Some players walked into the postgame news conference carrying roses. After losing on a deflected Hail Mary pass in October in East Lansing, the Spartans looked as if they might pull off another miracle comeback Saturday night when they forced what appeared to be a three-and-out with less than two minutes to go.
Coach Mark Dantonio called for a punt block, but instead of getting the ball or taking advantage of Keshawn Martin 's return inside the Wisconsin yard line, Isaiah Lewis hit punter Brad Nortman. The 5-yard penalty gave Wisconsin the ball with Michigan State out of timeouts. I thought he flopped a little bit. It's the second straight year, Michigan State and Wisconsin have been in the Rose Bowl hunt at season's end.
The Badgers got the invite last year based on a tiebreaker. This year, they took the undisputed title thanks primarily to their two offensive leaders -- Ball and Wilson. Ball was his usually spectacular self early and efficient late. He ran for more than yards and scored on two 6-yard TD runs in the first quarter.
A conversion pass from Wilson to Jacob Pedersen made it with left. Where do those games stand in the relatively brief but exciting history of Big Ten football championship games? Here is how I rank them:. Buckeyes fans will recall this as the game that propelled them to a national championship. But everybody else will remember this as a snoozer. Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31, So the Badgers, with their B1G record and overall mark, met the Cornhuskers, whose invitation into the league gave the B1G the 12th team it needed to have a title game in the first place.
What happened next was astonishing, as Wisconsin rushed for yards on their way to the Rose Bowl. The Wildcats earned their first West Division title, going in B1G play after losing all three of their nonconference games.
This game was not quite as close as the score might indicate. Penn State captured the title game with a win over Wisconsin. The Nittany Lions rallied from a point deficit and outscored the Badgers in the second half. Ohio State became the first favorite to cover in the edition of this game by holding off Wisconsin, , while handing the Badgers their first loss of the season. In , the Buckeyes were able to cover as favorites for the second consecutive season, rolling to a conference title while dismissing Northwestern in their first-ever appearance in the big game.
OSU pulled off its third straight Big 10 title as the Buckeyes rallied past Wisconsin, in , but failed to cash as point favorites. Ohio State played only five regular season games in , but topped Northwestern to capture another conference title, The Buckeyes beat the Wildcats for the second time in three seasons, but OSU scored their fewest points ever in a Big 10 title game.
Michigan made its first-ever title game appearance in , and it routed Iowa for the easy cover and 'over' result, punching its ticket to the College Football Playoff in the process. Illinois Self-Exclusion Program. CO Gambling problem? They reached the Michigan 15 last drive, but missed a yard field goal that would've put them up Jim Harbaugh calls on Blake Corum as a change of pace back and it pays off as he takes it 67 yards to the house for the score.
Michigan 7, Iowa 0 with left in the first. Blake Corum with the speed but how about J. Cade McNamara hits Donovan Edwards out of the backfield for 6 yards. Remains a tie game at and the Wolverines catch a big break on Iowa's opening drive. Iowa's known for its tight ends, and LaPorta is just the latest in a long line of successful ones.
Now first-and for the Hawkeyes from the Moves the Hawkeyes up to the Michigan 40 now looking at first-and Hawkeyes nearing midfield, looking at second-and-8 from their own Iowa takes over at its 26 for its opening drive. Michigan starts at its own Michigan starts the game on offense. Oldest WWII veteran to be remembered at museum service. Heidi Stevens: In 'Letters to the Sons of Society,' author reflects on prison, a pandemic and a kinder, more just way forward.
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