The battle for the Big Ten regular season title might've come to a close, but Illinois director of athletics Josh Whitman didn't let their fight for "an equitable outcome" go unnoticed.
He penned a strongly-worded letter on Tuesday, stating that despite advocating for co-champions to be named, Michigan would remain the sole regular season title holder.
"We should not have had to advocate for ourselves—this is the right outcome for the Big Ten and one that it should have proactively sought," Whitman wrote. "But nonetheless, we were left to fight our own battle, and despite our advocacy, I learned late yesterday that our efforts were unsuccessful.