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Nebraska (3-3, 1-2 B1G)
Last week: Beat Northwestern, 56-7
Recap: There isn’t much onion to peel here. The most points they’ve scored under Scott Frost. More than doubling Northwestern’s offensive efficiency (8.9 yards per play vs. 4.4 for Northwestern). Explosive plays of 64, 70, and 83 yards. A 21-0 lead after 11 minutes, a 35-7 lead at halftime. Just an out-and-out thumping.
We talked about this when Maryland beat Illinois: it’s a proof of concept. For Maryland, it was the ability to follow up a couple of opening wins with something other than disaster. For Nebraska, it’s the idea that they can overwhelm Big Ten defenses by attacking the entire field horizontally and vertically, including using the quarterback in the run game, to win matchups in space.
The catch here is that Northwestern is very bad, but more than that, they are bad because they are a combination of unathletic and inexpe
Allen talks team urgency at Big Ten media day
IU coach says Hoosiers are eager to open with a Big Ten game for 3rd time in 5 years
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For the first time since the Big Ten introduced a conference championship game to its football season, the league calendar is starting in the same place that it will end: Lucas Oil Stadium.
That put Indiana coach Tom Allen on the field at the Indianapolis facility on Friday morning where he stood on a dais and delivered remarks as part of the league’s annual media day event, which was moved from its normal home of Chicago due to the pandemic. And as he clutched the podium and looked across the 70,000-seat stadium, Allen tried to look into the future.
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In the second day of the Big Ten Tournament we get a full day with four games, including a top ten Ohio State, formerly ranked Wisconsin and Michigan State trying to finalize their spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Time/TV: 11:30 AM ET BTN
Michigan State has seemingly done the unexpected and climbed back into the NCAA Tournament. A 5-2 stretch that included wins over three top five teams in Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan will do that for you. Outside of a loss at Michigan, the only loss in that stretch came at Maryland in a game they didn’t look particularly good in.