You want to be the best? You’ve got to beat the best. Northwestern will get that chance — pandemic willing — after the Big Ten announced Wednesday that it was changing its rule requiring teams to play at least six games to qualify for the conference’s championship game. The Wildcats will face league bully Ohio State at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 19. The Buckeyes are frozen at 5-0, their game scheduled for Saturday canceled because of a COVID-19 flareup in Michigan’s program. It’s the Buckeyes’ third game wiped out this season, only one of which was due to positive tests in their own house. Left in the cold is Ohio State’s division mate Indiana, which lost to the Buckeyes last month but, at 6-1, was in position to play for the title for the first time in the game’s 10-year history. Indiana’s game scheduled for Saturday against Purdue…
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