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2013 Big Ten football previews: Advanced profiles of each team, one by one
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August 1, 2013
Is Ohio State ready?
Is Ohio State truly one of the two or three best teams in the country right now? Probably not. But with that schedule, the Buckeyes won't need many breaks to contend for the national title regardless.
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July 31, 2013
Wisconsin's transition could be seamless
Wisconsin is experiencing a football golden age because of two great coaching hires. Did they make a third in Gary Andersen? And can Andersen make the most of quite a few interesting weapons this fall?
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July 30, 2013
Penn State prays for good health
Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien pulled off one of the greatest coaching jobs you'll ever see in 2012, not only preventing collapse after a turbulent (to say the least) few months, but actually engineering some improvement.
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July 29, 2013
Huskers still waiting to break through
With a wonderful backfield and disturbingly easy schedule, Nebraska could top 10 wins this fall. But a sketchy defense could lead to an unhappy ending, just like it did last year.
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July 26, 2013
Stats say Spartans are ready
With what should be one of the two or three best defenses in the country and a mostly easy home slate, Michigan State should easy place in the top 20 and win 8-9 games. The numbers suggest the ceiling could be much, much higher.
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July 25, 2013
Can Ferentz turn around Iowa again?
Kirk Ferentz has as much job security as a guy could ask for after three straight years of significantly diminishing returns. Will the faith in Ferentz pay off? The outlook is not particularly rosy.
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July 24, 2013
Michigan waits for the planets to align
Brady Hoke's team has been a rousing success and a slight disappointment in his first two years.
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July 23, 2013
Northwestern will be fun again
We don't yet know whether 2012 was a breakthrough, a peak, or neither for Northwestern. But we do know that the Wildcats were fun to watch and should be again in 2013.
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July 22, 2013
Illinois searches for play-makers
Tim Beckman didn't really do anything right in his first year as Illinois head coach, but it's hard to say that anybody would have been able to make much of the roster he inherited.
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July 19, 2013
Purdue plays it safe
Purdue's hire of new head coach Darrell Hazell was safe and sensible. But with a flawed roster at his disposal and a brutal schedule on tap, we probably won't begin to learn if he was right hire until at least 2014.
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July 18, 2013
Minnesota looks for the Turn
The Year 3 Turn was very good to Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill at previous stops. But with a Gopher squad built to tread water and lacking in star power, Kill has his work cut out for him in 2013.
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July 17, 2013
Indiana might matter
Can third-year coach Kevin Wilson patch the holes in the defense enough to ride an absurdly easy home slate to six wins and Indiana's second bowl bid in 20 years?