Big Ten offensive makeover might help it in the CFP

Shortly before his death in December, Mississippi State coach Mike Leach spoke with Phil Longo about Longo landing the Wisconsin offensive coordinator job.

According to Longo, Leach was delighted his Air Raid offense -- the transcendent scheme he helped launch decades earlier -- would finally reach the Big Ten after impacting every other major conference. Longo has used the offense while hopscotching the college ranks, most recently as a coordinator at Ole Miss and North Carolina. He has seen the Air Raid work in a variety of settings, but not the one behind his current office window: Camp Randall Stadium, home to the historically run-heavy Wisconsin Badgers.

For 30 years, the Badgers have…