There’s no such thing as the “perfect” all-conference team. Every list is going to have its controversies and debates – and our all-Big Ten team is no different.
Eventually, we hammered out our differences and came to an agreement. But, before we did, we had about a dozen other players we seriously considered. Below you’ll find a list of 10 of those players. This doesn’t necessarily mean these are the next-best players. (A lot of us think highly of Iowa’s C.J. Beathard and Indiana’s Nate Sudfeld, for example, but they weren’t debated because our Connor Cook selection was unanimous.