Chip Scoggins: Turmoil at three Big Ten schools lessens excitement for football season
(WorldNews Sport)

The college football season kicks off in less than two weeks, and under different circumstances, this would be a celebratory ramp-up in anticipation for the Big Ten Conference. Both Ohio State and Wisconsin look playoff-caliber. Five conference teams could be ranked in the top 15 nationally. The state of Nebraska is gaga over Scott Frost´s homecoming. The Big Ten East might be the strongest division in college football, and the conference boasts three legitimate Heisman Trophy candidates. And yet the Big Ten hardly feels awash in feel-good pride at present. Not in light of crises at multiple schools resulting in waves of negative publicity and unanswered questions. A Maryland football player...