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This story appears in ESPN College Football 2016, on newsstands now. Order online today!Michigan is looking for a quarterback after saying goodbye to Jake Rudock while Michigan State needs someone to fill Connor Cooks shoes. Ohio State needs to replace Ezekiel Elliott. Who will emerge this fall in some of the Big Tens most interesting position battles?East DivisionMichigan Wolverines: QuarterbackHouston transfer John OKorn is the leader in the clubhouse to succeed a surprisingly solid Jake Rudock under center (81.3 QBR in 2015, No. 10 in the FBS), but hes a bit of a wild card. After throwing for 3,117 yards and 28 touchdowns in his AAC rookie-of-the-year campaign in 2013, he was benched five games -- and eight interceptions -- into 2014. Junior Shane Morris (who redshirted last year), junior Wilton Speight and true freshman Brandon Peters (the No. 3 pro-style quarterback in the class of 2016) will push OKorn throughout the summer.Ohio State Buckeyes: Running back?Ezekiel Elliott left large cleats to fill, and not just because he ran for 3,699 yards, 41 TDs and 12 multiple-TD games in his past two seasons. He was also valued as a blocker. And while he was the only RB show in town for two years, the Buckeyes look primed to employ a tailback-by-committee approach this fall. Fifth-year senior?Brionte Dunn and redshirt freshman Mike Weber will battle for the starting gig, but early enrollee Antonio Williams and hybrids Curtis Samuel and Dontre Wilson will merit attention too.Penn State Nittany Lions: Quarterback?Three-year starter Christian Hackenberg departed early for the NFL after two frustrating seasons behind an understocked line in Franklins system. Hackenberg was durable, attempting all but 75 of PSUs 1,310 passes since 13, making his absence a gaping hole under center. Sophomore Trace McSorley led an inspired comeback attempt (two fourth-quarter TD passes) in last years bowl loss vs. Georgia after Hackenberg got hurt, so he has a slight edge for the job despite just 13 regular-season attempts. Redshirt freshman Tommy Stevens and early enrollee Jake Zembiec are also fits in Moorheads new system.Michigan State Spartans: Quarterback?Mainstay Connor Cook (39 starts in three years) is gone, so coach Mark Dantonio will decide between senior?Tyler OConnor?and junior Damion Terry (80 combined career pass attempts). They are both more mobile than their predecessor (116 yards rushing combined in 15, compared with Cooks 56), but OConnor, with a pro style that Dantonio favors, might hold the edge.Indiana Hoosiers: Defensive line?Moving from a three to a four-man front will be challenging, especially after the loss of four of the top five D-linemen. With three starts in 2015, senior Ralph Green III has the most experience and might be penciled in as one DT. Junior Robert McCray III will also compete for time inside with Nate Hoff, who had only four tackles as a sophomore after making 29 as a freshman.Maryland Terrapins: Quarterback?The Terps pass game was so bad (37.6 QBR, No. 106 in the FBS) that Maryland all but abandoned it. So those aforementioned 29 picks? Even more mind-boggling considering this wasnt a high-volume passing team (387 attempts, No. 82). Seniors Perry Hills (eight starts) and Caleb Rowe (four) must improve to ward off redshirt freshman Gage Shaffer and incoming freshman Tyrrell Pigrome. Otherwise, this spot breaks wide open.Rutgers Scarlet Knights: Quarterback?Junior Chris Laviano beat out LSU transfer Hayden Rettig last year but was unspectacular: 16 TDs to 12 INTs. A new staff brings fresh competition. While Rettig boasts the bigger arm, Rutgers offensive shift from pro-style to power spread (think Ohio State) might favor the slightly more mobile Laviano.West DivisionNebraska Cornhuskers: Defensive tackle?The heart of the D-line, which helped the Huskers hold opponents to 109.8 rush ypg in 2015 (No. 9 in the FBS), sustained major blows: Maliek Collins and Vincent Valentine declared early for the draft, and senior Greg McMullen, a regular on the edge last year (nine starts at DE, four at DT), ended his career to focus on grad school. Senior Kevin Maurice has experience, but the Huskers could go young with twin redshirt freshmen Carlos and Khalil Davis.Wisconsin Badgers: Quarterback?Senior Bart Houston emerged in Week 8 when he replaced Joel Stave against Illinois and threw for 232 yards and two TDs. His experience may make him better suited to see the Badgers through a tough slate (Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State from the East), but redshirt frosh Alex Hornibrook looks to be the long-term answer. A Pitt decommit and early enrollee in 15, he has a rocket arm and a strong bond with Chryst, who had recruited him since his junior year at Malvern (Pa.) Prep.Iowa Hawkeyes: Outside linebacker?The Hawkeyes stout linebackers helped bottle up big runs last year (only 11 rushes of 20-plus yards allowed, T8 in the Power 5). Iowas second-leading tackler, weakside LB Cole Fisher, departs, but juniors Ben Niemann and Bo Bower return to duke it out at strongside. Niemann started all 14 games last year, but Bower contributed (15 tackles) and also brings starting experience (13 games in 14).Northwestern Wildcats: Cornerback?Northwestern loses four-year starter Nick VanHoose, but the Cats are so flush with potential subs that they moved two corners elsewhere -- junior Marcus McShepard to receiver and sophomore Parrker Westphal to safety. Veteran CB Matthew Harris (a senior with 27 career starts) will man one side, and Keith Watkins II and Montre Hartage will vie to line up opposite him. Opposing QBs will avoid Harris (4 INTs, 13 passes broken up in 15), so the Watkins-Hartage competition is pivotal.Minnesota Golden Gophers: Linebacker?Cody Poock and Jack Lynn return as entrenched veterans (18 combined starts in 15), but the Gophers must fill the outside spot vacated by third-leading tackler DeVondre Campbell. They have ample options-linebacker is one of Minnesotas deepest units-with the top candidates being junior Jonathan Celestin and senior Nick Rallis, who combined for 61 tackles and 7 TFLs last year.Purdue Boilermakers: Offensive line?Purdues goal for the trenches in 2016: Field a lineup. Woes up front last year-lack of size, minimal push-resulted in 30 sacks (T84 in the FBS) and 131.3 rush ypg (No. 108). The Boilermakers lost their two best blockers from 15, and though senior OGs Jordan Roos and Jason King return, and Martesse Patterson and Cameron Cermin look likely for tackle, the hole at center looks more like an abyss.Illinois Fighting Illini: Defensive end?Before the coaching shuffle, Illinois added Auburn graduate transfer Gimel President to the roster. 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Rowland Office Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable.?BAGNèRES-DE-LUCHON, France - When it came to Chris Froome unleashing the stage-winning move that would catch all his rivals out in this years Tour de France, the Kenyan-born Briton drew on the most basic instinct: his childhood love of cycling.After the two-time Tour winner won the 184km eighth stage from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon to take the yellow leaders jersey, he was asked if his aerodynamic position when descending the Col de Peyresourde to victory following his surprise attack near the summit was a marginal gain, like what his British Sky team often speak of when talking up their recipe success. Froome looked slightly bemused before saying: Not sure I call that a marginal gain ... Yeah ... call it what you want. I felt like a kid again out there. Just race my bike as fast as I could.That instinct paid dividends. Froome beat Irishman Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) and 12 others by 13 seconds. In the group with Martin were other overall contenders, like Frenchman Romain Bardet (Ag2r) in fourth, Italian Fabio Aru (Astana) in sixth, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in eighth, Australian Richie Porte (BMC) in 10th, Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) in 11th and American Tejay van Garderen (BMC) in 12th.Also in the group was Briton Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) in seventh. Yates kept the white jersey of best young rider and will go into Sundays ninth stage, 184.5km from Vielha Val DAran to Andorra-Arcalis, still in second place, but at 16 seconds to Froome. In third at the same time as Yates is Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), who was third on the stage.Apart from Bardet, French hopes took a battering with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale) losing time; but the highest-profile rider who had a torrid days racing in 36-degree Celsius (about 97-degrees Fahrenheit) heat was Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), 17th at 1:41 and now 20th overall at 3:12.Froomes sense of joy for winning the Pyrenean stage like he did even withstood the possibility of it turning to frustration when asked if it was refreshing that his performance was not linked to questions on controversial issues like motorised doping or physiological data.I have no doubt that people out there have calculated my VAM [the Italian term Velocità Ascensionale Media meaning average ascent speed] going down that climb and saying it has gone off the charts, said Froome, who has faced numerous questions on the legitimacy of his 2013 and 2015 Tour wins. I cant be happier to be back in yellow again. I have never won a stage like that. I really felt I was taking the race on and enjoying it.Froomes win in this second of three stages in the Pyrénées leeft many who witnessed it agog - not for the fact he won, but that he did so by attacking on the descent when most would have expected him to assert himself on one of the summit finishes.ddddddddddddMany suspect the move, made so close to the top of the Col de Peyresourde summit with 18km to go, must have been planned during a training camps. But other than admit he often raced for fun with teammates during those camps, Froome said his attack was spontaneous. But Froomes Sky Team principal, Sir David Brailsford, still left many wondering by saying that intent was to try to agitate the situation and see where we go from there.Froome, who rode with a 54-tooth big chain ring (which indicates he had something planned) certainly put in. My teammates just buried themselves today, from start to finish. He added that the stage was still one of the hardest he had raced in a long time.Froome tried to get away on the Peyresourde, but his rivals quickly closed his move down. So I gave it one more go on the top of the ascent, Froome said. I am glad I took that risk. I didnt take a massive gap, but I am in yellow again and that is a massive surprise.Froome denied his move to win on a descent means he has focused on descending this year.Not necessarily. We are focused more on the mountaintop finishes, Froome said. It was a spur of the moment reaction going over the top. Looking ahead we did have some really hard mountain top finishes to come. I imagine they will be a lot more selective than today.Quintana, sixth overall at 23 seconds and runner-up to Froome in 2013 and 2015, said he was still caught out by Froome.I was reaching over for a water bottle to refresh myself, and Froome took advantage of this moment to attack, Quintana said. He went down, got away from us, and took some seconds on all of us. I hope its not decisive. I thought we could catch him on the descent, and Alejandro [Valverde], but it wasnt enough. Today was harder than we expected. On the last part, I let my guard down.Van Garderen, eighth overall and also at 23 seconds to Froome, concurred with Quintana.It started out with Sky just making their usual tempo, van Garderen said. I think Valverde was the one that started opening up the attacks. ... It looked like it was all together over the top, but then Froome put in one last sneak attack right at the top there and I was thinking, Oh well. Its a long way to go downhill. If we roll ... thats kind of a bold move.But you never underestimate Froome. You give him an inch ... hell take a mile. ' ' '