Big Jeff's Football

02/12/2025

Last night I joined JR on the The Big Ten Huddle talking in the latter half of the show about 5 Huge Questions that will Define the 2025 Big Ten Football Season. Including - Which of the ten "mid-tier" performing 2024 Big Ten teams are most likely to step up and challenge to make the playoffs? And what needs to happen for Penn State to make a deep run and win a National Championship?

The 2025 Big Ten football season is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing yet! From Penn State’s championship aspirations to the pressure on Lincoln Ri...

12/31/2024

Read why I see both Penn State and Ohio State winning and covering the spread in two Big Ten Round 2 Playoff matchups. I am not dissing the Ducks though. These are the 2 best teams in the playoffs.

11/15/2024

Can the Badgers upset the Ducks? Will new OC for Nebraska have an impact? How will the 10 teams fighting for bowl eligibility fare? Ohio State invades Wrigley Field. Check out my picks.

Week 12 Big Ten Football Picks of the Week: I went 303 last week and stand 8 games over .500 for the year. This week's biggest game is Oregon -14 at Wisconsin.

11/12/2024

Week 11 Big Ten Football Hot Takes (November 11)
(1) The best two teams really are from the Big Ten (2) Indiana's close call vs Michigan was a true blessing (3) The Big Ten only has 3 tiers.

Week 11 Big Ten Football Hot Takes: Big Ten has two best teams, Indiana scare is good and Big Ten only has 3 tiers of teams.

10/28/2024

Week 9 Big Ten Football Top Storylines: highlighted by Indiana rolling, Penn State getting a big win in Madison, and Ohio State surviving a scare to Nebraska.

10/23/2024

https://bigjeffsfootball.com/big-10-football-mid-season-report-card/
Big Ten Football Mid-Season Report Card
How does your team rank and what do you disagree with? Check out my article for reasons why by team and goals for the rest of the year.
1 Indiana A+
2 Oregon A
3 Illinois A
4 Penn State A-
5 Michigan State B+
6 Ohio State B
7 Wisconsin B
8 Iowa B-
9 Minnesota B-
10 Nebraska B-
11 Washington C+
12 Northwestern C
13 Maryland C-
14 Rutgers D+
15 USC D
16 UCLA D
17 Michigan D-
18 Purdue F

Big 10 Football Mid-Season Report Card: halfway through the conference season the Big Ten has HUGE surprises on the good (Indiana) and the bad (Michigan).

10/11/2024

To my friends and fans of Indiana U. On my Big Jeff’s Big Ten football website I have an article on why Curt Cignetti has been so successful so far as the Hoosiers coach. Check it out if you like and follow me on X at

The Curt Cignetti Indiana Football Lesson - Indiana is 6-0 for the first time since 1967. What the secret? It's a Production over Potential philosophy.

10/04/2024

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Week 6 Big Ten Football Picks of the Week: this week is highlighted by a rematch of the National Title game where Washington hopes to avenge their loss to Michigan.

10/04/2024

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Rely on Big Jeff's Blog for updated Big Ten football articles and insights during the season and Jeff's periodic fact-based "deep dive" articles. Be a Big Ten expert.

09/25/2024

Week 4 in the Big Ten was highlighted by Michigan literally running over USC in an upset. Check out my Week 4 Big Ten Football Top Storylines article.

Week 4 Big Ten Football Top Storylines: we are finally getting into the meat of the schedule with USC making their Big Ten debut vs. Michigan at the Big House.