Phil Harrison

• Our first 18-team Big Ten media days event is now in the books. We heard from the traditional teams like Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn

• Say what you want about all of the changes we're seeing in college football, but one that has been a slum dunk was the foresight of former

• Some college football programs are judged not by winning a lot of games, but by winning the right games in addition to a lofty winning percentage.

The University of Kent is helping athletes heading to the Olympics and Paralympics with heat acclimation training.

The warm, likable tale of Mexican women joining the police to catch a serial killer, plus Shaun Ryder asks Bez to plan his funeral – with predictably eccentric results

A Kent artist is to create the "world's first doodle train" by covering an entire 50ft (15m) train carriage with his signature doodles.

DAVEY LAWRENCE says patience will be required during the first few weeks of the NIHL North campaign as his Leeds Knights 2 team beds into its debut season.

• There aren't too many college football personalities that are more respected than former Ohio State quarterback and current ESPN analyst, Kirk Herbstreit.

• It's by far the most important position in football these days, and maybe even more so in the college game. We're of course talking about the quarterback position.

• The Penn State football program has been one that has been achingly close to competing with the Ohio States and Michigans of the conference, but just hasn't been able to get over the hump.