Off Tackle Empire, for Big Ten coverage

Sure, there's plenty to celebrate in East Lansing -- where the Spartans can call themselves Big Ten champions for the first time since 1990, and Madison, where the post game fireworks looked appropriately similar to the confetti that will litter the floor of the Rose Bowl in five short weeks -- but for now you'd be hard pressed to find a group of Midwesterners more pleased than those that reside in Columbus.

The Game remains one of the most celebrated and contested rivalries in all of sports, and six seasons can't change that.