ESPN’s All-Big Ten team was fraught with debate and discussion. Not every choice was unanimous, and the exercise of picking the B1G’s best was far from easy. So we decided to ask our Big Ten crew -- who were some of the top players who just missed the cut?
Trace McSorley was right there with J.T. Barrett as the best quarterbacks in the Big Ten.McSorley almost beat out Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett for the first-team quarterback spot with his sizzling finish. If you include the Big Ten championship game, the sophomore threw for 3,360 yards and 25 touchdowns. Comparing McSorley and Barrett over the nine regular-season conference games, McSorley threw for more yards and touchdowns than Barrett and,…