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The Maryland Terrapins Are Lighting Up The Scoreboard

All season long, Maryland has been an offensive force. But lately, the Terrapins have approached games less as a competition and more as a scoring showcase. Such was the case on Thursday against Michigan, with a win clinching at least a share of the Big Ten title. The game plan from the Wolverines seemed to […]

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This Year’s Big Ten Has Big Potential

The best men’s basketball team in the Big Ten Conference over the past quarter century is in the throes of its worst year since the first season of its esteemed coach, so you could be forgiven for assuming that the rest of the conference might also struggle. Instead, the Big Ten hasn’t missed a beat. […]

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The College Football Layoff

We begin, in fine Hot Takedown tradition, by talking about something that happened shortly after we recorded this week’s episode. The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences have canceled college football for the fall, with the hopes of trying to play in the spring. We knew it was coming. But what’s interesting about where college football […]

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