Note that this is Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany’s last season as commish before he retires. Note also that the Big Ten has not been in the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS the last two seasons.
Why?
Because the biggest and baddest, an Ohio State University, has fallen upon their buttocks against a Big Ten West division opponent on the road the last two seasons. We’re not talking about a “whoopsie” fall on your ass, either. We’re talking about a flying in the air, bouncing down concrete stairs on your ass because that’s what you call it when you lose to Iowa 55-24 and then follow it up the next season by losing to Purdue 49-20.