In his usual upbeat way, Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck tried to come to terms with how his team's Big Ten title chances slipped away. “There are some things that we look back on, and you’re always going to circle one or two plays, but none of us wanted it to happen the way that it happened, but it happened," he said.
Bret Bielema has become something of a streak-snapper since taking the helm at Illinois last season. The Illini earned their first win at Penn State since 2010 last year in a nine-overtime thriller.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Michael Brown-Stephens was taking off his shoulder pads in Minnesota's boisterous locker room last weekend, eager to join the celebration of a statement win at Michigan State when he noticed a phone being passed around with fellow wide receiver Chris Autman-Bell looped in on FaceTime.