A Buckeyes win would give the Big Ten back-to-back national champions for the first time since 1942, when the league was called the Western Conference. Minnesota won in ‘40 and ‘41, and Ohio St. took the ‘42 title.

Some of the legendary coaches' philosophies — including game plans, practice plans and training — have rubbed off on Vrabel.

Paul Finebaum on a potential All-Big Ten national title game: "This would really completely change the paradigm of college football… if it's two Big Ten teams and the Big Ten is ruling the world. I'm not sure what we're gonna do down here in SEC country but hang our heads."… pic.twitter.com/zd4QwpPGs3

Big Ten members generally share common principles and philosophies, but rarely do their football programs link arms and back up one another the way other conferences do. There’s no “B-1-G” chant to match the “S-E-C!” that echoes in the stands after a victory against another conference.

Welcome to the Big Ten Basketball Weekend Rundown. Now that conference play is well underway, we are starting to get a better idea of which teams will contend for a Big Ten title. In the Weekend ...