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Big Ten football Misery Index: Who's afraid of ghosts? Not Michigan football

It’s October now and Halloween is fast approaching — don’t worry, we made sure Scott Frost has plenty of time to plan his costume this year — which means it’s time to talk about what’s haunting a few of the Big Ten’s football programs …

Ghosts.

OK, not actual ghosts; if those were real, we’re pretty sure Bo and Woody would have figured out a way to slime the Big House and the Horseshow a few times over.

Nah, we’re talking about the lingering remnants of past disappointments — the flip side of last week’s Big Ten football Misery Index’s discussion of the conference’s newfound nostalgia.