There are four offensive linemen in the Big Ten East this year who earned a spot on one of the three All-Big Ten teams a year ago, and all four play for Michigan. Whoever is going to contend for the Big Ten this season will need a similar contribution from their offensive line this season. There are some serious questions about the offensive lines…
Our ongoing Big Ten conference positional ratings move now to the wide receivers and the tight ends of the East Division. There are only three returning receivers in the East that averaged more than four catches per game last season. The tops among them is Ohio State’s KJ Hill, who finished fifth in the B1G last season with 68 receptions and 865 yards.
We have already covered the respective backfields in the Big Ten, starting with the quarterbacks of the East and the West, then moving on to the running backs and fullback(s), which don’t really exist in the East anymore. Now it is time to move on to the wide receivers and tight ends, of which there are boatloads. We will start with the…
Five of the seven teams in the Big Ten West return their starting running backs from last season, and that includes Wisconsin workhorse Jonathan Taylor, who led the nation with 2,194 yards rushing last season. He has already rushed for over 4,000 yards in his 2-year career. Nebraska and Purdue have to find new starters, but it isn’t the offensive…
Five teams in the Big Ten East return their starting running backs from last season. Michigan and Penn State are the lone teams replacing their starters, but the Nittany Lions will have more options than the Wolverines when it comes to finding their next star. Speaking of stars, Ohio State and Penn State are the only two…
After a slight delay due to any number of excuses I can come up with, we continue on with our 2019 Big Ten Ratings. We began with the B1G East quarterbacks, so now we move on to the Big Ten West quarterbacks. Only three teams return their starters from last season, but most of the teams in the division should feel pretty good…
It is college football preview season, which means that it is once again time to begin our annual Big Ten positional ratings and rankings. I have been doing this since 2011 in an effort to predict the division champions. When I complete every position, along with schedules and coach ratings, the rankings are all tallied and then I apply a special type of…
