CHICAGO - As the Big Ten staged its annual dog-and-pony show - otherwise known as the preseason football luncheon - last Thursday and Friday, the growing gap between the upper-echelon teams and those resigned to looking up grew wider.
Poll positions: Buckeyes, Blue to battle for Big Ten
If polls really don't mean anything, then why did members of the Michigan soccer team get so excited when they got the news that the Wolverines would be starting the 1998 season ranked 17th in the country?
Soccer can write new chapter in its history books
When Michigan volleyball coach Greg Giovanazzi first started building teams at Michigan, he was a small-ball guy. Shorter players usually move the ball a little better than taller players. But the past few years, he's tried taking a taller approach. And the move has been paying off.
Volleyball towers over at-odds polls
CHICAGO - Northwestern football coach Gary Barnett and Ohio State coach John Cooper sat next to each other at the same table during last week's Big Ten preseason press conference luncheon. They were laughing and talking as they shoveled in the chicken lunch provided. For our dining entertainment, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and a handful of ABC executives were explaining the new Bowl Championship Series ratings.Stop the insanity! Football should be decided in autumn
He sits on a chair in front of his locker in Tiger Stadium, the Larkin nameplate slightly off-center, which is fitting for the day. His Buckeyes jersey hangs loosely off his body, unbuttoned, and sweat drips down his face. His brown eyes, squinting, dart around the room, looking for answers, when the answer is really right on his own back.
Mixed blessing
08-10-98
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