What is going on in the big 10?

By Jack Carey, USA TODAY

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema isn’t a fan of college football’s new speed-up-the-game rule that mandates the clock starts when a ball is kicked off rather than when it’s received. But if Bielema can use the rule to his team’s advantage, he will, and that’s just what he did Saturday against Penn State.With Wisconsin having just gone ahead 10-3, Bielema, 36, twice had his team intentionally go offside on kickoffs in the last 23 seconds of the first half, minimizing Penn State’s chances to score. The two penalized kicks took 19 seconds off the clock and left Penn State coach Joe Paterno, 79, livid and complaining to officials.

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