There were many jokes over the summer about who would be the ‘leader’ in the Big Ten’s Leaders, but the on-the-field answer should provide one of college football’s best divisional races down the stretch. Wisconsin looked like the prohibitive favorite through the first half of the season, but the Badgers have lost two in a row in heartbreaking fashion.

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At the midpoint of the 2011 season, it's time to take a look at the first half and predict how the second half will turn out in the Big Ten.

First-Half Awards

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