Bitter rivals need 'unity' for $2.4 billion private equity deal. Michigan has threatened to leave Big Ten if deal goes through. How about Ohio State?

With their defensive effort against Rutgers today, Ohio State’s defense became the first since Oklahoma’s in 1987 to hold each of its first 11 opponents of the season to less than 17 points. Through their first 11 games this year,

The University of Michigan governing board publicly declared its opposition on Thursday to the possibility of giving up a stake of the Big Ten in exchange for $2.4 billion in private investment.

It's the thirteenth week of Big Ten college football, and we have seven selections, including three not-so-B1G, three B1G, one B1GGER be, and four team totals.

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti is pushing a $2.4 billion plan, to which Michigan and USC have been vocally opposed.

A multibillion-dollar deal that could dramatically change the future of the Big Ten is on ice for now after pushback from two conference members.

Gigi Cervantes, who resigned from her position as a theater teacher at a Fort Worth school rather than teach in a classroom where the Ten Commandments are hung, poses for a photo at her home, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

While the cash infusion has received the bulk of the attention, the aspect of the deal that truly matters is the 10-year extension of the Big Ten’s grant-of-rights, from 2036 to 2046. That change would bind all 18 schools together and prevent the blue bloods from leaving everyone behind.