Big Ten on a roll at spring meetings, trying to solve playoff stalemate and other college problems‎

It’s no stretch to say that in the the battle of wills, visions and, yes, national titles being waged across the college-sports landscape, the Big Ten has taken the lead. Leaders in the conference currently holding the football, men’s and women’s basketball titles opened their annual spring meeting Monday with nothing more than the future of their business on the agenda. “It seems like we’re paddling beneath the surface and we don’t really know what direction we’re going in,” said coach Dusty May, whose Michigan men’s basketball team won the championship a mere six weeks ago.