INDIANAPOLIS — It seemed too easy.
The bounces, the calls, the everything, really, tilted in the favor of the University of Wisconsin football team during the first half of the Big Ten Championship Game Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Badgers led 28-14 at the half, and the overwhelming feeling was that they’d cruise to a third conference title in six years.
But Penn State’s play in the second half prevented that. The Nittany Lions outscored the Badgers 24-3 over the game’s final 30 minutes on their way to a 38-31 victory, their first championship in the conference’s title game era.