Greetings from the Windy City. The News-Gazette Media contingent is in Chicago for the next two days, as the college football season officially gets underway in the Midwest (and beyond) with Big Ten media days. All of our Illini coverage will come Tuesday, with Lovie Smith, Nick Allegretti, Jamal Milan and Mikey Dudek set for the second day in Chicago.
But we'll have plenty from today's opening round of podium appearances and interviews. Follow along all day — and then again tomorrow — for comprehensive coverage of the goings on from Chicago.
#B1GMediaDay press conferences kick off at 12:30 PM ET with Commissioner Jim Delany.