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Gold and Black'S ALL-BIG TEN TEAM OFFENSE Pos.Player WR Jared Abbrederis WR Kenny Bell TE Jacob Pederson OL Taylor Lewan OL Corey Linsley OL Jack Mewhort OL Andrew Norwell QB Braxton Miller RB Amer Abdullah RB Venric Mark K Jeff Budzien School Wisconsin Nebraska Wisconsin Michigan Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Nebraska Northwestern Northwestern DEFENSE Pos.Player School DL Deion Barnes Penn State DL Ra'Shede Hageman Minnesota DL Noah Spence Ohio State DL Tyler Scott Northwestern LB Chris Borland Wisconsin LB Max Bullough Michigan State LB Ryan Shazier Ohio State DB Ricardo Allen PURDUE DB Christian Bryant Ohio State DB Isaiah Lewis Michigan State DB Bradley Roby Ohio State P Mike Sadler Michigan State Offensive Player-of-the-Year: Miller, Ohio State Defensive Player-of-the-Year: Shazier, Ohio State Special Teams Player-of-the-Year: Mark, Northwestern Newcomer-of-the-Year: Christian Hackenberg, Penn State Coach-of-the-Year: Urban Meyer, Ohio State albeit a disastrous one, has an explosive offense and a defense that, well, has nowhere to go but up by Cornhusker standards. Northwestern, meanwhile, is coming off a 10-win season, returns a ton and believes the pieces are in GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com Stephen Carrera, Jr Northwestern, with versatile quarterback Kain Colter, could be a darkhouse in the Big Ten race. place for a championship-type season. That's what Wisconsin is used to, but the Badgers must acclimate to a new coaching staff, as Gary Andersen takes over, after winning the last/first two Big Ten title games and playing in the past three Rose Bowls. Many eyes will be on Wisconsin and its ability to maintain its level of dominance, really, in the Big Ten. Meanwhile, many will watch for signs of slippage at Penn State, where the Nittany Lions managed eight wins in their first season following debilitating NCAA sanctions. Is this the year it all falls apart? That's what's happened at Iowa, one of the Big Ten most consistent winners not all that long ago. The Hawkeyes have ridden a steady decline and hit rock bottom in 2012, winning just four games. Once an Iowa City icon, Kirk Ferentz is now a lightning Gold and Black IllustrateD • volume 23, issue 6 • 89