Not too many families can say that they have a son that is playing major college basketball.Even fewer can legitimately claim that they have two sons who have "laced 'em up" for D-I schools.It is an extremely rare situation for one family to have three sons who have all been good enough to not only play but start for schools such as Notre Dame, North Carolina and Indiana.The Zeller family from Washington, Indiana (population 11,500) ...

Once again, NFL draft day was a day of celebration for Iowa Football.  For the third year in a row, six Hawkeyes were drafted to the league.  Riley Reiff went in the first round, also a three-year streak for the program.  But while once again having the most names in the B1G called this April is a testament to past success, it’s also cause for hand-wringing about the 2012 outlook. In addition to player losses, the ...

After four seasons coaching the Nebraska football team, is it time for head coach Bo Pelini to be put on the hot seat?The moment you realize Pelini's record (39-16) and the fact that he hasn't won less than nine games in all four of those years, most people would scoff at that notion. Yet, the idea has been passed around since the end of the 2011 season, which was capped with an error-laden 30-13 loss ...

Over the past three seasons, Kentucky head coach John Calipari has reeled in the nation's best overall draft class and led them to great heights, including back-to-back Final Four appearances and the 2012 NCAA National Championship.As incredible as these recruiting classes have been, he is not the only coach to convert a star-studded recruiting class into a championship-winning core. In fact there have been some incredible recruiting classes over the past decade of college basketball.Some ...

The Gamecocks picked up an elite talent at the linebacker position when Matt Rolin committed to South Carolina during an unofficial visit on Memorial Day weekend. Rolin, a four-star linebacker from Virginia, picked the Gamecocks over his other finalists in Florida State and Virginia Tech. South Carolina has long been considered the favorite to land Rolin in the past two months, and Rolin followed through on that pledge by sending out a tweet of himself in ...

No. 120: DeAnthony Arnett, #5, WR, Michigan State2011 Stats: 24 catches, 242 yards, 1 TD (Tennessee, transferred) StrengthsAs pure electric athleticism goes, there are few wide receivers in the entire Big Ten that can match up to DeAnthony Arnett. The Saginaw speedster was an Army All-American out of high school and broke into Tennessee's lineup immediately, and his open-field skills are a clear testament why. As parallels to former Michigan State wideouts go, he's closest to ...

UConn transfer Roscoe Smith will be transferring out west and joining the Runnin' Rebels of UNLV, according to Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports.Goodman tweeted:   UNLV has landed UConn transfer Roscoe Smith -- and the Runnin' Rebs have positioned themselves for sustainability -- cbssports.com/collegebasketb…— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) May 25, 2012   Landing the 6'8" Smith adds to the already strong front court for the Rebels, as they have returning forward Mike Moser, incoming freshman All-American Anthony Bennett ...

Florida State landed its ninth commitment for the 2013 class this afternoon when Dothan (AL) Northview cornerback Marquez White pulled the trigger for Jimbo Fisher’s squad immediately upon receiving his offer. “I just committed an hour ago,” White said.  “Anyone that knows me knows that I’ve been the biggest Florida State fan since I was six years old.  Coach Dameyune Craig is the coach who is recruiting me for FSU.  He was on me hard for ...

The University of Kentucky is known in the sports world for its consistently contending basketball team, but its baseball team isn't half-bad either.In fact, the fourth-seeded Wildcats are well on their way to taking home the 2012 SEC Tournament trophy.The Wildcats have put together an impressive 43-15 season, good for 11th in the nation. And while they may not be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed like LSU and South Carolina are respectively, one ...

Every Friday on the Big Ten Blog, we'll bring you the best Big Ten-related Tweets of the week.Leading off the list today is a tweet by an NFL punter who went to school at UCLA and doesn't mention anything about the Big Ten in his tweet. It should not be eligible for anything on this blog, ever.So why is it here? Because it's Chris Kluwe playing along with my idiot ideas and for that I ...