No, we haven’t forgotten the series, just needing to keep up with Basketball and the roaring start of baseball and softball seasons. If you need a refresher, check out the prior article on the SEC.
The Big 10 is the old prestige football conference from the nation’s 20th century Rust Belt and northern Prairie (Eastern Nebraska is considered a Plains State, but the area around Lincoln has ties to both regions). The Conference is the oldest continuous organization existing under several names but very much the same base membership since 1896.
The modern iteration stretches all the way to the mid-Atlantic coast with the additions of Maryland and Rutgers.