Written by BTN.com staffWe also like to hear suggestions from our Big Ten fans. Is there a game you’d like to see make it into the rotation? Let us know via the box in this post.
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| SCHOOL | FOOTBALL | MEN’S BASKETBALL |
| ILLINOIS | 1989 Indiana vs. Illinois 1990 Colorado vs. Illinois 1991 Illinois vs. East Carolina 1999 Illinois vs. Michigan 2007 Illinois vs. Ohio State 1989 Illinois vs. USC 2001 Penn State vs. Illinois 2001 Wisconsin vs. Illinois |
1987 Indiana vs. Illinois 1980 Georgia Tech vs. Illinois 1989 Illinois vs. Indiana 1989 Elite 8: Illinois vs. Syracuse 1990 LSU vs. Illinois 2000 Illinois vs. Ohio State 2004 Illinois vs. Wake Forest 2005 NCAA Elite Eight – #1 Illinois vs. #8 Arizona 2005 Illinois vs Iowa 2009 Illinois vs. Northwestern |
| INDIANA | 1988 Iowa vs. Indiana 1999 Illinois vs. Indiana 2002 #23 Wisconsin vs. Indiana 2006 Iowa vs. Indiana 2007 Purdue vs. Indiana 1991 Kentucky vs. Indiana |
1976 NCAA Championship: Indiana vs. Michigan 1981 NCAA Championship: #14 Indiana vs. #12 N. Carolina 1984 Sweet Sixteen: Indiana vs. North Carolina 1987 NCAA Championship Game: #4 Indiana vs. #10 Syracuse 1990 Kentucky vs. Indiana 2003 Iowa vs. Indiana 2008 Indiana vs. Illinois 2002 Indiana vs Duke 1987 Indiana vs. Wisconsin |
| IOWA | 1986 Holiday Bowl: #19 Iowa vs. San Diego State 1990 Iowa vs. Michigan 2002 Purdue vs. Iowa 2002 Iowa vs. Penn State 2005 Iowa vs. LSU (Capital One Bowl) 2007 Michigan State vs. Iowa 2003 Michigan vs. Iowa 2008 Penn State vs. Iowa |
1983 Iowa vs. Indiana 1987 NCAA Sweet 16: #6 Iowa 9 vs. #17 Oklahoma 1993 Iowa vs. Michigan State 1995 Connecticut vs. Iowa (Great Alaskan Shootout) 2004 Iowa vs. Indiana 2005 Iowa vs Michigan State |
| MICHIGAN | 1969 Ohio State vs. Michigan 1983 #10 Michigan vs. #12 Iowa 1986 #3 Michigan vs. Notre Dame 1988 #12 Michigan vs. Ohio State 1993 Rose Bowl: Michigan vs. Washington 1997 Ohio State vs. Michigan 1997 Notre Dame vs. #8 Michigan 1998 Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan vs. #8 Washington State 1999 Michigan vs. Wisconsin 2000 Michigan vs. Alabama (Orange Bowl) 2003 Michigan vs. Minnesota 2004 Michigan State vs. Michigan 2007 Michigan vs. Michigan State 2008 Capital One Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida 2002 Penn State vs. Michigan 2001 Michigan vs. Auburn 2008 Wisconsin vs. Michigan 2010 Illinois vs. Michigan 1999 Notre Dame vs. Michigan 2009 Notre Dame vs. Michigan |
1985: Iowa vs. Michigan 1989: NCAA Championship Game: #8 Michigan vs. #11 Seton Hall 1989: Duke vs. Michigan 2004: Michigan vs. Purdue 2003: Michigan vs Wisconsin 2008: Duke vs. Michigan |
| MICHIGAN STATE | 1990 Michigan State vs. Michigan 1998 Michigan St vs. Ohio State 1999 Michigan vs. Michigan State 2000 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State 2000 Citrus Bowl: #9 Michigan State vs. #10 Florida 2001 #6 Michigan vs. Michigan State 2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern 1995 Michigan vs. Michigan State 2010 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State |
1979 NCAA Championship Game – #4 Michigan State vs. #1 Indiana State 1991 Ohio State vs. Michigan State 1997 Michigan State vs. Iowa 1999 Michigan State vs. Minnesota 2000 NCAA Championship Game – #5 Michigan State vs. #11 Florida 2005 NCAA Eight Elite – #5 Michigan State vs. #2 Kentucky 2007 Texas vs. Michigan State 2009 Final Four – Michigan State vs. UConn 2010 MSU vs Maryland 2010 Michigan State vs. Michigan |
| MINNESOTA | 1981 Ohio State vs. Minnesota 1995 Purdue vs. Minnesota 1996 Illinois vs. Minnesota 1999 Minnesota vs. Penn State 2003 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota 2005 Purdue vs. Minnesota 2005 Minnesota vs. Michigan |
1983 Minnesota vs. Ohio State 1993 Minnesota vs. Georgetown (NIT) 1996 Minnesota vs. Illinois 2000 Indiana vs. Minnesota 2001 Minnesota vs. Indiana 2002 Minnesota vs. Georgia 2008 Minnesota vs. Indiana 2009 Minnesota vs. Wisconsin 2005 Minnesota vs Purdue |
| NEBRASKA | 1995 Orange Bowl: Nebraska vs. Miami 1998 Orange Bowl: Nebraska vs. Tennessee 2010 Missouri vs. Nebraska |
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| NORTHWESTERN | 1995 Penn State vs. Northwestern 1995 #25 Northwestern vs. #7 Michigan 2000 Northwestern vs. Minnesota 2000 Michigan vs. Northwestern 2000 Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 2001 #23 Michigan State vs. #16 Northwestern 2004 #7 Ohio State vs. Northwestern 2007 Northwestern vs. Michigan State 2005 Wisconsin vs. Northwestern 2008 Northwestern vs. Minnesota 2007 Minnesota vs. Northwestern |
1987 Northwestern vs. Michigan State 1988 Indiana vs. Northwestern 2005 Northwestern vs. #23 Iowa 2006 Iowa vs. Northwestern 2009 Northwestern vs. Michigan State 2004 Northwestern vs Illinois 2004 Illinois vs. Northwestern 2009 Ohio State vs. Northwestern |
| OHIO STATE | 1974 Michigan vs. Ohio State 1979 #2 Ohio State vs. #13 Michigan 1981 Ohio State vs. Stanford 1989 Ohio State vs. Minnesota 1990 Ohio State vs. Iowa 1997 Rose Bowl: Ohio State vs. Arizona State 2002 Ohio State vs. Illinois 2002 Ohio State vs. Purdue 2003 NC State vs. Ohio State 2003 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State vs. Miami 2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State 2005 Ohio State vs. Michigan 2010 Rose Bowl: Ohio State vs. Oregon 2009 Iowa vs. Ohio State 2008 Ohio State vs. Wisconsin |
2010 B1G Tournament: Ohio State vs. Illinois 1991 Indiana vs. Ohio State 1993 Ohio State vs. #1 Indiana 1999 NCAA Elite Eight – #11 Ohio State vs. #10 St. John’s 2003 Ohio State vs. Iowa 2005 LSU vs. Ohio State 2007 Wisconsin vs. Ohio State 2007 NCAA Tourney 3nd Round- OSU vs. Xavier 2007 OSU vs Tennesee 1988 Michigan vs. Ohio State 2010 Ohio State vs. Michigan 2010 Ohio State vs. Purdue |
| PENN STATE | 1983 Penn State vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl) 1984 Boston College vs. Penn State 1985 #8 Penn State vs. #10 Alabama 1989 Holiday Bowl: #18 Penn State vs. #19 BYU 1993 #14 Penn State vs. #25 Michigan State 1994 Penn State vs. Illinois 1995 Rose Bowl: Penn State vs. Oregon 2001 Ohio State vs. Penn State 2002 Penn State vs. Wisconsin 2006 Orange Bowl: #3 Penn State vs. #22 Florida State 2007 Alamo Bowl: Penn State vs. Texas A&M 2005 Ohio State vs. Penn State 2008 Penn State vs. Ohio State |
2001 Michigan State vs. Penn State 2001 NCAA Tournament Second Round: Penn State vs. North Carolina 2008 Michigan State vs. Penn State 2008 Indiana vs. Penn State 2006 Penn State vs. Illinois 2001 Illinois vs. Penn State 2000 Kentucky vs. Penn State 2009 Illinois vs. Penn State |
| PURDUE | 1997 Michigan State vs. Purdue 1998 Purdue vs. Kansas State (Alamo Bowl) 1999 Notre Dame vs. Purdue 2000 #6 Michigan vs. Purdue 2000 #12 Ohio State vs. #16 Purdue 2007 Motor City Bowl: Purdue vs. Central Michigan 2003 Purdue vs. Wisconsin 2008 Michigan vs. Purdue 2009 Ohio State vs. Purdue |
1985 Purdue vs. Indiana 1991 Purdue vs. Michigan 1994 Indiana vs. Purdue 1994 NCAA Sweet 16: #6 Purdue vs. #11 Kansas 2003 Purdue vs. Duke (Great Alaska Shootout) 2008 Purdue vs. Wisconsin 2009 Purdue vs. Wisconsin 2009 NCAA Tournament 2nd Round: Purdue vs. Washington 1987 Purdue vs Illinois |
| WISCONSIN | 1981 #18 Ohio State vs. Wisconsin 1999 Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. UCLA 2000 Oregon vs. Wisconsin 2003 Ohio St vs. Wisconsin 2004 Wisconsin vs. Purdue 2005 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota 2005 Michigan vs. Wisconsin 1998 Purdue vs. Wisconsin 2009 Champs Sports Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Miami 2007 Michigan State vs. Wisconsin |
1990 Minnesota vs. Wisconsin 1997 Minnesota vs. Wisconsin 2000 #23 Wisconsin vs. #13 Maryland 2003 Wisconsin vs. Illinois 2008 Wisconsin vs. Indiana 2008 Duke vs. Wisconsin 2006 Pittsburgh vs. Wisconsin 2009 Duke vs. Wisconsin |
That last message was for big ten best suggestion. I like to see Ohio state vs. LSU in the shoe or Ohio state vs. Iowa 2010
I swear that “Big Ten’s Greatest Games” has aired a few men’s hockey games as well.
Here are two suggestions.
Appalachian State over Michigan (9-1-2007): This game was the first live football game that BTN ever televised. That makes it worthy of consideration. It also just so happened to be one of the greatest upsets in the history of college football. That makes it a no-brainer. Michigan State and Ohio State fans would probably love to watch that game again.
Michigan State over WIsconsin (10-22-2011): This game was the best Big Ten football game of the past season. Its finish was even better than the finish of the 2010 Notre Dame-Michigan State game. This game too is a no-brainer.
By the way, I suggest adding the useful table above to the “Big Ten’s Greatest Games” page and updating it as more games are added to the series.
September 25, 1982 – Penn State 27, Nebraska 24
I’m sure that’ll get the blood boiling in Nebraska.
Also, we can get some good historic Penn State – Pitt games up there too.
November 22, 1986 – Penn State 34, Pitt 14
November 28, 1981 - Penn State 48, Pitt 14
I nominated but don’t see here Michigan State at Iowa 1985. Iowa’s Homecoming, they were #1 with Chuck Long as senior QB, and the rising Spartans nearly knocked them off behind sophomore Lorenzo White (Long and White finished #2 and #4 in the Heisman voting that year). The final was 35-31, and even though my Spartans lost, I remember it as absolutely one of the best games ever – back and forth, with both teams playing their hearts out. Like to see it again.
I would say the 1983 first round NIT basketball game with Northwestern and Notre Dame at the Rosemont Horizon. Northwestern won 71-57.
I nominated this one other time, but I would love to see Iowa – Michigan State 1985. Iowa’s Homecoming, they were #1 with Chuck Long as senior QB, and the rising Spartans nearly knocked them off behind sophomore Lorenzo White (Long and White finished #2 and #4 in the Heisman voting that year). Long scored on a naked bootleg on fourth down with less than a minute left after the teams traded touchdown after touchdown. The final was 35-31, and even though my Spartans lost, I remember it as absolutely one of the best games ever. Sure would like to see that one again.
I’ve already suggested this before, but I beg BTN to try to find the 1974 Michigan State/Ohio State game, in which Denny Stolz’s Spartans upset the #1 ranked Buckeyes. The game ended in controversy when it appeared OSU had scored the winning TD on the final play of the game, but officials determined that time had run out. Levi Jackson’s 88-yard TD run was, as it turned out, the winning score. MSU 16, OSU 13. Archie Griffin also had a huge game for OSU, gaining 140 yards on only 13 carries.
I agree with Toren that the 1985 MSU/Iowa game was great. Iowa won it late on a Chuck Long bootleg. The teams went back and forth, with Bobby McAllister and Lorenzo White having great games for MSU in a losing effort.
Thanks, Mark N. I don’t think BTN pays much attention to these requests. 1974 with Levi running it in late is a terrific suggestion; there was much controversy, as Woody claimed OSU scored with no time left and should have won. It went on for a while, and Woody was not happy. I remember, I was in school there then watching the game with the guys. Sure would like to see BTN actually acknowledge these responses.
TOren (and Mark N.), actually, that’s not quite accurate. If you use the email box on his page, your notes go directly to our production team. They’re the ones that asked for this feature so they do want to hear suggestions and they do pay plenty of attention. The issue is a little more complex as there isn’t a complete library of every game every played available right now. We’re working on that but that doesn’t stop us from taking suggestions from fans like yourself. Hope that clears things up.
Also, we can’t respond to every email we get. It’s just not possible. I know you want to hear back and our customer service team does a great job of that over here on all sorts of other issues. But this small feature on this page was meant to be a simple suggestions box. “Drop us a note and we’ll add it to the bunch.” You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook, and other places. Full list here.
No problem, BTN. I certainly don’t want to come off as being difficult–just a passionate football and MSU fan.
I have no doubt that finding complete games (particularly older ones) is probably quite difficult. Thanks for your response to our (Toren and myself) queries.
No sweat to everyone here. Seriously. Just trying to be open and responsive. And no one thinks anyone here is being difficult. We want feedback – happy and otherwise – and trust me when I say we get it both ways and plenty of it via all sorts of avenues. As an editor on the website here, I’m just doing my part to communicate. Enjoy the upcoming weekend of football.
Suggest a game:: Michigan 38 vs Ohio State 26 2000 The reason I like this game was because even though the score was 12 points, it was a close game going down to the end. Michigan was the better team, but OSU played very well for the whole game until Drew Henson put it away with a couple minutes left on a fake HB dive and a QB run bootleg, I thought it was a very good and well fought game, even though UM won by 12. Michigan vs Illinois 2000 With Illinois building a double digit lead in the 4th quarter, the injured Drew Henson lead UM on a furious comeback. John Navarre started the game, but with UI cruising in the 1st half, Henson was put in to win for the big blue. UM had a great comeback and a couple of controversial calls favored UM in a close one. I think these were two great, classic, hard played B1G football . I would love to see these games on the B1G’s greatest games.
I would like to see the Michigan at Indiana basketball game from Febuary 14th 1993