Big Ten Football Morning Coffee: Michael Buchanan Has a Broken Jaw

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

— Michael Buchanan, one of the top defensive ends in the Big Ten and a fringe Top 50 player in the Big Ten overall, suffered a broken jaw in an altercation on Saturday, according to ESPN.com. ESPN cites school officials who say Buchanan's jaw is wired shut and he'll be seeing a specialist later this week.

No specifics about the incident itself or the severity of the injury have been released as yet—school officials say they're still investigating—so we'll hold off on saying much of anything about it as yet and just dedicate this morning's song to Buchanan.

— Brady Hoke makes no mistake about the way the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry is going; according to the Detroit Free-Press, when asked about the recent developments in the rivalry, Hoke said, "They have kicked our ass for the last four years and there’s no other way of looking at that. It’s been an ass-kicking. Just being honest with you. Pardon me about my language, but it’s the truth."

Now, it's not like Sparty's been dropping 63 on Michigan or anything, but the average margin of victory in those four games is almost 13 points, and only one game (a 26-20 overtime affair in 2009) was even within single digits. And even then Michigan State controlled most of the game. So for sure, Michigan's got a lot of catching up to do. What part of the body you use to elaborate on that fact is up to you.

— Sam McKewon of the Omaha World Herald notes Nebraska's recruiting budget, offer totals, prospect locations and correctly notes that the overall recruiting process is incredibly difficult for a school like Nebraska, especially located where it is. And yes, as Big Ten schools go, Nebraska's budget is high. As SEC schools go (even the ones located in talent hotbeds, which is to say, at least half of them), it's miniscule. And so is everybody else's in the Big Ten.

— Penn State welcomed 3-star linebacker Brandon Bell to its recruiting class late Wednesday night, according to Tom Tolley of PennLive.com. Bell had visited campus last weekend and apparently saw all he needed to see to commit. That makes 11 commits for Penn State's burgeoning 2013 recruiting class and three already in the month of June. Obviously that pace won't hold up unless Penn State fills its class before the season starts, but it's a strong summer push all the same.