The offseason as we know it officially ends today, as the Big Ten kicks off its annual media days circuit in the Windy City us Midwesterners love to know.
The party starts at 1 p.m. on BTN with remarks from Paul Chryst, Tom Allen, Lovie Smith, Mark Dantonio, D.J. Durkin, Kirk Ferentz and Urban Meyer.
(Full schedule of events available at BTN.com.)
With Meyer's sixth preseason camp slated to start Thursday at 6:30 a.m., I can almost smell the intoxicating aroma of napalmed Hoosier flesh from the banks of the Miami River.
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