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Sessions for B1G Media Days revealed

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Mark your calendars, folks, the B1G has announced when each team will be available at the conference’s media days in mid-July.

B1G Media Days will run from Thursday, July 18 to Friday, July 19 this year, with all 14 teams participating. The conference will stick with its traditional format, having seven teams speak on Day 1 and the other seven teams speaking on Day 2. The annual Kickoff Luncheon will also take place on Friday.

Times for each coach to take the podium in Chicago have still not been announced, but here are the days when each team will be speaking, per the release (as well as the head coach):

Thursday, July 18

  • Illinois — Lovie Smith
  • Indiana — Tom Allen
  • Maryland — Mike Locksley
  • Michigan State — Mark Dantonio
  • Minnesota — P.J. Fleck
  • Nebraska — Scott Frost
  • Ohio State — Ryan Day

Friday, July 19

  • Iowa — Kirk Ferentz
  • Michigan — Jim Harbaugh
  • Northwestern — Pat Fitzgerald
  • Penn State — James Franklin
  • Purdue — Jeff Brohm
  • Rutgers — Chris Ash
  • Wisconsin — Paul Chryst

The student-athletes who will be attending this year’s B1G Media Days will be announced at a later date.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB