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Big Ten football's new look on horizon

Big Ten Conference football media days are Aug. 2 and 3 in Chicago, and all 11 head football coaches and 33 players will be on hand to generate a little juice for the coming season.

But it's what will be going on behind closed doors that will have everyone's interest.

That's where the 11 athletics directors, plus new incoming University of Nebraska AD Tom Osborne, will huddle up with Commissioner Jim Delany and others to decide how the two six-team divisions will line up, formalize an announcement about a 2011 Big Ten Conference football championship game and discuss the logistics of travel as the league expands with its 12th and western-most member next year.

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