Five things we learned about Big Ten football, which deserves the Saturday night spotlight. (Put Stanford-Notre Dame on your second screen.) 1. Three yards and a cloud of dust? Try 30. Penn State leads the nation in scoring, thanks to its 35-point fourth quarter in Champaign. The Nittany Lions are averaging 55.5 points. Ohio State is at 54.5 per. The two are the only FBS teams to score at least 30 touchdowns. Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports asked me Sunday when was the last time the top scoring teams in the nation met — and any chance they were from the Big Ten? Yeah, Iowa and Wisconsin last Saturday. OK, not quite. Ohio State is fourth nationally in total yards and Penn State is 14th, by the way. ABC/ESPN executives should be doing a celebratory floss (not the teeth one; ask your kids) over this prime-time matchup, which will bring…
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