The days of the Wisconsin Badgers football team coasting to 8-10 win seasons by mowing down the Big Ten West are now a thing of the past.
Moving forward, the Big Ten will feature 18 teams spanning coast to coast following the additions of USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington. In short, the road to appearing in the conference title just got quite a bit harder.
ESPN staff writers recently conducted a roundtable discussion to dissect realignment across college football and how it could potentially change the status quo — with the Wisconsin Badgers new direction under Luke Fickell taking center stage.