It all traces back to the Minnesota game on Oct. 1 and a 29-26 overtime win that in many ways ignited this streak and has resulted in an East division championship.
Could anyone have envisioned the scene on Saturday night back then? University president Eric Barron and athletic director Sandy Barbour crammed with players on a hastily-assembled platform as a Big Ten double-assistant-associate commissioner or something presented James Franklin with the conference’s East division trophy? Ridiculous. But it happened:
