Friday night Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema and Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio talked with our Big Ten Network team in Indianapolis leading up to Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship. Watch Bielema now and dive inside this post for our Dantonio interview and the complete press conference for each coach from earlier in the day. For more, go to our Big Ten Football Championship section for more updates on this game.

The first meeting between Michigan State and Wisconsin was an epic encounter that most consider to be the game of the year in the Big Ten. The Badgers raced to a 14-0 lead before seeing the Spartans go on a tear to lead 23-14 at halftime. Michigan State pushed its lead to 31-17 early in the fourth quarter before Wisconsin rallied to tie the game, 31-31.

Can Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship match the excitement of the last game between Michigan State and Wisconsin (see video in this post)? We’re in Indianapolis Friday for complete coverage leading up to the game and kick it off with a feature story on the importance of the event by BTN.com’s Tom Dienhart. At 4 p.m. ET watch the teams’ press conferences live on TV and streamed live on BTN.com. Then at 6:30 p.m catch The Big Ten Pulse followed by a special Big Ten Football Report: Championship Preview at 9 p.m. Find our Saturday TV plans inside and read more news from the past few days over here.

There were five games on Thursday night as the Big Ten/ACC Challenge concluded, including Miami visiting Michigan State. Morgan Stroman scored 20 points in a near-perfect shooting night to lead Miami past Michigan State 76-60. Watch the highlights now and get the latest on our full scoreboard page with box scores here.

BTN2Go, BTN and NET plan to offer live coverage of the five Big Ten teams that are hosting NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament action this weekend.