Power rankings, personnel decisions, and press conferences abound.
Real live Big Ten football is just days away now, so what are our conference foes up to?
Illinois
Welcome to Rock Bottom: Unless you've been living under a proverbial rock, you know that Tim Beckman was fired last week, eight days before the start of the 2015 season. Beckman, who went 12-25 in three seasons, was let go for allegedly pressuring players to play despite injury. The allegations are based on preliminary findings in an ongoing external investigation of the football program (Jake New, Inside Higher Education).