The Big Ten Conference might not have been the equal of the SEC this football season, but it was infinitely more interesting. While LSU beat Alabama by the speed-inducing score of 9-6 in the SEC?s game of the year, the Big Ten had some national powers crumbling, some recovering and one getting its eyes opened in its first year in the conference. It had iconic coaches bounced unceremoniously from their jobs. It had down-to-the-wire races in the two new divisions, even if no one can remember their names.