Big Ten Football & Basketball Blog

For years Big Ten schools have bragged about their bands and halftime shows, but rarely was there anything “official” that stated who indeed was the best. Recently, collegesports-fans.com released their top college bands list which ranks the top 10 college marching bands and lists five honorable mention bands. On that list are three Big Ten marching bands; Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin. The publication lists Wisconsin as an honorable mention with Michigan #10 and Ohio State #2. Missing from the list are the Penn State and Purdue, both schools with strong marching band reputations.

Fall is the time of school back in session, cooler weather, leaves changing, and best of all football. As a sports fan all of my life, I always look forward to the fall season because of the combination of baseball’s pennant race and college football. Growing up in the midwest, it’s hard not to hear about Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State football for the entire fall season each year.

For businesses and fans alike, the fall season also means that NCAA memorabilia is a hot-seller. The expansion of the Internet made businesses who sell sports collectibles & memorabilia love this time of season even more than ever as this is the time of year when business is booming. You cannot go to any restaurant near the OSU campus in Columbus without finding some kind of Ohio State Buckeyes memorabilia on the walls, and the same can be said in most any Big Ten town.

So whether it’s the Buckeyes, Penn State or Michigan in the fall football season, or even Indiana, Michigan State or Illini memorabilia during basketball season, the good news for the fans is that Big Ten and NCAA memorabilia is much easier to find thanks to the Internet.

Delvon Roe is the recruit who is going to play for Michigan State in 2008.

Minnesota beat Clemson

Iowa beat Virginia

Who defeated Virginia in the 1997 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

Who defeated Virginia in the 1997 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

Name the player from Euclid, Ohio who committed to play basketball for Michigan State next year?

The answer was Wisconsin.

Who defeated Clemson in the 1997 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?

 

Who defeated Wisconsin in the 2000 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four?

1. Louisville

2. Kansas

3. Ohio State

4. Stanford

5. Illinois

6. Arizona

7. Arkansas

8. Washington

9. Florida

10. California

11. Bradley

12. Mississippi

13. Kent State

14. Texas A.M CC

15. Monmouth

16. Delaware State

1. UCLA

2. Memphis

3. Marquette

4. UCONN

5. USC

6. N.C. State

7. Kentucky

8. Vanderbilt

9. Michigan

10. UNLV

11. Iowa State

12. San Diego State

13. Pacific

14. Winthrop

15. Niagara

16. Samford