523+ words) Please: at LEAST a 24-team College Football Playoff. But might we make a recommendation? Hi. MNWildcat here. Thanks for putting your thumb on the scale earlier this week to prevent SBNation from being sold to the Murdochs along with Vox....

2+ day, 45+ min ago  (605+ words) How will teams balance depth and talent in the NIL era? Player compensation provides athletes a real choice to delaying their entry into the NFL. Surprisingly there isn't a lot of multi-year information available, but references were all similar to…...

1+ week, 38+ min ago  (707+ words) Not for that reason, though. Teaching is tiring enough as it is'at baseline, I'm annoyed, frustrated, and underpaid. Students don't read, can't write, and yet Michigan State's admission rates aren't getting any better. (This is a Big Ten blog, remember.)…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (639+ words) We're at the front end of the new NCAAF landscape with paid athletes, program GMs, and program managed NIL collectives. Programs have been adapting quickly to the new challenges of the additional NCAA and court requirements, but a new structure…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (182+ words) Good morning. We'll be back to talk about horseshoes and NIL as soon as I can get out from under this mountain of grading and this new book of mine. Exciting times in the MNW household. Tonight, I'm told, begins…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (266+ words) The Big Ten now holds the national championships in men's and women's basketball, as well as football and probably all of hockey, too. In a whistle-marred game, Michigan shot 21/55 from the field and 2/15 from deep, but did just enough as…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (368+ words) The Big Ten's teams appear pretty settled. But will there be a surprise? Hello from Michigan City, Indiana. Never mind why. In fleeing the snowstorm currently coating Minnesota and wisconsin in a heavy blanket of icy, blowing snow, I nearly…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (905+ words) Or; MNW Died for Northwestern's Sins Last week, Northwestern and UCLA played what, I'm told, was a game of American football. It mostly featured UCLA punching itself in the dick over and over again, Northwestern offering to apply ice to…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (398+ words) Goodbye, Hustle Belt. Thanks for representing authentic college football blogging and the best of the Midwest. It's been a rough 24 hours for college football in the Rust Belt. Our friends at Hustle Belt announced yesterday that SBNation will be shuttering…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (565+ words) When you think "talk about The Big Game," you think "Be miserable with a bunch of Big Ten fans." A Superb Owl occurs tonight. Here, if you so choose, is an open thread for said game. 5: 30pm | NBC/Peacock | SEA -4. 5 | O…...