Big Ten Showdown: Forecasting the Biggest Non-Conference Games for 2012

This autumn, the Big Ten has many opportunities to prove that it’s a top-tier conference in college football.
The SEC is indisputably the most dominant conference with six consecutive national titles, but the Big Ten has some of the largest fan bases, traditions and lucrative television contracts in the country. 
Now is the time for the Big Ten to prove it can handle playing against the best competition in the country.
This is about respect—nothing more.
Some teams in the…
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