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Big Ten football Misery Index: Why another 'little brother' flopped vs. Michigan football

If you needed a sign that Big Ten football was back to normal this season – well, mostly normal; Michigan football actually beat Ohio State for once — it was right there Saturday: The return of grudges.

Football grudges, that is — the kind that make you write entire paragraphs without the letter M, or, alternately, make you issue a proclamation with 37 capitalized M’s. The kind that make you cherish an objectively gawd-awfully ugly trophy. The kind that leave you staring with longing at an 8-foot chopping implement — “This is the worst feeling you can have.