No one expected this, not now, not with these teams. And yet here they come, Michigan and Northwestern, two behemoths about to slug it out in a vicious battle to see who can punt the fewest times.
This wasn’t supposed to be the latest Game of the Century, and it really isn’t unless you define “century” as “Oct. 10.” But since Northwestern inexplicably decided to start 5-0 and get ranked 13th, and Michigan declined to remain downtrodden, hired Jim Harbaugh, and is 4-1 and ranked 18th, here it is.
If you rated the Big Ten’s biggest games before the season, you’d probably go in this order: Michigan State-Ohio State, Michigan State-Penn State, Michigan State-Purdue, Ohio State-Indiana, Purdue-Indiana (it’s for the Old Oaken Bucket!