College sports aficionados are likely familiar with the Big Ten Conference. Beginning in 1912, there were ten schools in the Big Ten. From 1949 through 1990, those ten schools were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin. (Michigan State replaced Chicago in 1949.) In 1990, Penn State joined the conference, and no schools left, meaning that the Big Ten had eleven schools. The Big Ten chose not to rename itself,… [
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