Teddy Greenstein: Reasons to believe in teams capable of winning Big Ten West — and reasons to doubt

Northwestern was such an out-of-nowhere Big Ten West champion last year, I'm still not sure it happened. Duke and Akron might feel the same.

But the Wildcats defense was that good down the stretch, freshman running back Isaiah Bowser became a beast and Northwestern committed only 40 penalties all season. Beyond that, I have no explanation.

So what's in store in 2019?

Northwestern locked up the West with two games to play. No way that happens