Big Ten Week Two Wrap

A quick breakdown of all the Big Ten games from week two. Not included is the Ohio State game, which will be have its own wrap- coming soon

Oregon (39) at Michigan (7)

Michigan remains the biggest surprise in the Big Ten.

Running back Mike Hart has now guaranteed a win over Notre Dame next week.

Check out what our fellow Big Ten Bloggers have to say about it:

Maize N Brew

MGOBLOG

Michigan Sports Center

Nevada (31) at Northwestern (36)

Junior quarterback C.J. Bacher led Northwestern down the field on an 80-yard drive that was capped off by a 13-yard touchdown to Ross Lane. Lane made the diving catch, which gave Northwestern a 34-31 lead with 21 seconds left.

Junior running back Tyrell Sutton, who is by far the Wildcats’ best player, was sidelined after an ankle injury in the second quarter. Senior Brandon Roberson replaced Sutton and played well. Roberson rushed for 128 yards on 13 carries and scored a touchdown.

We have one Northwestern blogger in our group of Big Ten Bloggers- see what he has to say:

Lake The Posts

Notre Dame (10) at #14 Penn State (31)

While Michigan has been the biggest dissapoinment in the Big Ten, Penn State has played the best football.

The Nittany Lions’ defense was great and shut down Notre Dame’s freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen.

Junior Derrick Williams returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown and senior running back Austin Scott rushed for 116 yards on 28 carries and scored two touchdowns.

We have three Penn State bloggers in our group of Big Ten Bloggers- see what they are saying:

Run Up The Score

Black Shoe Diaries

The Nittany Lion

There Is No Name On My Jersey

Miami (Ohio) (35) at Minnesota (41)

After losing a heartbreaker to Bowling Green, Minnesota beat the Redhawks in overtime. The Gophers blew a 28-12 lead with 8:35 left, but allowed Miami back in the game.

Senior Minnesota running back Amir Pinnix preformed well, rushing for 126 yards on 28 carries and scored a touchdown.

We have two Gopher blogs in our group- see what they are saying:

Gopher Nation

Paging Jim Shikenjanski

Indiana (37) at Western Michigan (27)

IU’s defense forced five turnovers en route to beating a good Western Michigan team.

We have one Hooiser blog:

Hoosier Report

#5 Wisconsin (20) at UNLV (13)

UNLV scored on a field goal with 7:43 left, giving the Rebels a 13-12 lead.

Quarterback Tyler Donovan scored on a 29-yard boot leg with 1:53 left in the game.

We only have one Wisconsin blog in our group, but it is a good one:

Badger Tracker

We still need blogs for Illinois, Purdue and Michigan State

Bowling Green (17) at Michigan State (28)

Junior wide receiver Devin Thomas caught four passes for 156 yards and scored a touchdown.

Last week, Thomas caught five passes for 106 yards and had a touchdown in MSU’s win over UAB.

Eastern Illinois (6) at Purdue (52)

Purdue junior quarterback Curtis Painter, who threw for 3,985 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2006, threw for 348 yards and six touchdowns.

That’s 10 touchdowns in two games for Painter.

Western Illinois (0) at Illinois (21)

Junior running back Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 112 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown.

Syracuse (0) at Iowa (35)

Opps, forgot about Iowa - check out our Iowa blog-

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