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Asmussen | Painful, loss-heavy weekend forces Big Ten to re-evaluate

The Big Ten went 7-1 in the 2017 postseason, convincing everyone — me included — it was in the SEC's neighborhood.

Sorry to report, the Big Ten has been evicted. At least, for now.

After one of the worst weekends in league history, it is time for the conference to regroup. I've got a plan.

First, a painful, disturbing, "Nightmare on Elm Street" meets "Halloween" look back at what went wrong.

The league was 6-7 Saturday (fortunately for Michigan State, it had the weekend off).

It gets worse. The seven losses all came against unranked teams.