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Tommy Amaker, beloved by all Big Ten basketball fans (except Michigan fans, of course), finally received a well-earned pink slip over the weekend. Mgoblog and Maize n Brew are covering the story...

The Big Ten coaching fraternity has changed (and for the better) in the last 24 hours. Just a day after the Alford-to-NM rumors were confirmed, as the whole universe knows, Tubby Smith resigned on...

Michigan StateDate: 10/28/06Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind.Box score/statsAttendance: 36444Historically, it’s rare for a Hoosier team to whip a non-Northwestern Big Ten opponent...

Minnesota Golden Gophers2007 record: 1-4 (0-2)2007 Sagarin: 79 (IU is #53)2006 record: 6-7 (3-5), lost to Texas Tech in Insight Bowl2006 Sagarin: 48Series: Minnesota leads, 36-25-3Last IU win: 2004...

White pants, crimson jerseys. Trying to beat the heat. Back to looking like Oklahoma, I guess, at least for today.14:00 Nice up the middle run by Thigpen for the first down. Since I have questioned...

13:50. Fisher drops a touchdown. Damn.13:42. Man, when is the last time we had a kicker as reliable as Starr? Mano, Bonnell, Stoyo? 17-14. Now let's find out if Minnesota's punter is any good.1...

14:11: Three and out. Perfect.13:54: Thigpen and Sears both out? Hmm. Lots of running backs on both sides getting hurt.~14:00Long gain by Fisher. Great start to the half.Unless we have to settle...

13:38. Not a good series here, and Lewis has made a couple of poor decisions. 12:23 Ugliest 55 yard punt in the history of football. We'll take it.7:51. Don't know how he caught that.5:31...

Here's a link to the final stats. Really, this was a fairly straightforward beating, along the lines of what statistics and the point spread would have predicted. IU outgained Minnesota 463-392,...

I exchanged some questions and answers with Paging Jim Shikenjanski, a fine Minnesota blog named after some goofy white boy who undoubtedly toched the Hoosiers for 30 back in the 1980s. You can...