Urban Meyer has touted the strength of the Big Ten East many times this year, considering it to be one of the toughest divisions in college football.
It took until the final week of the 2015 season to decide who between Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State would represent that half of the conference in the Big Ten Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium Dec. 5.
When the dust settled, it was Mark Dantonio's Spartans who took care of business against Penn State Nov. 28 to punch their ticket to Indianapolis and take on Iowa. They defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13, on the heels of an incredible 22-play, 82-yard drive that lasted more than nine minutes and ended with an L.