Previewing 2016 Big Ten football, from the Purdues to the Ohio States

Check out the advanced-stats glossary here. Below, a unique review of last year’s team, a unit-by-unit breakdown of this year’s roster, the full 2016 schedule with win projections for each game, and more.

For a while, it looked like Meyer might actually pull it off. After an almost perfect path to the 2014 national title -- an early loss takes the microscope off of you, and you catch fire with as little pressure as possible -- the 2015 title defense was stressful from the start.

Check out the advanced-stats glossary here. Below, a unique review of last year’s team, a unit-by-unit breakdown of this year’s roster, the full 2016 schedule with win projections for each game, and more.

It has to raise the hackles of Wisconsin fans. One of the most common narratives in college football now is that the Big Ten West stinks, that it’s another SEC East or Big 12 North, loaded with mediocre teams and inferior to its counterpart (in this case, the Ohio State-, Michigan State-, and Michigan-loaded East).

Check out the advanced-stats glossary here. Below, a unique review of last year’s team, a unit-by-unit breakdown of this year’s roster, the full 2016 schedule with win projections for each game, and more.

On Twitter this past weekend, I asked people about sleeping giants, and it resulted in two conclusions I kind of expected:

Check out the advanced-stats glossary here. Below, a unique review of last year’s team, a unit-by-unit breakdown of this year’s roster, the full 2016 schedule with win projections for each game, and more.

I began last season’s Michigan State preview with this quote, and with good reason. What he had done in so seamlessly building a power in East Lansing had been stunning. I should have stopped there.