USA TODAY
Gaffe after gaffe, miscalculation after miscalculation, the Big Ten has belly-flopped into the final week of the regular season having lost its most valuable game, having somewhat imperiled the College Football Playoff chances of its only contender and whose leadership will come out of COVID-19 being remembered for arrogance, mismanagement and naivety amid a crisis.
Other than that, things have gone pretty well.
The primary motivation for the Big Ten throwing together this hackneyed fall season is because Ohio State had a team good enough to win a national championship.