It seems there’s a theme to Big Ten football these days:
Go deep.
As in, the Deep State.
For the love of Paul Bunyan’s Axe, the Old Oaken Bucket and the Land of Lincoln Trophy, I wish it weren’t true. Alas, every Earl and Bubba who loves college football more than life itself — and that’s saying something during a pandemic — knows there’s a seat available on the conspiracy-theory bandwagon.
And that theory is that the powerful Big Ten (along with its ever-loyal lapdog, the Pac-12) isn’t following the SEC, ACC and Big 12 into fall football this season because — why else?