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2018 Big Ten Football Weekly Release - August 27 2018 BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - AUGUST 27 Primary Contact: Adam Augustine, Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 151 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 608-215-4391 • Twitter: @B1Gfootball Secondary Contact: Megan Rowley, Assistant Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 129 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 630-272-2038 2018 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS WEEK 1 SCHEDULE EAST DIVISION THURSDAY, AUG. 30 New Mexico State at MINNESOTA Conference Games All Games 7 p.m. | BTN W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk Indiana 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 NORTHWESTERN at PURDUE Maryland 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 8 p.m. | ESPN Michigan 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 Michigan State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 FRIDAY, AUG. 31 Ohio State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W5 Utah State at MICHIGAN STATE Penn State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W4 7 p.m. | BTN Rutgers 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 Western Kentucky at WISCONSIN WEST DIVISION 9 p.m. | ESPN Conference Games All Games W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 Illinois 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L12 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L10 Kent State at ILLINOIS Iowa 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 Noon | BTN Minnesota 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 Nebraska 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 Texas vs. MARYLAND (at FedEx Field) Northwestern 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W7 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W8 Noon | FS1 Purdue 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 Wisconsin 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W15 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Oregon State at OHIO STATE Noon | ABC BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. Texas State at RUTGERS Noon| BTN • The 123rd season of Big Ten football will commence this weekend as 14 teams open the 2018 campaign. For the second-straight season, there will be a Big Ten matchup on the opening weekend of the season as Northern Illinois at IOWA Northwestern visits Purdue at 8 p.m. ET on August 30. That same night, Minnesota will make its 2018 debut 3:30 p.m. | BTN at home against New Mexico State at 7 p.m. Michigan State and Wisconsin will each open the season on Fri- day, Aug. 31, as the Spartans host Utah State at 7 p.m. and the Badgers welcome Western Kentucky to Camp Appalachian State at PENN STATE Randall at 9 p.m. The remaining nine schools will kick off the 2018 campaign on Saturday, Sept. 1. The complete 3:30 p.m. | BTN opening weekend schedule appears to the right. INDIANA at Florida International • Scott Frost will make his debut on the Nebraska sideline Saturday night as the Huskers host Akron. A 7 p.m. | CBSSN member of two Husker national championship teams, Frost returns to his alma mater after two highly suc- cessful seasons as the head coach at UCF, where he guided the Knights to a perfect 13-0 season in 2017, MICHIGAN at Notre Dame and a 19-7 record in two seasons in Orlando. 7:30 p.m. | NBC • The 2018 campaign will feature 46 All-Big Ten players (11 first-team, 15 second-team, 20 third-team) and Akron at NEBRASKA 60 honorable mention selections from last season. 8 p.m. | FOX • The winners of two of the 14 regular-season individual awards from last season will also hit the field again All times ET this fall. Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor was named the Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year last season, while Ohio State’s Nick Bosa was tabbed the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year. FOLLOW THE BIG TEN • Nearly 275 Academic-All Big Ten selections return from the 2017 season, along with 25 Big Ten The Big Ten football page on bigten.org will feature Distinguished Scholars. notes, recaps, statistics, standings and more. You can also • The Big Ten will continue to feature the largest bowl lineup in conference history. This season, the Big keep track of Big Ten football in real time by following Ten’s bowl lineup will be highlighted by 16 potential bowl destinations in Arizona, California, Florida, the conference on Twitter @B1Gfootball and @BigTen or Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Tennessee and Texas. becoming a fan of the Big Ten Conference on Facebook to receive exclusive updates. • The first Saturday of the season will feature a neutral site contest between Maryland and Texas. The Terps will face the Longhorns at noon ET at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on FS1. /BigTenConference • Ohio State was crowned the 2017 Big Ten Champion after its 27-21 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game presented by Discover. It was the Buckeyes’ 36th Big Ten title and first since 2014. @B1Gfootball @BigTen Ohio State will look to repeat as conference champions for the first time since winning five consecutive titles from 2005-09. @bigtenconf • Ohio State and Wisconsin will look to repeat as division champions this season, as the Badgers finished 9-0 to win the West Division for the second consecutive season and the Buckeyes completed the season with an 8-1 mark to claim the East Division, giving the Buckeyes at least a share of their sixth straight divi- sion title. Last season’s divisional crowns marked the fourth for the Badgers and sixth for the Buckeyes. 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 WEEKLY COACHES BIG TEN FOOTBALL 2018-19 BIG TEN TELECONFERENCE MEDIA CONTACTS BOWL DESTINATIONS The Big Ten Conference football coaches weekly EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION SERVPRO First Responder Bowl media teleconferences will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2018 Aug. 28, and continue through Tuesday, Nov. 20. INDIANA ILLINOIS 1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Jeff Keag Kent Brown [email protected] [email protected] Dallas, Texas The calls are held on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. - Phone: (812) 855-6209 Derek Neal Cotton Bowl Stadium 12:52 p.m. CT. The calls will be available for play- [email protected] Big Ten vs. Conference USA back roughly two hours following the conclusion MARYLAND Phone: (217) 333-1391 of each call at bigten.org. Dustin Semonavick Quick Lane Bowl [email protected] IOWA Sean Ellenby Steve Roe Dec. 26, 2018 Contact the Big Ten Communications office for [email protected] [email protected] 5:15 p.m. ET, ESPN the phone number and weekly passcode. Phone: (301) 314-7065 Phone: (319) 335-9411 Detroit, Mich. Ford Field The coaches order on each call is as follows (all MICHIGAN MINNESOTA Big Ten vs. ACC/Notre Dame David Ablauf Paul Rovnak times Central): [email protected] [email protected] Chad Shepard Phone: (612) 625-9379 New Era Pinstripe Bowl 11:00 a.m. – Chris Ash, Rutgers [email protected] Ryan Tibbitts Dec. 27, 2018 11:08 a.m. – Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Phone: (734) 764-6456 [email protected] 5:15 p.m. ET, ESPN 11:16 a.m. – Paul Chryst, Wisconsin Bronx, N.Y. MICHIGAN STATE NEBRASKA 11:24 a.m. – Scott Frost, Nebraska Ben Phlegar Keith Mann Yankee Stadium 11:32 a.m. – Mark Dantonio, Michigan State [email protected] [email protected] Big Ten vs. ACC/Notre Dame 11:40 a.m. – Kirk Ferentz, Iowa Phone: (517) 355-2271 Phone: (402) 472-2263 11:48 a.m. – P.J. Fleck, Minnesota Franklin American Mortgage 11:56 a.m. – Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern OHIO STATE NORTHWESTERN Music City Bowl Jerry Emig Paul Kennedy 12:04 p.m. – Lovie Smith, Illinois [email protected] [email protected] Dec. 28, 2018 12:12 p.m. – Matt Canada, Maryland Phone: (614) 688-0343 Phone: (847) 467-2028 1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN 12:20 p.m. – Jeff Brohm, Purdue Nashville, Tenn. 12:28 p.m. – James Franklin, Penn State PENN STATE PURDUE Nissan Stadium 12:36 p.m. – Ryan Day, Ohio State Kristina Petersen Matt Rector Big Ten or ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC [email protected] [email protected] 12:44 p.m. – Tom Allen, Indiana Phone: (814) 865-1757 Phone: (765) 494-3196 San Francisco Bowl RUTGERS WISCONSIN Dec. 31, 2018 Hasim Phillips Brian Lucas 3 p.m. ET, FOX [email protected] [email protected] Santa Clara, Calif. Phone: (732) 445-6069 Phone: (608) 263-5052 Jimmy Gill Brian Mason Levi’s Stadium [email protected] [email protected] Big Ten vs. Pac-12 San Diego County Credit Union BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS Holiday Bowl Coach, School Career (Yrs) At School (Yrs) Big Ten Only Dec.
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