12-20-2009, 10:27 AM
Up until 1975, there was the Rose Bowl and nothing else for Big Ten teams. The conference champion - or, in the case of one infamous tie, the team selected as its representative - was the only fortunate squad that did not pack up its equipment in late November and try to hibernate through a long, cold winter in the Midwest.
Posted on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:02:56 GMT at http://www.topix.net/ncaa/ohio-state-foo...?fromrss=1