Big Ten – Left Field Lounge

How Oregon, Washington leaving Pac-12 impacts Big Ten schedule, realignment and future of CFP

August 4, 2023Articles, CFP, College Football, NCAA, NCAA Football, Odds and Ends, Pressed, RealignmentBig Ten, Bill Bender, Conference Realignment, NCAA, Pac-12, The Sporting News

Oregon and Washington will accept an invitation to the Big Ten on Friday afternoon – a move that further decimates the Pac-12 and continues the wild cycle of 2023 college…

Sources: Big Ten has begun preliminary talks to potentially add Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford

August 2, 2023College Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Realignment, ReportsBig Ten, NCAA, NCAA Football, Realignment

The Big Ten has begun exploratory discussions about expanding membership to 18 or even 20 teams, industry sources have told Yahoo Sports. The schools being considered are Oregon and Washington…

Ranking Nebraska’s 10 best coaching candidates to replace Scott Frost

September 11, 2022Articles, Coaching Carousel, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, PressedBig Ten, Bill Bender, Coaching candidates, Dave Aranda, NCAA, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Scott Campbell, Scott Frost, The Sporting News, Urban Meyer

Scott Frost is out at Nebraska. Who is next for Nebraska? Here's a look at six candidates that make the most sense according to Bill Bender of The Sporting News.…

Nebraska fires Scott Frost: Cornhuskers pay massive buyout to dismiss coach three games into fifth season

September 11, 2022Articles, Coaching Carousel, College Football, NCAA, News, PressedBig 10, Big Ten, CBSSports, Coaching Carousel, NCAA Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Scott Frost, Shehan Jeyarajah, UCF Knights

Nebraska fired coach Scott Frost on Sunday three games into his fifth year with the program. Tap below to read the report by Shehan Jeyarajah for CBSSports. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nebraska-fires-scott-frost-cornhuskers-pay-massive-buyout-to-dismiss-coach-three-games-into-fifth-season/

FCS games against Power Five opposition running fade pattern, coaches believe

September 5, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, SEC FootballBig Ten, FCS Coaches, FCS Games, John O'Connor, NCAA, Power Five, Richmond Times Dispatch, SEC, SEC Football, University of Richmond

FCS coaches at the University of Richmond and VMI believe FCS games against Power Five opposition will be discontinued before long as SEC and Big Ten expansion signal a presumptive…

Supreme Court paved way for shifting college TV landscape

August 25, 2022Articles, College Football, Media, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, SECAP, Big Ten, Football television rights, Joe Reedy, NCAA, SEC, Supreme Court, University of Oklahoma

Andy Coats isn't a coach or athletic director. When it comes to the seismic changes to the landscape of major college football, though, he is a seminal figure. Tap below…

College Football Expansion Top 10 Candidates From Group of Five Conferences

August 24, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, RealignmentBig 12, Big Ten, College Football Expansion, College Football News, Group of Five, NCAA, NCAA Football, Pac 12, Pete Fiutak

With the Big Ten expanding with USC and UCLA, and the Pac-12 scrambling as we speak to keep what it has and figure out other options, who’s available? Tap below…

Paul Finebaum explains what the Big Ten’s media rights deal means for the SEC

August 22, 2022Articles, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, Realignment, SEC, SEC FootballBig Ten, CBS, Fox, Kaiden Smith'ON3, Media Rights, NBC, NCAA, Paul Finebaum, Peacock, SEC, SEC Football

The Big Ten conference announced their ground breaking media rights deal with multiple networks such as CBS, FOX, NBC and NBC’s Peacock last week set to make upwards of $7 billion dollars for the conference. A deal like…

Blocking UCLA’s move to Big Ten could have massive fallout for UC regents

August 18, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Pressed, Realignment, ReportsBen Bolch, Big Ten, Los Angeles Times, NCAA, Realignment, UCLA, University of California Regents

Any attempt by the University of California regents to block UCLA’s move to the Big Ten could endanger the way the governing body does business, according to a longtime observer…

Conference realignment: Evaluating FSU, Miami for SEC, Big Ten

August 12, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, RealignmentBig Ten, Conference Realignment, Florida State University, Matt Baker, NCAA, SEC, Tampa Bay Times, University of Miami Hurricanes, Yahoo Sports

With the latest round of conference realignment seemingly paused, this is a good time to try to see where Florida State and Miami stand. Tap below to read this evaluation…