Big Ten Media Day Open Thread

Submitted by Rumsey on

Big Ten Media Days are upon us which means people besides us will start to get excited about the season. Some of us are a little too excited (see two threads below this one). Coverage is running now on BTN and BTN2Go and tape delays will run from 1:00 until 4:00 on ESPNU. Today's schedule:

10:30 a.m. - Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald 
10:45 a.m. - Purdue coach Darrell Hazell 
11:00 a.m. - Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen 
11:15 a.m. - Illinois coach Tim Beckman 
11:30 a.m. - Michigan coach Brady Hoke 
Noon - Rutgers coach Kyle Flood 
12:15 p.m. - Minnesota coach Jerry Kill 
12:30 p.m. - Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio 
1:00 p.m. - Nebraska coach Bo Pelini 
1:15 p.m. - Maryland coach Randy Edsall 
1:30 p.m. - Ohio State coach Urban Meyer 
2:00 p.m. - Penn State coach James Franklin 
2:15 p.m. - Indiana coach Kevin Wilson 
2:30 p.m. - Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz

 

Hopefully we can post the interviews here as they happen. Also of note:

 

BIG TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR 2014

East Division 
Stefon Diggs, WR, Maryland 
Devin Funchess, WR, Michigan 
Shilique Calhoun, DE, Michigan State 
Braxton Miller, QB, Ohio State 
Christian Hackenberg, QB, Penn State

West Division 
Brandon Scherff, OL, Iowa 
Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska 
Randy Gregory, DE, Nebraska 
Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin 
Rob Havenstein, RT, Wisconsin

 

Our player representatives:

Starting their rotation at #B1GMediaDay are @UMclark57 @DevG98 & @JakeRyan_47 #LeadersAndBestDressed pic.twitter.com/FBamDG31lv

— Michigan Football (@umichfootball) July 28, 2014

BlastDouble

July 28th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^

He seems much less friendly and appears to have a chip on his shoulder. Hope this reflects the overall attitude of the team!

Mr. Yost

July 28th, 2014 at 6:57 PM ^

He's always done that...he's forever stuck in "FORT SCHEMBECHLER" and he doesn't understand in this day and age of social media and information sharing, it's okay to open up on things and be available.

I remember watching last year when he did B1G Media Days then did all of the ESPN shows and said literally the exact same thing every time. I'd answer his questions before he did and get them 80-85% correct.

Mr. Yost

July 28th, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^

Meaning no sports package this summer, which means no ESPNU or BTN.

Any updates?

I can't wait until late-next month when my TV is normal again.