... border="0">The Michigan-Ohio State game was always going to be the first casualty in a full scale Big Ten revolution. With the drumbeat of expansion at full bore, it was only a matter of time before the mythical Big Ten Championship Game was conjured into existence, and the rivalry would be forced to change along with it.

Change is a dirty word for a game that has been played every year since 1918, and in the final week of the regular season, all but once since 1935. It has become the bedrock of the Big Ten each November. The entire conference has practically been shaped by Michigan and Ohio State.

For a long time, there were only two possible emotions that could follow its culmination: disappointment or...

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