After suffering a second consecutive blowout in Big Ten play, the Indiana Hoosiers return to Memorial Stadium this Saturday to face the upstart Northwestern Wildcats.
Battles between these two traditional Big Ten bottom-feeders have been competitive in recent years with the past three games having been decided by a total of only six points. Unfortunately for the Hoosiers, they are only 1-2 in those contests, and have historically struggled to win such close games.
For an Indiana football team that has yet to experience a Big Ten victory this season, Saturday’s game was a prime opportunity to remove the zero from the conference win column.
Week 3 in the Big Ten provided a full slate of games, with all 11 teams in action. The conference continued its early season non-conference schedule with games ranging from in-state out of conference opponents to national spotlight games. Let’s start on the home front:
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