Big Ten underdogs during bowl season
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Big Ten spent much of the year as a national punch line.
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It might get worse during bowl season.
The Big Ten could only fill seven of its eight predetermined bowl slots – and each of those bowl-bound teams is currently an underdog.
From the five-loss Wisconsin team that still wound up in the Rose Bowl to the 6-6 Purdue squad that fired its coach, the beleaguered Big Ten isn’t expected to do much of anything in the postseason.
The league went just 1-6 in bowl games in 2008. According to odds makers, things could go even worse in 2012.
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