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Well, it was another huge week in the conference. Michigan State was the blind squirrel that finally found a nut, Iowa and Northwestern opened up a hole to the underworld below the Wrigley Field turf, and Indiana and Illinois both got conference wins on the same week for the first time in years. What a bizarre set of results. God, I love this sport. With all that and even more to recap, we here at the Around the Empire desk delved too deep to find the best articles and updates from this weekend.
Here’s what you might have missed from around the Big Ten and beyond.
Scores:
Ohio State Buckeyes 35, Rutgers Scarlet Knights 16
Penn State Nittany Lions 51, Maryland Terrapins 15
Michigan Wolverines 41, Purdue Boilermakers 13
Indiana Hoosiers 20, Wisconsin Badgers 14
Michigan State Spartans 20, Nebraska Cornhuskers 17
Illinois Fighting Illini 27, Minnesota Golden Gophers 26
Iowa Hawkeyes 10, Northwestern Wildcats 7
Football coverage from Off Tackle Empire:
- Don’t forget to get your choices in for Survivor and for the ATS picks games. Green 96 and Ziowa09, thank you for continuing to organize those!
Basketball season has begun! OTE previews the season:
- Before the real games start, check in with the exhibition and scrimmage results. Then take a look at what our “writers” think for the season standings. Be sure to place your bets accordingly.
- OTE finished its basketball preview series with the Northwestern Wildcats, the Indiana Hoosiers, and the Purdue Boiler-Ents. For our previously featured teams, check out the previews here:
- Illinois
- Michigan State
- Michigan
- Penn State
- Rutgers
- Minnesota
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Catch up on BoilerUp89’s analysis of the Big Ten’s non-conference scheduling with the three receiving A grades, the programs honored with a B, as well as the three schools receiving Cs and the three schools receiving Ds. At least they didn’t get Fs like Penn State and Minnesota.
Three Harbaughs and a Lie:
I had intended to rotate through the coaches with this feature, but Harbaugh quotes are too much fun. The rules remain the same: I’m going to present three real Harbaugh quotes from this past week, along with one made-up quote. See if you can spot the lie!
Poll
Can you find the fake Harbaugh quote?
This poll is closed
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20%
"My energy level was already sky-high, but then I got a visit from the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. He’s a very close friend and that just brought the enthusiasm to a new level."
(16 votes) -
24%
"The field corn: Just drop a seed in a crack of a sidewalk and it’ll burrow down and come up with any energy that it can find and then rise up in a stalk-like fashion and just start producing. I would say that’s what our team is more like."
(19 votes) -
44%
"Piling new charge upon new charge does not make the allegations true. The facts haven’t changed, only a new charge."
(35 votes) -
10%
"Find some work, create some work for you to do. It clears the mind, it cleanses the soul. And a lot of times you get the clarity you need. Not every time, but a lot of the time you get the clarity you need and bang, that’s where we go from here."
(8 votes)
Big Ten Football:
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— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 4, 2023
Have a good week, all. It’s almost Saturday.
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