Very few people are required to be a "Big Ten fan." One is Tony Petitti.
Tony's day job is acting in the best fiduciary and long-term interest of a conference whose members he represents. As for the rest of you Conference Pride Enthusiasts, you've fallen for what had long been a regional disease. You caught it from The South.
They celebrate every team's wins as their own. It's socialized sports auto-eroticism.
Pretending that Washington, Illinois or Minnesota winning anything counts as a partial win for the Buckeyes is cringy mental gymnastics. You do realize Michigan is in our little club still, right?