BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — No. 4-ranked Ohio State did its part Saturday, getting its fifth game in during a 52-12 beatdown of Michigan State in East Lansing. Now they need one more game to qualify for the Dec. 19 Big Ten Championship Game, according to Big Ten rules. Big Ten rules? They’re supposed to be etched in stone, but now it appears the stodgy league office might have simply written that six-game rule in pencil, and they’re ready to wield a huge eraser. Brett McMurphy, a college football insider for The Stadium, said that the Big Ten athletic directors might change the rule during there weekly meeting on Monday. The problem is that now Michigan is having COVID-19 problems of its own, and the Wolverines are supposed to tangle with the Buckeyes this weekend in Columbus. Michigan couldn’t play its game with Maryland on Saturday, and it’s looking unlikely that they…
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