Big Ten Week Four Wrap

A quick breakdown of all the Big Ten games from week four. Not included is the Ohio State game, which I will breakdown soon

#12 Penn State (9) at Michigan (14)

Wolverines running back Mike Hart had a career-high 44 carries. Hart finished 153 rushing yards and scored a touchdown.

There are three Michigan blogs in our group of Big Ten Bloggers - see what they have to say:

Maize N Brew

MGOBLOG

Michigan Sports Center

Penn State thought it finally had Michigan’s number, but lost for the ninth straight time to the Wolverines.

We have four PSU blogs:

Run Up The Score

Black Shoe Diaries

The Nittany Lion

There Is No Name On My Jersey

Iowa (13) at #9 Wisconsin (17)

Badgers running back P.J. Hill continues to have a great year. He finished with 113 yards on 29 carries and scored a touchdown. He also had two catches for 18 yards.

We have one Wisconsin blog and one Iowa blog:

Badger Tracker

Black Heart Gold Pants

Illinois (27) at Indiana (14)

Fighting Illini running back Rashard Mendenhall (left) rushed for a career high 214 yards on 27 carries and rushed for a touchdown. He also had three catches for 18 yards and caught a touchdown pass.

We are still looking for an Illinois blog to join our group, but we do have an Indiana blog:

Hoosier Report

Purdue (45) at Minnesota (31)

The Boilermakers continue to win and no one seems to notice.

Quarterback Curtis Painter completed 33 of 48 passes for 338 yards and had three touchdowns. Painter also threw his first interception of the year. Through four games, Painter has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 16-to-1.

Check out the Purdue blog, which is our newest member:

Off the Tracks

The Gophers continue to struggle, with two bloggers toughing it out:

Gopher Nation

Paging Jim Shikenjanski

Michigan State (31) at Notre Dame (14)

Spartans running back Javon Ringer rushed for 144 yards on 26 carries.

MSU quarterback Brian Hoyer threw four touchdown passes.

Still looking for a MSU blog to join our group.

2007 Big Ten Standings
TEAM CONF OVERALL
Ohio State 1-0 4-0
Wisconsin 1-0 4-0
Purdue 1-0 4-0
Illinois 1-0 3-1
Michigan 1-0 2-2
Michigan State 0-0 4-0
Penn State 0-1 3-1
Indiana 0-1 3-1
Northwestern 0-1 2-2
Iowa 0-1 2-2
Minnesota 0-1 1-3