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The Big Ten has three snazzy, shiny new bowl trips lined up, starting next season. Now, if it could just figure out a way to win more bowl games.
Indiana head football coach Bill Lynch announced running back Bryan Payton, linebacker Will Patterson, defensive end Jammie Kirlew and offensive lineman Mike Reiter will serve as game captains when the Hoosiers host Illinois at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Payton (second consecutive week), Patterson and Kirlew were named captains for the third time this season, while Reiter earned his second honor.
The Big Ten Conference unveiled its new postseason lineup for the 2010-13 college football seasons, with six Big Ten bowl games set to be featured annually on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, including five contests on Jan. 1. The conference office announced four-year bowl extensions with the Capital One, Outback and Insight and new four-year bowl agreements with the Konica Minolta Gator, Texas and Dallas Football Classic. The Big Ten is already in the midst of an eight-year extension with the Rose Bowl through the 2013 season. This new Big Ten bowl lineup will run concurrently with the latest Bowl Championship Series contract.
Indiana coach Bill Lynch likes to look at the season as one long contest, marking each three games as the end of one quarter. If that’s the case, it will be interesting to see what halftime adjustments the Hoosiers make.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — If the first three games represent the first quarter of the season, and the next three games comprise the second quarter, Indiana’s football team is ready for a motivational halftime speech.
Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd was expected back, though limited, in practice Tuesday for the first time since he underwent surgery on his broken collarbone Sept. 13. ”He won’t be playing,” coach Charlie Weis said of Floyd being ready for USC on Saturday. ”And I’m not going to be doing that for window-dressing. But it looks like he might be ahead of schedule. We’ll see. Come November …
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — If the first three games represented the first quarter of the season, and the second three made up the second quarter, Indiana University football would be ready for a motivational halftime speech.
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