Thanks a lot, noobs. The Big Ten went 12-2 this weekend, with a couple of nice wins like Michigan State over Oregon. The two losses? Rutgers and Maryland. Rutgers lost to Washington State, who had lost to an FCS team at home a week before flying across the country not beat Rutgers. Maryland was tied with Bowling Green after three quarters before the Falcons and this offense hit warp speed. As we will see in this week's Whistlestop Tour, there is plenty of reason to fear Bowling Green in two weeks, and maybe more so than Virginia Tech.
Purdue 38, Indiana 14
Our friends at Boiled Sports were cautious in their optimism over this weekend's win:
I liked enough of what I saw (and I saw most of it, before I turned away to watch Jacksonville State nearly win at Auburn; WatchESPN only stopped working twice, which is a new record for me), but I also saw enough problems to make me wonder about the rest of the schedule, particularly because Bowling Green put up 48 points at Maryland today, and the Terrapins only stayed within 3 TDs because someone punted to Will Likely again.