Even the almanac in Back to the Future II didn't match up the Iowa Hawkeyes and Michigan State Spartans for the Big Ten Championship.
The stage is set Saturday for the Big Ten Championship Game, in which Kirk Ferentz and his Iowa Hawkeyes will hope to stay flawless versus the Michigan State Spartans.
Because that's how we all drew it up back in July when we were too busy dialing up algorithms on how the Buckeyes wouldn't burst onto the scene with Urban Meyer FatHeads draped all over our notes, right?
I polled 40 Big Ten writers before the season.