Playing the First/Last/Best/Worst Game with YOUR Big Ten school

By now, a good number of you have seen the various iterations of the “First/Last/Best/Worst” game circulating Twitter.

Never averse to hopping on a train after the fad has already passed, we have joined in.

First/Last/Best/Worst for Your Big Ten Team:

MNWildcat — Northwestern Wildcats

• First: 2009 Eastern Michigan
• Last: 2019 Minnesota
• Best: 2012 Gator Bowl (Mississippi St.)
• Worst: 2013 Wisconsin

Andrew Kraszewski — Michigan State Spartans

• First: 2006 Notre Dame
• Last: 2019 Maryland
• Best: 2009 Michigan
• Worst: 2008 Ohio State

WhiteSpeedReceiver — Minnesota Golden Gophers

• First: 1983 Nebraska
• Last: 2020 Outback Bowl (Auburn)
• Best: 2019 Penn State
• Worst: 2019 wisconsin

Boilerman31 — Purdue Boilermakers

• First: 1994 Minnesota
• Last: 2019 Maryland
• Best: 2009 Ohio State
• Worst: 2004 wisconsin

Dead Read — Nebraska Cornhuskers

• First: 1976 TCU
• Last: 2019 wisconsin
• Best: 1978 Oklahoma
• Worst: 2007 Oklahoma State

In which Dead Read didn’t understand/comply with the conceit and really wanted to piss me off

• Best loss: 1984 Orange Bowl (Miami-Fluoride)

Also in contention for best:

• 1996 Fiesta Bowl (Florida)
• 1977 Alabama Crimson Tide
• 1994 Colorado
• 2001 Oklahoma
• 1998 Orange Bowl (Tennessee — Tom Osborne’s last game)

Not much to choose from the B1G era, though.

Candystripes for Breakfast — Indiana Hoosiers

• First: 2008 Michigan State
• Last: 2016 Ball State
• Best: [null set; check out the 2009-2012 home schedule and see if you can figure out why]
• Worst: 2012 wisconsin

LincolnParkWildcat — Northwestern

• First: 1991 Notre Dame
• Last: 2019 Minnesota
• Best: 2004 Ohio State
• Worst: M00N

MC ClapYoHandz — Wisconsin Badgers

• First: 1998 UNLV
• Last: 2020 Oregon
• Best: 2010 Ohio State
• Worst: 2008 Cal Poly (yes I know it was technically a win)

Jesse Collins — Nebraska

• First: 1995 Pacific
• Last: 2015 Iowa
• Best: 2013 Northwestern
• Worst: 2004 Southern Miss

beezer07 — Wisconsin

• First: 1997 Boise State
• Last: uhhh I have NO idea. Wouldn’t have been after 2005 though.
• Best: 2003 Ohio State
• Worst: 2003 UNLV

Stewmonkey13 — Iowa Hawkeyes

• First: 1989 at Wisconsin
• Last: 2019 Illinois
• Best: 2005 Capital One Bowl (LSU; Drew Tate to Warren Holloway, sending Nick Saban to the NFL on an L)
• Worst: So many, but 2010 wisconsin sticks out.

Let us know your First/Last/Best/Worst games you’ve attended in-person in the comments!