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Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg

Got a bit bogged down in signing day mayhem this morning, but here are a few interesting stories from around the Big Ten. 

• Penn State head coach Joe Paterno didn't visit a single high school this year, but the Nittany Lions still expect to sign a strong class, Jeff McLane writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Former Penn State quarterback Pat Devlin officially joins Delaware's incoming recruiting class today. 
  
• Some good stuff on Michigan's and Michigan State's recruiting from the Detroit Free Press' live blog.
  
• Ohio State's 2009 class is drawing rave reviews as the top crop in the Big Ten, Tim May writes in The Columbus Dispatch. Tight end Reid Fragel, a Michigan resident, gets flack for picking the Buckeyes, but he knows he made the right choice, Angelique Chengelis writes in The Detroit News.  
• Illinois' decision to use Justin Green as a running back lured him away from Ohio State, Bob Asmussen writes in The (Champaign) News-Gazette.
  
• Minnesota signed a smaller class than last year, but the Golden Gophers didn't lose much in the way of quality, Kent Youngblood writes in the Star Tribune. 
• In-state running back Brandon Wegher headlines Iowa's 2009 recruiting haul, Andy Hamilton writes in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.