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Big Ten Weekly Honors
Football
Offensive Player of the Week
Braxton Miller, Ohio State, Sr., HB
- Records the fourth Offensive Player of the Week award of his career and first since Oct. 28, 2013
- Four times? Getting a little hoggish, Brax. Just sayin'.
Defensive Player of the Week
Anthony Walker, Northwestern, So., LB
Special Teams Player of the Week
William Likely, Maryland, Jr., DB
Freshman of the Week
Clayton Thorson, Northwestern, QB
Field Hockey
Offensive Player of the Week
Dominique Masters, Northwestern, M - Jr.
Defensive Player of the Week
Liz Tamburro, Ohio State, GK - So.
Freshman of the Week
Katie Dembrowski, Penn State, M - Fr.
Women's Soccer
Offensive Player of the Week
Cassie Inacio, Rutgers, F - Sr. - Manalapan, N.J. - Manalapan HS
- Earns her first career Offensive Player of the Week honor
- Last Rutgers Offensive Player of the Week: Madison Tiernan (Oct. 13, 2014)
Defensive Player of the Week
Haley Helverson, Minnesota, D - Sr.
Co-Freshmen of the Week
April Bockin, Minnesota, F
Lia Baldo, Nebraska, F
Men's Soccer
Offensive Player of the Week
Sebastian Elney, Maryland, F - Fr.
Defensive Player of the Week
Cody Niedermeier, Maryland, GK - Jr.
Bet it made SportsCenter, too
Let's see, college football players can't do endzone dances and other stupid things to draw attention to themselves. So, what can they do? This....
We first saw @BOSSLIFEDAT13 rock the watch and now Taylor Young & JC Coleman #uniswag pic.twitter.com/6CnCnGJqU4
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) September 8, 2015
Except, it's illegal. Rule 1-4-7 prohibits items that are abrasive or can endanger opponents....like maybe a metal watch. Yeah, we're "rocking" illegal equipment. Great....just great.
Speaking of Virginia Tech....
In any other words, it was Monday Night Football, and the only game in town. And apparently people were more than a little eager to watch.
Near-record Labor Day overnight for Ohio State/Virginia Tech on ESPN: http://t.co/LrlixDynu3
— Paulsen (@paulsen_smw) September 8, 2015
The game drew a 6.6 rating, up 120% from last year's Miami-Louisville game. As you might expect, Columbus was the largest market for the game. Saturday's highest rating was another Big Ten-related game as Wisconsin-Alabama drew a 4.3 overnight rating.
No, we didn't miss it
Somebody is really pushing the Louisville uniforms. But it seems no one is buying. As indicated by one of the several replies to this tweet.
ICYMI: The @adidasfootball Uncaged Cardinal unis for @UofLFootball @UofLEquipment #uniswag http://t.co/KwuOzBu0Kq
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) September 7, 2015
@Uniformswag @adidasfootball @UofLFootball @UofLEquipment Ha. "ICYMI?" I don't think anyone missed it based on the rampant ridicule.
— Stephen Huntsman (@ThirdandVermont) September 7, 2015
And, of course, we have no way of avoiding seeing this
ICYMI: The Electric Lightning Uniforms for @OregonFBequip @WinTheDay #uniswag http://t.co/6qcPguVWG9
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) September 7, 2015
And do we really need this?
So, we don't really have a college version of Hard Knocks. What we do have is a ShowTime series that will probably make anyone who isn't a Notre Dame fan barf. A Season With Notre Dame began on Sept. 8 on the cable channel.
I missed the first episode....probably will miss the rest, too. It may be excellent but..... Nah. Feel free to comment, though.
Flashy isn't always good....but I like these
ICYMI: The fire helmets for @UVAEquipment @uva_football #uniswag http://t.co/5RDfkpIJgM
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) September 7, 2015
Schadenfreude
Penn State buried the Temple game tape. Because of course Penn State still records on VHS. http://t.co/KfzAaAHtc6
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) September 9, 2015
Moment of Zen
So, which college coach has the best return on investment? Uhh, no it isn't Kyle Flood. You're guessing Urban Meyer or Nick Saban, right? Ahh, not so fast my friend.
What college football coach provides the best ROI? On @Forbes: The Best College Football Coaches For The Money: http://t.co/k0mwWqBdrx
— Jason Belzer (@JasonBelzer) September 1, 2015
You might be surprised that, while Saban and Meyer are Top 25, they come at a price. And therein lies the rub! You'll know and probably nod your head in agreement on Florida State's Jimbo Fisher and Oregon's Mark Helfrich being No. 1 and 2 respectively. But you're going to be quite surprised at No. 3. Go ahead...take a look.