Indiana RB Camion Patrick, LB T.J. Simmons medical hardships

Indiana running back Camion Patrick and linebacker T.J. Simmons will not return to the team this fall after being granted medical hardships, the program announced Monday. Both players would be fifth-year seniors in 2017. Simmons appeared in 37 games with 35 starts before suffering a season-ending injury that knocked him out of the 2016 campaign entirely. He collected 213 tackles, six sacks, 16.5 TFLs, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery as a Hoosier. Simmons will remain with the program as a student assistant. “T.J. was a three-year starter and a tough kid that I was looking forward to coaching,” head coach Tom Allen said in a statement. “He did everything that he could to get himself

Jim Delany confirms Big Ten's massive TV deal, adjustment to FCS scheduling policy

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany speaks at Big Ten NCAA college football Media Day in Chicago, Monday, July 24, 2017. It took a while, but the Big Ten’s television arrangements are finally official. At Big Ten Media Days Monday morning, commissioner Jim Delany confirmed — more than a year after it was first reported — that the conference has agreements in place with ESPN and Fox to continue to carry its games.

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  Big Ten formally announces six-year media rights deal with ESPN, FOX and CBS

  Washington Post
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  Big Ten modifies FCS scheduling model

  The Indianapolis Star

Mississippi's Luke earns his dream job, but in a tough spot

One of new Mississippi coach Matt Luke's vivid childhood memories is seeing his dad's Ole Miss helmet — No. 35 — hanging in the family's den. Then there were the years his family drove five hours each way between Gulfport, Mississippi, and Oxford to watch his older brother Tom play for the Rebels. A short time later, it was Matt's turn, and he was a mainstay on the Ole Miss offensive line from 1995-98. Now, at 40 years old, he's head coach of the Rebels. "I can truly tell you all today that this is my dream job," Luke said, occasionally getting emotional as he talked. "It's a job I've been preparing my whole life for. I feel more strongly than ever that I'm the right man to run this program."

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  Les Miles and Ole Miss Should Want Nothing to do With Each Other

  And The Valley Shook
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  Jumbo Package: Les Miles to Ole Miss?

  Roll 'Bama Roll