B1G Media Days have finally arrived, meaning we’re one step closer to the start of the college football season. It’s the time when every single player, coach, fan and alum has an optimistic outlook about the year ahead and the disappointment is at a minimum.

As usual, the B1G Media Days will be split into two days in Chicago, Monday and Tuesday, with the Kickoff Luncheon concluding the festivities on Wednesday. Once Media Days conclude, we’ll be sitting just over a month away from the start o the B1G football season.

The excitement is building, but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. Here’s a quick look at the information regarding the 2018 B1G Media Days:

TV Coverage: Big Ten Network

Coverage will air coach press conferences from 12:30-3:00 p.m. ET on Monday and from 9-11:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Other player and coach interviews will be live on the network from 3-7 p.m. ET on both days.

Schedule for Monday, June 23

12:30 pm: Jim Delany, B1G Commissioner

1:00 pm: Scott Frost, Nebraska

1:15 pm: Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern

1:30 pm: James Franklin, Penn State

1:45 pm: Jeff Brohm, Purdue

2:00 pm: P.J. Fleck, Minnesota

2:15 pm: Chris Ash, Rutgers

2:30 pm: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan

Schedule for Tuesday, July 24

9:00 am: Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

9:15 am: Tom Allen, Indiana

9:30 am: Mark Dantonio, Michigan State

9:45 am: Lovie Smith, Illinois

10:00 am: Paul Chryst, Wisconsin

10:15 am: Mark Silverman, President of BTN

10:30 am: Urban Meyer, Ohio State

10:45 am: D.J. Durkin, Maryland

11:00 am: Bill Carollo, B1G Coordinator of Football Officials

Players Attending B1G Media Days (Monday)

Nebraska: Jerald Foster, Stanley Morgan Jr., Mick Stollenberg

Northwestern: Nate Hall, Montre Hartage, Clayton Thorson

Penn State: Trace McSorley, Amani Oruwariye, Nick Scott

Purdue: Markus Bailey, David Blough, Elijah Sindelar

Minnesota: Thomas Barber, Carter Coughlin, Rodney Smith

Rutgers: Blessuan Austin, Tariq Cole, Deonte Roberts

Michigan: Karan Higdon, Tyree Kinnel, Chase Winovich

Players Attending B1G Media Days (Tuesday)

Iowa: Parker Hesse, Matt Nelson, Nate Stanley

Indiana: Jonathan Crawford, Wes Martin, Luke Timian

Michigan State: Brian Lewerke, L.J. Scott, Khari Willis

Illinois: Nick Allegretti. Mike Dudek, Jamal Milan

Wisconsin: Michael Deiter, D’Cota Dixon, T.J. Edwards

Ohio State: Parris Campbell, Dre’Mont Jones, Isaiah Prince

Maryland: Derwin Gray, Taivon Jacobs, Darnell Savage Jr.