It’s the dream scenario for the people running the Big Ten: Michigan and Ohio State playing on the final Saturday of the college football season for a spot in the conference’s championship game and a possible playoff spot. Fans of other schools in the conference it will loathe it, but that’s the scenario facing the conference today.
With a two-game lead over Wisconsin, the Northwestern Wildcats have already locked up the West division. That leaves the Wolverines, 8-0 in the Big Ten, and the 7-1 Buckeyes fighting at the Horseshoe in Columbus for the right to go to Indianapolis.