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The Whistlestop Tour: Week 11 of Big Ten Football

This was one of the best weeks of the seaosn for the BIg Ten. Of the five games, four came down to the very end. Illinois made a furious comeback, while Minnesota all but locked up the Big Ten West in one of the biggest victories for the Gophers in decades.

Minnesota 31, Penn State 26

What a win for the Gophers. Penn State football never deserves good things to happen to it, but Minnesota is now in a position where it could go back to the Rose Bowl for the first time in almost 60 years even if it doesn’t win the Big Ten:

With the ball, the Nittany Lions drive.