The Big Ten Conference returned to football action this weekend several weeks after the rest of the nation started. Thankfully for us, teams across our ridiculous football-playing landscape delivered on promised chaos and moments that will not soon be forgotten.
Here’s a quick recap of some of the happenings in the Big Ten this past weekend along with the standings after the first week of games. It’s a small sample size, but things are topsy-turvy early on in the conference.
No. 14 Wisconsin 45, Illinois 7
For at least a night, Wisconsin looked far and away like the team to beat in the Big Ten West, led by the efforts of redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz (20-21, 241 yards, 5 TD) and a young defense that stepped right up and made plays.