Ohio State will play Northwestern in the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 19. According to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, the conference will amend its six-game minimum rule to allow Ohio State to get into the title game. The No. 4 Buckeyes are 5-0 and saw Saturday’s game against Michigan canceled because the Wolverines are unable to play due to COVID-19. The vote is considered a formality, which will lead to Ohio State playing Northwestern in the Big Ten title game. https://t.co/ElXXlQWwqP — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 9, 2020 The six-game minimum was installed before the season in case of pandemic-induced postponements, though it’s clear that Big Ten schools didn’t anticipate so many games getting canceled in 2020. The conference instituted an eight games in eight weeks schedule for each of its 14 teams and just four of those 14 teams have played seven games through the first seven weeks…
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