COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Pressure's off guys.
Enjoy the weather. Tour the sites. Have some fun.
In the past, bowl season was proving season for the Big Ten.
No more.
Everyone loves the league. With Ohio State's National Championship a year ago, Michigan State's playoff run this year, Michigan's rise, surprising double-digit-win seasons from Iowa and Northwestern and steady old Wisconsin winning with whatever coach, the Big Ten already proved itself this year.
How the league fares in its 10 bowl games will matter to some degree. But this is no longer a league with a reputation at stake.