Purdue lost by one possession at home to in-state rival Notre Dame a week later (31-24), but only one other game the rest of the way was decided by one possession. “Obviously we didn’t finish as well as we’d like […]
The Scarlet Knights found themselves in a dogfight at Fresno State in the opener, a game they eventually lost 52-51 in overtime thanks to a failed two- point conversion. To its credit, the squad bounced back and went on a […]
For the most part, the Badgers beat the teams they were supposed to, although the season could have shaped up differently had they not lost at Arizona State in a controversial ending. Two weeks later, Wisconsin hung tough with the […]
It was a particularly frustrating campaign, considering one year earlier Northwestern went 10-3 and won a bowl game for the first time in 64 years. Things got off to a promising enough start, which included a season-opening win at California […]
In racing out to a 12-0 record for the second straight year, the Buckeyes looked every bit the BCS title contender many pundits had pegged them to be at the outset of the season. All but two of their dozen […]
There were some lows, such as an early-season home loss to UCF (34-31), as well as lopsided road setbacks to Indiana (44-24), Ohio State (63-14) and Minnesota (24-10). But there were also a couple of signature wins, beginning with a […]
Michigan State went 13-1, finished No. 3 in the country and won the Big Ten Championship Game with a 34-24 win over second-ranked Ohio State, which marked the Buckeyes’ first loss in nearly two years. MSU went on to play […]
However, they were hoping for bigger things considering at one point they were 8-2 and coming off a bye week. Northwestern, Nebraska, Indiana and Penn State had all fallen victim to the Gophers in consecutive weeks. Minnesota’s final two games […]
After jumping out to a 2-0 start, Nebraska hit a bump in the road and fell at home to 16th-ranked UCLA on Sept. 14 by a 41-21 final, as the Bruins reeled off 38 unanswered points. The Cornhuskers rebounded with […]
After all, Maryland raced into its first bye a perfect 4-0 following back-to- back convincing wins at Connecticut (32-21) and at home against West Virginia (37-0). But things took a turn for the worse following an Oct. 5 meeting with […]