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But who’s complaining? It’s been a wild and exciting week, and mine started auspiciously last Saturday, when within a few minutes Northwestern beat Minnesota with an interception returned for a touchdown, Purdue edged out Michigan with an old-school hook-and-ladder play, and Michigan State came back from 11 down in the fourth quarter to top Wisconsin by a point—all in the last 30 seconds of their games. And that wasn’t all: a bit later Illinois kicked a game-winning 46-yard field goal in the final minute to get past Iowa, and Indiana lost a second-half advantage—and the game—to Central Michigan, falling by a field goal.
In the middle of all that, Notre Dame dropped a four-overtime game to Pitt.
· Michigan at Minnesota: Was the cupboard so bare? Was the cupboard actually stocked? We’re 75 percent through the regular season, but I don’t think anyone has figured out why and how the Wolverines have sucked so bad and the Gophers have mostly looked like winners. It’s hard to imagine that Minnesota won’t reclaim the Little Brown Jug for just the second time in the last 22 years.
And out of the league:
