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Big Ten is back in a big way

By Herb Gould
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 10, 2002

When the Big Ten is down, everybody's quick to point it out. When it's doing well, nobody says a word. Well, we're not afraid to say it: The Big Ten had a very good year, and it could get better if Ohio State, the league's first contestant in the BCS-arranged national championship game, delivers. The unbeaten Buckeyes head a list of four Big Ten teams in the top 12. Iowa, which came within one blown lead against Iowa State of also being unbeaten, gives the league a second BCS entry for th ...

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