Big Ten Network : Dave Revsine's Numbers Blog

Basketball, meet football. Football, this is basketball ...

Big Ten Numbers — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:21:00 +0000

Worlds are colliding, and this has nothing to do with trying to kill "Independent George." It's been a busy week, with football coming down the home stretch and hoops starting up. In some ways, it's the best time of the year here. In others, like, just as a random example, trying to get one's Internet column done on time, it's a bit of a challenge.

Quite a day of football

Big Ten Numbers — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:49:00 +0000

Defining weekend ahead

Big Ten Numbers — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:02:00 +0000

Half-way home

Big Ten Numbers — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:47:00 +0000

We have hit the half-way point in the regular season for all but one of the teams in the conference. I thought it might be fun to look back on the predictions I made as we headed home after our summer tour and see how I did.

Who can win the title?

Big Ten Numbers — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:32:00 +0000

Another wild season

Big Ten Numbers — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:31:00 +0000

As someone who literally watches as much Big Ten football as is humanly possible, I feel fairly confident in my opinions about the conference. Sure, I get some wrong occasionally (that thing about Joe Paterno underestimating his offensive line - I was a bit off on that one). But, overall, I'll stack my opinions on the conference up against just about anyone.

Here come the conference games

Big Ten Numbers — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Time for conference play, and it starts out with some intrigue, as four of the five remaining undefeated teams in the Big Ten go head to head this weekend.

Week 3

Big Ten Numbers — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:02:00 +0000

The biggest game was once again a big disappointment for Ohio State, and the discussion afterward has focused on two issues: OSU's offensive failings and the team's general inability to beat highly ranked foes. The numbers back up both assertions:

One week down ...

Big Ten Numbers — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:35:00 +0000

Week 1 in the books, and a tad on the disappointing side.

Start it up

Big Ten Numbers — Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:55:00 +0000

The numbers are back. If you're not familiar with the concept, you can see my original post way back in September 2007 and read the entire glorious history of this blog or column or whatever you want to call it. Or just read the first few entries below and you'll get the gist of it.