The Big Ten Championship Game Saturday (Fox, 7:17 CST) between the No. 15 Wisconsin Badgers (10-2, 6-2) and the No. 13 Michigan State Spartans (10-2, 7-1) will be a rematch of one of the greatest games from the 2011 season. Back on October 22, Michigan State ended the game– in which both teams held two-touchdown leads at one point– as time expired on a Hail Mary pass, securing a 37-31 victory and ensuring the replay would haunt Badger fans forever.
Had you finally forgotten this image, Badger fans? Wide receiver Keith Nichols comes down with the batted ball and just crosses the goal line to win the first game this season between the Badgers and Spartans. Wisconsin players and fans, alike, will use this moment as motivation this Saturday.
Each team lost its game the weekend following the dramatics in East Lansing (MSU lost at Nebraska, 24-3; UW lost at Ohio State 33-29), maybe showing just how much effort and energy was put in to the hard-fought battle. With much more at stake Saturd...
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So the plan yesterday was to sit down and do a column on college football’s coaching hot stove. Again, that was the plan, until I actually sat down to write. At which point instead of doing a hot-stove piece, I lost my train of thought, lost my focus and ended up with 1,500 words on Mike Leach alone. Woops. I can’t quite say how that happened, but I guess I should just be thankful...
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Special time of the year where we look back AND look ahead. In Big Ten terms, that means we’re putting to bed the 2011 regular season, and getting ready for the first EVER ZOMG Big Ten Championship game. LEADERS. LEGENDS. WHO YA GOT? OK, first go try and figure out who’s who, and then we’ll talk.
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