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Around the Big Ten, Week Two: Feast or famine

We had a full slate of Big Ten action for the first time this season, and during a chaotic weekend, most of the conference lived up to the hype. In a week that saw seven, and nearly eight, ranked teams fall to unranked or lower-ranked opponents, the Big Ten emerged relatively unscathed. The top-end of the conference continued to dominate, with the three highest-ranked teams winning by a combined 131 points, while the bottom of the conference… Well, let’s just say it was a Saturday to forget in a few midwestern states. After a day of exciting wins and even more exciting losses for the conference, here’s some of the best storylines from Week Two:

Another loss in Lincoln

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Scott Frost’s Nebraska Cornhuskers lost a one-score game they were favored to win.