Ohio is the third MAC team to beat a Big Ten school in the past two weeks. Ohio last beat a Big Ten team in 1973, beating Northwestern 14-12. Minnesota won that game, 33-7. Minnesota coach Glen Mason, who said all week he had tremendous respect for the MAC, dating from when he coached Kent State in 1986 and '87, disputed that his Gophers were looking past the Bobcats. It's been coming.
Some guys say that all the time.
Ohio University had my attention because I've watched the job they have done down there. That was the exclamation point. But Abdul-Khaliq, knocked out of last week's game with a concussion, was inconsistent, missing receivers long and short, and also appearing flustered with Ohio's pass rush in just his second collegiate start. A lot of things didn't go my way today. I was trying to throw too hard.