Aside from Northwestern’s crushing loss at Michigan, there were plenty of other fantastic Big Ten games to keep your eyes on this past weekend. While teams such as Iowa and Nebraska were on bye this past week, four other great games were played. Whether you chose to avoid those games or just chose to step away from football for the weekend, we’re recapping the best games in the conference right here in this week’s edition of Around the Big Ten.
Penn State and Illinois play the longest game in college football history
Recently, the NCAA made changes to its college football overtime rules, implementing a two-point conversion sudden death after the end of a second overtime in an effort to reduce game lengths and prevent injuries.