While Michigan football’s season is ongoing with a Big Ten Championship game looming against Purdue on Saturday, for the rest of the conference, teams are awaiting the culmination of championship week to find out where their bowl game is, if they’re eligible to play in one. But the conference is taking the newfound off time, with the regular season in the books, to bestow individual honors to those who were exemplary in the regular season.
On Tuesday, the conference revealed the defensive honors, as well as coach of the year — an award Jim Harbaugh did not win last year in the conference but did nationally. Would he take home the award this year?
Here is who won what on Tuesday as the Big Ten revealed the defensive award winners, as well as the Big Ten coach of the year.