The Big Ten eliminates the minium game threshold
"If [Ohio State] has a game canceled, I think we as athletic directors would have to revisit whether they should be involved [in the Big Ten Championship Game]"
Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez joins #BigNoonKickoff to discuss if the Big Ten will revisit the 6-game minimum. pic.twitter.com/GVr1aRrTDS
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) December 5, 2020
This one appears to be the most likely. There are already some rumblings that the Big Ten may reconsider the six-game minimum, and frankly, it never should have been put in play in the first place with a global pandemic in play during cold and flu season.
The folks in the ivory tower in Chicago could simply work with the conference’s athletic directors and waive the minimum requirement, release a statement, and knight Ohio State the Big Ten East representative, especially since the Buckeyes already beat the team 1/2 game behind them, Indiana, a few weeks ago.