Big Ten Media Days live updates: Day 3 headlined by Michigan, USC, Nico Iamaleava

Lincoln Riley weighs in on future of USC-Notre Dame

Lincoln Riley shares latest on QB situation

Lincoln Riley stumps for Pete Carroll

USC head coach Lincoln Riley, who stumped for Mike Leach to get into the Hall of Fame a year ago, is now stumping for former USC head coach and national champion Pete Carroll. Carroll is currently a year short in his college career for eligibility.

First look at Nico Iamaleava

Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava transferred to UCLA this spring after a public divorce with the Volunteers. He’s now at Big Ten Media Days with the Bruins.

DeShaun Foster reflects on 2024 Big Ten Media Days

UCLA head coach DeShaun Foster struggled in his inaugural Big Ten Media Days appearance in 2024 and made fun of himself for his gaffe at his appearances this year.

Kirk Ferentz opens Day 3 of Big Ten Media Days

Big Ten Media Days schedule for Day 3

Here is the full speaker breakdown for Thursday:
Iowa: Kirk Ferentz (2:30 p.m. ET) — DB Koen Entringer, DL Ethan Hurkett, OL Logan Jones
Purdue: Barry Odom (2:45 p.m. ET) — DB Tony Grimes, EDGE CJ Madden, RB Devin Mockobee
UCLA: DaShaun Foster (3 p.m. ET) — OL Garrett DiGiorgio, QB Nico Iamaleava, LB JonJon Vaughns
Michigan State: Jonathan Smith (3:15 p.m. ET) — LB Jordan Hall, WR Nick Marsh, OT Stanton Ramil
USC: Lincoln Riley (3:30 p.m. ET) — WR Makai Lemon, OL Elijah Paige, S Kamari Ramsey
Michigan: Sherrone Moore (3:45 p.m. ET) — TE Max Bredeson, LB Ernest Hausmann, EDGE Derrick Moore

James Franklin embracing 2025 expectations

Ahead of a 2025 season with sky-high expectations for Penn State, head coach James Franklin is leaning into it. He returns his top two rushers along with starting quarterback Drew Allar and a revamped wide receiver room.

Dan Lanning calls for tampering to be reigned in

Luke Fickell comments on 2024 struggles

In his opening comments on Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days, Luke Fickell opened up to the struggles Wisconsin faced in 2024. It was the Badgers’ first losing season since 2001.

“Last year was not the standard,” he said. “That’s pretty obvious.”

David Braun announces departure of QB Jack Lausch

PJ Fleck puts Big Ten on notice

Minnesota head coach PJ Fleck shared the latest on defensive back Koi Perich, who is coming off a breakout freshman season.

“He’s going to play offense, defense and special teams.”

Luke Fickell shares latest on Nyzier Fourqurean

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell says they filed an appeal with the NCAA on behalf of cornerback Nyzier Fourqurean yesterday. Fourqurean recently lost an NCAA legal battle for another season of eligibility.

PJ Fleck reflects on Minnesota finding NFL draft success

Speaker schedule for Day 2

Full breakdown of Day 2 of Big Ten Media Days:

Minnesota — P.J. Fleck (2:30 p.m. ET) — DB Koi Perich, DL Anthony Smith, RB Darius Taylor
Northwestern — David Braun (2:45 p.m. ET) — RB Joseph Himon II, DL Anto Saka, QB Preston Stone
Wisconsin — Luke Fickell (3 p.m. ET) —QB Billy Edwards Jr., CB Ricardo Hallman, C Jake Renfro
Oregon — Dan Lanning (3:15 p.m. ET) — LB Bryce Boettcher, TE Kenyon Sadiq, OLB Matayo Uiagalelei
Washington — Jedd Fisch (3:30 p.m. ET) — RB Jonah Coleman, CB Ephesians Prysock, QB Demond Williams Jr.
Penn State — James Franklin (3:45 p.m. ET) — QB Drew Allar, OL Nick Dawkins, S Zakee Wheatley

Ryan Day weighs in on Jeremiah Smith’s NFL future

How close was Jeremiah Smith to becoming a Miami Hurricane?

Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith is the best player in college football. And having won a national title as a true freshman, he’s already a Buckeye legend forever.

But how close was he to maybe being somewhere else? How close was he to being a Miami Hurricane?

Click here for more from On3’s Ari Wasserman

Mike Locksley shares how he’s handling NIL era

Curt Cignetti takes shot at SEC’s nonconference scheduling

Curt Cignetti talks 2024, CFP run

Curt Cignetti on last year’s success: “It’s helped the university, fundraising at all levels, academic and athletic. Indiana has the second-largest alumni base in America, to Texas. There was a lot of Hoosier pride out there.”

Tony Petitti characterizes 6-3 as ‘good record’ in B1G

Big Ten’s Tony Petitti: “If you’re 6-3 in the Big Ten, I would argue that’s a good record. If you stumble in the non-conference, I don’t know why that would disqualify you (from playoff contention).”

Tony Petitti vouches for CFP play-in games

Petitti comments on Michigan letter to NCAA

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti confirms he submitted a letter regarding the Michigan case, which is common. Does not comment on the contents of the letter, as the ruling is still pending.

Tony Petitti weighs in on CFP committee role

Tony Petitti pushes back on notion B1G cares about SEC scheduling

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti pushed back on the notion that his league cares how many conference games the SEC plays. The SEC currently plays eight conference games, but conversations remain ongoing about moving to nine.

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti weighs in on CFP

Dylan Raiola shows off outfit, suit ahead of Big Ten Media Days

Dylan Raiola showed off some of his custom outfit at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday. He enters his second year as Nebraska’s starting quarterback.

Speakers at Day 1 of Big Ten Media Days

Full schedule:

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti — 2 p.m. ET
Illinois head coach Bret Bielema — 2:30 p.m. ET
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano — 2:45 p.m. ET
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti — 3 p.m. ET
Maryland head coach Mike Locksley — 3:15 p.m. ET
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule — 3:30 p.m. ET
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day — 3:45 p.m. ET

5 storylines to track at Big Ten Media Days

When you think about tough, Midwestern-style football played outdoors in a blizzard, you think of the Las Vegas strip, right? No, but maybe that’s the hope for one day in the future.

The Big Ten is a national conference now. It includes Washington, Oregon, UCLA and USC from the West Coast. It has Rutgers, Maryland and Penn State on the East Coast. And it has college football powers everywhere in between.

Click here to read Ari Wasserman’s 5 storylines to track at Big Ten Media Days