Six Mid-American Conference football teams opened their seasons against Big Ten schools, and now all of those teams are 0-1.Winning by an average of nearly 24 points, the Big Ten asserted its dominance over the MAC and squashed any upset hopes for the smaller programs. The smallest margin of victory for the Big Ten teams was 18 points.While Kent State lost by the largest margin ' 44-0 to Minnesota ' Northern Illinois struggled on a bigger stage, No. 1 Ohio State. The Huskies were no match for the Buckeye starters and gave up four touchdowns in the first 16 minutes of play.We've played in games like this before and went in and
I thought held our own and competed well and kept our poise Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak said. Early in that game we didn't.On the bright side for Northern Illinois, running back Garrett Wolfe amassed 171 yards on the ground and 114 receiving yards with one touchdown.Another notable game between the two Midwestern conferences was played at Cleveland Browns Stadium on the shore of Lake Erie. The event, touted as the Clash in Cleveland
featured Wisconsin taking on Bowling Green.The game drew a crowd of more than 30,000, but Wisconsin easily defeated the Falcons, 35-14.Well
I think our kids played hard
I really did
Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon said. We had too many mistakes to win this football game
and that was the disappointing thing. There was a lot of good I saw in that football field tonight.
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