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2021 BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - AUGUST 30

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2021 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS WEEK 1 SCHEDULE EAST DIVISION THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 Conference Games All Games Temple at RUTGERS W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk 6:30 p.m. | 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Maryland 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 STATE at MINNESOTA 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Michigan State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 8 p.m. | FOX Ohio State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W18 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Penn State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W4 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W4 FRIDAY, SEPT. 3 Rutgers 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 MICHIGAN STATE at NORTHWESTERN 9 p.m. | ESPN WEST DIVISION Conference Games All Games SATURDAY, SEPT. 4 W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk Western Michigan at MICHIGAN 1. 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 W1 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Noon | ESPN 2. 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W6 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W6 Minnesota 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Fordham at NEBRASKA Northwestern 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Purdue 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 Noon | Big Ten Network Wisconsin 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 7. Nebraska 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 L1 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-0 L1 PENN STATE at WISCONSIN Noon | FOX

BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. INDIANA at IOWA • All 14 Big Ten schools will be in action as week one of the 2021 season kicks off Thursday night 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network when Minnesota, Ohio State and Rutgers make their debut. The Scarlet Knights will play host to Temple at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network, while the Golden Gophers open at home against the West Virginia at MARYLAND Buckeyes at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The remaining nine schools will begin the 2021 campaign on Friday 3:30 p.m. | ESPN and Saturday, highlighted by a trio of conference matchups. The complete opening weekend sched- ule appears to the right. Oregon State at PURDUE 7 p.m. | FS1 • Illinois opened the era with a 30-22 victory over Nebraska on Saturday, Illinois’ first victory over Nebraska at home since 2015. The victory marked the first conference win in a season UTSA at ILLINOIS opener for the Illini since Sept. 1, 1984 (24-16 victory over Northwestern in Champaign). 7:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network

• Indiana looks to capitalize on its 2020 success as the team opens its conference slate at Iowa this All times Eastern weekend. Last season, the Hoosiers went 6-1 in Big Ten play with the only loss coming by seven points at Ohio State - a team that went on to play for the national championship.

• With a 6-1 Big Ten record in 2020, Indiana secured a winning conference record in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1987-88. The Hoosiers’ six Big Ten wins were tied for their most in a WEEK 0 RESULTS season in school history. SATURDAY, AUG. 28 • Iowa and Indiana are meeting as AP ranked opponents for the second time ever and the first time ILLINOIS 30, NEBRASKA 22 since 1991, when No. 10 Iowa defeated No. 25 Indiana, 38-21, at .

• Iowa’s first two opponents are ranked in the AP Top 25 (No. 17 Indiana, No. 7 Iowa State). It marks the fourth time in program history the Hawkeyes have opened a season against consecutive oppo- nents ranked in the AP Top 25 (1960, 1973, 1974). The Hawkeyes started 2-0 in 1960, 1-1 in 1974 and 0-2 in 1973. FOLLOW THE BIG TEN

• Four-time defending Big Ten champion Ohio State begins its season on Thursday evening when it The Big Ten football page on bigten.org will feature kicks off at Minnesota in primetime on FOX. The Buckeyes are coming off a 2020 season in which notes, recaps, statistics, standings and more. You can also they defeated Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game, won the Allstate over keep track of Big Ten football in real time by following Clemson and reached the Playoff National Championship Game for the second the conference on Twitter @B1Gfootball and @BigTen or straight year. Ohio State has been in the playoff four times, advancing to the title game twice. becoming a fan of the on Facebook to receive exclusive updates. • Minnesota is 96-35-6 all-time in season openers, including wins in four of their last five openers (3-1 under P.J. Fleck). The Golden Gophers are 100-30-7 all-time in home openers with an identical stretch of four wins in their past five home openers (also 3-1 under Fleck). Minnesota is 8-4 in home openers since Huntington Bank Stadium opened in 2009.

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and voluntary collaboration among top research universities. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 2 2021 BIG TEN • All six of the New Year’s Six bowl games have had a chance to host a semifinal game twice with the and Sugar Bowl doing so three times. This year, the Cotton and Orange Bowls will serve as semifinal PLAYERS OF THE WEEK games. Last year, Alabama became the second-straight No. 1 seed to win the playoff. The No. 1 seed didn’t 8/30 O Artur Sitkowski, So., QB, ILL win a title in the first five years. The No. 2 seed has won it three times and the No. 4 seed has won it twice. D Calvin Hart Jr., So., LB, ILL The No. 3 seed has won just three playoff games in seven years with Ohio State winning one of those last sea- S Blake Hayes, Sr., P, ILL son. F Deuce Spann, WR, ILL

• The 2021 campaign features 120 All-Big Ten honorees (first-, second-, third-team or honorable mention) selected by either the coaches or the media last season. Iowa and Ohio State lead the West and East Divisions, respectively, each welcoming back 14 All-Big Ten honorees this season. The talent is split evenly as 60 of the returning all-conference players hail from both the East and West Divisions. Each team returns at least three All-Big Ten performers.

• The Big Ten finished last season with four teams ranked in the AP Top 25, tying for the most of any confer- ence. Two teams finished in the Top 10 and all four finished in the Top 16. The 2021 AP Preseason Poll also featured five Big Ten teams in No. 4 Ohio State, No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 17 Indiana, No. 18 Iowa, and No. 19 Penn State, while Michigan and Northwestern are both receiving votes.

BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS

Coach, School Career (Yrs) At School (Yrs) Big Ten Only EAST DIVISION Tom Allen, IND 24-22 (5th) 24-22 (5th) 15-19 Michael Locksley, MD 8-43 (7th) 6-17 (4th) 4-16 , MICH 107-49 (14th) 49-22 (7th) 34-16 , MSU 7-12 (3rd) 2-5 (2nd) 2-5 Ryan Day, OSU 23-2 (4th) 23-2 (4th) 15-0 James Franklin, PSU 83-43 (11th) 59-28 (8th) 36-20 , RU 71-73 (13th) 71-73 (13th) 3-6

WEST DIVISION Bret Bielema, ILL 98-58 (13th) 1-0 (1st) 38-19 , IOWA 180-127 (26th) 168-106 (23rd) 103-77 P.J. Fleck, MINN 56-41 (9th) 26-19 (5th) 15-19 , NEB 31-28 (6th) 12-21 (4th) 9-18 , NU 106-81 (16th) 106-81 (16th) 63-60 , PUR 49-35 (8th) 19-25 (5th) 14-19 , WIS 75-38 (10th) 56-19 (7th) 37-13

BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA CONTACTS

EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION Indiana Ohio State Illinois Northwestern Jeff Keag Jerry Emig Kent Brown Paul Kennedy [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] pkennedy@northwestern. Phone: (812) 855-6209 Phone: (614) 688-0343 edu Iowa Phone: (847) 467-2028 Maryland Penn State Steve Roe Dustin Semonavick Kristina Petersen [email protected] Purdue [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (319) 335-9411 Matt Rector Phone: (814) 865-1757 [email protected] Michigan Minnesota Phone: (765) 494-3196 David Ablauf Rutgers Paul Rovnak [email protected] Hasim Phillips [email protected] Wisconsin [email protected] Phone: (612) 625-9379 Brian Lucas Chad Shepard Phone: (732) 445-6069 [email protected] [email protected] Nebraska Phone: (608) 263-5052 Phone: (734) 764-6456 Jimmy Gill Keith Mann [email protected] [email protected] Brian Mason Michigan State Phone: (402) 472-2263 [email protected] Ben Phlegar [email protected] Matt Smith Phone: (517) 355-2271 [email protected] Phone: (402) 770-5926

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. Big Ten Academic Alliance schools annually conduct $10 billion in funded research, $5 billion more than any other conference. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 3 BIG TEN FOOTBALL AWARDS

The Big Ten will continue to honor its past while recogniz- NAME OF AWARD NAMED FOR ing its current standouts at the conclusion of the 2021 Championship Game Awards campaign. The Big Ten’s enhanced football awards pro- gram presents 19 individual trophies in addition to the Big Championship Trophy Amos Alonzo Stagg, Ten Championship trophy, bearing the names of one or two former standouts. The distinguished names on these Grange-Griffin Championship Game MVP Harold Edward "Red" Grange, Illinois football awards honor just a small sampling of the count- (media vote only) , Ohio State Postcollegiate Awards less students and coaches who have contributed to the (vote by school administrators) conference’s rich and storied history. Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award Gerald R. Ford, Michigan , Iowa Seventeen of the honors will be awarded immediately Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award , Minnesota following the regular season, including awards for the Anthony Thompson, Indiana best , , receiver, tight end, offen- Annual Awards sive lineman, defensive lineman, linebacker, defensive (combined vote by coaches and media, unless otherwise noted) back, kicker, and . Each of these Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year , Northwestern individual position awards features the names of two , Ohio State former standouts. Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, Minnesota , Michigan The Big Ten will also continue to honor the conference’s Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes, Ohio State top coaches, offensive and defensive players and linemen (coaches vote only) Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Michigan and freshmen with end-of-year trophies. Big Ten coaches Dave McClain Coach of the Year Dave McClain, Wisconsin have the opportunity to claim two awards. Media voters (media vote only) will select the Dave McClain Coach of the Year, which has Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year Darrell Thompson, Minnesota been awarded since 1972, while coaches vote for the , Indiana Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year award. The top Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Dave Rimington, Nebraska offensive player will receive the Graham-George Offensive , Ohio State Player of the Year award, the best defensive player will be Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith, Michigan State awarded the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Courtney Brown, Penn State Year award and the top freshman will receive the Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year , Purdue Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year award. , Purdue Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year , Wisconsin The winner of the Big Ten Football Championship Game , Wisconsin will receive the Amos Alonzo Stagg Championship Trophy, Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year Jack Tatum, Ohio State while the most outstanding player in the game will be , Purdue awarded the Grange-Griffin Championship Game Most Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year , Illinois Valuable Player award. The conference also created two Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern postcollegiate awards - the Ford-Kinnick Leadership Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year Pat Richter, Wisconsin Award and the Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award. , Michigan Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year Ted Kwalick, Penn State The full list of awards, along with a breakdown of the Clark, Iowa former standouts appearing in each award’s name, Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Jim Bakken, Wisconsin appears to the right. , Michigan State Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Illinois Brandon Fields, Michigan State Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year , Nebraska , Iowa

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 1,800 Academic All-Americans, including 56 honorees during the 2020-21 academic year. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 4

Big Life. Big Stage. Big Ten. Since its inception in 1896, the pursuit and attainment of academic excellence has been a priority for every Big Ten member institution. But maintaining the conference’s standard of competing at the highest level in athletics also endures as an important component of the Big Ten experience. Striking that balance between academics and athletics is integral to the Big Ten’s identity. Recognized as one of intercollegiate sports’ most successful undertakings, the Big Ten strives for success from its students not only on the field and in the classroom, but around the world as well.

PREMIER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS LEADERS IN INNOVATION The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten Took part in the nation’s first , winning the 1902 Rose Bowl universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and Game, and signed an exclusive contract with the Tournament of Roses voluntary collaboration among top research universities. in 1946, making it the first bowl with permanent conference affiliations.

Every Big Ten Academic Alliance institution ranks among the top 70 Awarded the first Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1915, honoring outstanding universities in the nation according to the 2021 Academic Ranking of seniors who demonstrated excellence in academics and athletics. World Universities, including six in the top 30. Formed the Big Ten Advisory Commission in 1972, enlisting former The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 1,800 Academic All- students that competed in conference athletics to serve as liaisons to the Americans, including a Big Ten-record 56 honorees during the 2020-21 NCAA’s Diversity and Inclusion Department, the Big Ten Student-Athlete academic year. Advisory Commission and other organizations.

Big Ten Academic Alliance schools annually conduct $10 billion in funded Became the first conference to voluntarily adopt male and female research, $5 billion more than any other conference. participation goals after launching its Gender Equity Action Plan in 1992.

Implemented the first collegiate football system of instant replay in 2004, A HISTORY OF ATHLETIC SUCCESS which the NCAA approved for use among all conferences in 2006. Big Ten schools have won at least five national championships in 23 of the last 27 years, averaging nearly seven per year during that span. Launched the Big Ten Network (BTN) in 2007, the first national conference- owned television network. Since the 2008-09 academic year, current Big Ten institutions have claimed 80 team national championships in 22 different sports. Began partnering with the Ivy League to study the effects of head injuries in sports in 2012.

BROAD-BASED PROGRAMMING Accepted Johns Hopkins University as the conference’s first sport affiliate The Big Ten will administer more than $240 million in direct financial members in men’s and women’s lacrosse in 2013 and 2015, respectively, support to more than 9,800 students competing in intercollegiate and added Notre Dame as a sport affiliate member in men’s ice hockey athletics for more than 11,000 participation opportunities on 350 teams in 2017. in 42 different sports.

The Big Ten sponsors 28 official conference sports, 14 for men and 14 EXTENSIVE TELEVISION EXPOSURE for women, including the addition of men’s ice hockey and men’s and Through the Big Ten’s current media agreements with BTN, ABC/ women’s lacrosse in this decade. ESPN, CBS and FOX, more than 2,000 Big Ten events are produced and distributed nationally and globally on an annual basis. The Big Ten leads the nation in total students competing in intercollegiate athletics and participation opportunities, and sponsors more official BTN is in almost 60 million homes across the United States and Canada, sports than all conferences except the Ivy League. and is also available via the Fox Sports App, delivering live and on- demand programming to computers, smartphones and tablets. B1G+ More than 1,500 Big Ten competitors have participated in the Olympics, streams hundreds of additional events each season. winning more than 500 medals, including more than 200 gold. The Big Ten Conference enjoyed its finest performance at a single Olympic Games during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, as athletes with Big COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Ten ties set conference records by earning 51 total medals and 22 gold For more than 30 years, through the Big Ten’s SCORE (Success Comes medals during the 17-day competition. All 14 Big Ten member schools Out of Reading Everyday) program, the conference has partnered with had an athlete win at least one medal in Tokyo, also a first in conference Chicago elementary schools to improve reading performance. history. Surrounding the Big Ten Football Championship Game and Tournaments, the conference has held numerous community initiatives, PASSIONATE FOLLOWING partnered with the Foundation and other events The Big Ten leads all conferences with 6.4 million alumni and nearly such as the Big Ten Career Expo, SaturDAY of Service and Youth Football 580,000 students. Clinics. In addition, the Big Ten has hosted a downtown 5K, collaborated with a local breast cancer awareness group and provided unique event Each year more than 11 million patrons attend Big Ten home contests, as experiences for military veterans. the conference has led the nation in attendance for men’s basketball, ice hockey, volleyball and wrestling. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 5 2021 COMPOSITE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

DATE/MATCHUP TIME BROADCAST DATE/MATCHUP TIME BROADCAST SATURDAY, AUG. 28 SATURDAY, OCT. 9 NEBRASKA at ILLINOIS 1 p.m. FOX MARYLAND at OHIO STATE (HC) Noon TBD MICHIGAN STATE at RUTGERS (HC) Noon TBD THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 WISCONSIN at ILLINOIS (HC) 3:30 or 4 p.m. TBD Temple at RUTGERS 6:30 p.m. Big Ten Network PENN STATE at IOWA (HC) TBD FOX or FS1 OHIO STATE at MINNESOTA 8 p.m. FOX MICHIGAN at NEBRASKA

FRIDAY, SEPT. 3 SATURDAY, OCT. 16 MICHIGAN STATE at NORTHWESTERN 9 p.m. ESPN MICHIGAN STATE at INDIANA (HC) Noon TBD RUTGERS at NORTHWESTERN (HC) Noon TBD SATURDAY, SEPT. 4 PURDUE at IOWA (HC) 3:30 p.m. TBD Western Michigan at MICHIGAN Noon ESPN NEBRASKA at MINNESOTA Fordham at NEBRASKA Noon Big Ten Network Army at WISCONSIN PENN STATE at WISCONSIN Noon FOX INDIANA at IOWA 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Network SATURDAY, OCT. 23 West Virginia at MARYLAND 3:30 p.m. ESPN ILLINOIS at PENN STATE (HC) Noon TBD Oregon State at PURDUE 7 p.m. FS1 NORTHWESTERN at MICHIGAN UTSA at ILLINOIS 7:30 p.m. Big Ten Network MARYLAND at MINNESOTA INDIANA at OHIO STATE SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 PURDUE at WISCONSIN ILLINOIS at Virginia 11 a.m. ACC Network Youngstown State at MICHIGAN STATE Noon Big Ten Network SATURDAY, OCT. 30 Miami (OH) at MINNESOTA Noon ESPNU IOWA at WISCONSIN (HC) Noon TBD Indiana State at NORTHWESTERN Noon Big Ten Network INDIANA at MARYLAND (HC) Noon TBD Oregon at OHIO STATE Noon FOX MICHIGAN at MICHIGAN STATE RUTGERS at Syracuse 2 p.m. ACC Network MINNESOTA at NORTHWESTERN PURDUE at UConn 3 p.m. CBS Sports Network PENN STATE at OHIO STATE Buffalo at NEBRASKA 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Network NEBRASKA at PURDUE Ball State at PENN STATE 3:30 p.m. FS1 ILLINOIS at RUTGERS IOWA at Iowa State 4:30 p.m. ABC Eastern Michigan at WISCONSIN 7 p.m. FS1 SATURDAY, NOV. 6 Idaho at INDIANA 7:30 p.m. Big Ten Network PENN STATE at MARYLAND Howard at MARYLAND 7:30 p.m. Big Ten Network INDIANA at MICHIGAN Washington at MICHIGAN 8 p.m. ABC ILLINOIS at MINNESOTA OHIO STATE at NEBRASKA FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 IOWA at NORTHWESTERN MARYLAND at ILLINOIS 9 p.m. FS1 MICHIGAN STATE at PURDUE RUTGERS at WISCONSIN SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 Cincinnati at INDIANA Noon ABC or ESPN SATURDAY, NOV. 13 Northern Illinois at MICHIGAN Noon Big Ten Network RUTGERS at INDIANA MICHIGAN STATE at Miami (FL) Noon ABC or ESPN MINNESOTA at IOWA NEBRASKA at Oklahoma Noon FOX MARYLAND at MICHIGAN STATE MINNESOTA at Colorado 1 p.m. Pac-12 Network PURDUE at OHIO STATE PURDUE at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. NBC MICHIGAN at PENN STATE Kent State at IOWA 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Network NORTHWESTERN at WISCONSIN Tulsa at OHIO STATE 3:30 p.m. FS1 Delaware at RUTGERS 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Network SATURDAY, NOV. 20 NORTHWESTERN at Duke 4 p.m. ACC Network NEBRASKA at WISCONSIN TBD ESPN Network TBD Auburn at PENN STATE 7:30 p.m. ABC MINNESOTA at INDIANA ILLINOIS at IOWA SATURDAY, SEPT. 25 MICHIGAN at MARYLAND Notre Dame vs. WISCONSIN [1] Noon FOX PURDUE at NORTHWESTERN [2] Bowling Green at MINNESOTA (HC) Noon ESPN Network TBD MICHIGAN STATE at OHIO STATE RUTGERS at MICHIGAN (HC) 3:30 p.m. TBD RUTGERS at PENN STATE INDIANA at Western 8 p.m. CBS Sports Network Colorado State at IOWA FRIDAY, NOV. 26 Kent State at MARYLAND IOWA at NEBRASKA 1:30 p.m. Big Ten Network NEBRASKA at MICHIGAN STATE Ohio at NORTHWESTERN SATURDAY, NOV. 27 Akron at OHIO STATE OHIO STATE at MICHIGAN Noon. FOX Villanova at PENN STATE NORTHWESTERN at ILLINOIS ILLINOIS at PURDUE PENN STATE at MICHIGAN STATE WISCONSIN at MINNESOTA FRIDAY, OCT. 1 INDIANA at PURDUE IOWA at MARYLAND 8 p.m. FS1 MARYLAND at RUTGERS

SATURDAY, OCT. 2 SATURDAY, DEC. 4 MINNESOTA at PURDUE (HC) Noon TBD Big Ten Football Championship Game [3] 8 p.m. FOX NORTHWESTERN at NEBRASKA (HC) 7:30 p.m. TBD Western Kentucky at MICHIGAN STATE (HC) 7:30 p.m. TBD Charlotte at ILLINOIS [1] (Chicago) INDIANA at PENN STATE [2] (Chicago) OHIO STATE at RUTGERS [3] (Indianapolis) MICHIGAN at WISCONSIN All Times Eastern (HC) denotes Homecoming

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. Through the Big Ten’s current media agreements with BTN, ABC/ESPN, CBS and FOX, more than 2,000 Big Ten events are produced and distributed nationally and globally on an annual basis.