Though it continues to serve as a reminder of college football's embarrassingly disjointed and haphazard reaction to the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, the Royal Rumble-style introduction of one power conference at a time to the 2020 season -- Here come the ACC and Big 12! Now here comes the SEC! Now here comes the Big Ten! Pac-12's up next! -- has allowed us to absorb and react to first impressions in small batches. There's something to be said for that.
With the Big Ten's first week in the books, let's look at what partial answers the conference's first seven games provided us and what we should, and shouldn't, overreact to moving forward.