The most interesting game on the Big Ten schedule this week has UCLA attempting to continue its remarkable turnaround as it visits No. 2 Indiana. UCLA has won three straight games since staggering to an 0-4 start. BetMGM Sportbook still has Indiana as a 25 1/2-point favorite. Another interesting Big Ten matchup has Iowa hosting Minnesota. Iowa and Minnesota are two of the seven schools tied for third place in the Big Ten with 3-1 conference records.
No Big Ten program had lost more games. None had won fewer. Memorial Stadium was a mausoleum.
Coming off an impressive 30-20 win over No. 3 Oregon in Eugene, the Indiana University football program climbed four spots in the most recent Associated Press Top 25, to No. 3 nationally.
This column is late because I’ve been staring at a blank screen trying to come up with a comparison that fits what Indiana football just did.
"I think we have a group that is fun to be around."
Funny, isn't it, how no one seemed to care when Indiana canceled its home-and-home with Louisville last year?
And while the model hasn’t been finalized, Sankey and Petitti already have the power to make those changes — as long as they engage in “meaningful consultation” with the others.