Big Ten Football Morning Coffee: Now Everyone in the Big Ten Loves Pasadena

Rise and shine, friends. Here's what's going down in the Big Ten today.

The Stockholm Syndrome that has afflicted Jim Delany to the point that he's begging the BCS to let the Big Ten hold its playoff games in California has now spread to the athletic directors as well. ESPN.com notes that, following Big Ten meetings, campus sites as semifinal hosts are off the table. The one word on everyone's lips is "bowls." Presumably, they do not mean the Little Caesar's Bowl.

HuskerExtra.com has a neat retrospective of the "Gotham Bowl"—the precursor to today's Pinstripes Bowl—held at Yankee Stadium. It lasted all of two years. Nebraska played in the final (or we suppose, latter) game in 1962, bringing home a 36-34 victory over Miami. It took a couple of decades, but Miami would eventually exact its revenge.

Former Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter was named Person of the Year by the Southern California Big Ten Club. It's easy to forget now, but back in the 70s and 80s, Wisconsin's athletic department was utterly terrible. It was basically a contemporary of Northwestern's. Richter made it profitable and made great hires, including former football coach (and Richter's eventual successor at AD) Barry Alvarez.

Former Michigan QB Tate Forcier signed with the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats yesterday, per AnnArbor.com. He always looked like a future Ticat to me.

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