[OO44]

"This hasn't exactly been a dream season for college football. But let's be honest: It's been a nightmare for mainly one conference in particular.

For the Big Ten Conference, the first half of 2011 saw the shaming of its premier football program, Ohio State, over former coach Jim Tressel's handling of an improper-benefits scandal. The second half brought an unprecedented child sex-abuse case to the conference's most respected program, Penn State. (Not to compare the two predicaments, of course.) The calendar has since turned to 2012, and the focus has returned to the field, but things haven't gotten appreciably better."

College Football: The Big Ten Conference Has Seen Better Days - WSJ.com

[hawkfan33]

Top basketball conference in the country though.