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Some things to watch in the Big Ten in Week 11:GAME OF THE WEEKNo. 2 Michigan at Iowa. The last time Michigan went to Iowa City as the No. 2-ranked team, in 1985, Jim Harbaugh was the quarterback and the then-No. 1 Hawkeyes dashed the Wolverines national championship hopes with a 12-10 win. Harbaugh, now the Michigan coach, wont be facing an Iowa team of 85 vintage on Saturday. The Hawkeyes have lost three home games and were all but eliminated from the West Division race with last weeks 41-14 loss at Penn State. But the Wolverines have lost three straight in Iowa City since last winning there in 2005, and this will be only the second game theyve traveled outside the Great Lakes State.BEST MATCHUPMinnesota at No. 21 Nebraska. The Gophers can still make the Big Ten championship game, but only if they win their next three games. All are difficult. First up is a trip to Lincoln, where they won in 2014 after erasing a 10-point deficit in the third quarter. Theyll be going against a Nebraska team still smarting from a 62-3 beat-down at Ohio State and with the status of quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. in doubt. Armstrong was going through a concussion protocol this week after getting knocked unconscious against the Buckeyes. If he cant play, Ryker Fyfe will make his second career start.INSIDE THE NUMBERSWisconsin, which hosts Illinois, has won 10 of 11 against the Illini. That includes six straight, matching the longest streak by either team in series history. ... Illinois three quarterbacks have combined to throw three interceptions, ranking fourth in the FBS and tied for first in the Big Ten. ... Nebraska has won 18 straight prime-time games in Lincoln since 2008. ... Rutgers has 16 sacks in nine games to top last years total of 12. ... With 30 career TD passes, David Blough has passed Purdue greats Len Dawson (29) and Bob Griese (28).LONG SHOTIndiana is a 6 +-point underdog at home to No. 12 Penn State. The Hoosiers, who need one more win for bowl eligibility, face one of the hottest teams in the nation. The Nittany Lions have won five straight and remain alive in the East Division race, a game behind Michigan. Theyve averaged 555 yards and outscored their last two opponents (Purdue, Iowa) by a combined 103-38. The Hoosiers have recorded 10 sacks and 28 tackles for loss in their last three games. The defense faces a much more difficult task in trying to corral Big Ten rushing leader Saquon Barkley.PLAYER TO WATCHMichigan QB Wilton Speight is coming off the best game of his career, having completed nearly 80 percent of his passes and throwing for 362 yards against Maryland, including a school-record 292 in the first half. Iowa has given up 29 pass plays of 20 yards or longer, the third-worst mark in the conference. 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Thats 16 more years.?Barry Sanders five 1,500-yard seasonsActive leader: Adrian Peterson, 2 seasonsSanders holds the NFL record for most seasons with 1,500 or more rushing yards. Peterson, 31, has had two such seasons, and he has already played in the NFL for nine years. To catch up to Sanders, Peterson will have to be in tiptop shape for the next three seasons. He just missed the mark last season, rushing for 1,485 yards.Wayne Gretzkys 2,857 career pointsActive leader: Jaromir Jagr, 1,868 career pointsWhen he retired in 1999, the Great One held more than 60 NHL career records and many of them wont be broken anytime soon, if ever. No player since 1996 has reached 140 points in one season. A player could put up 140 for 20 straight seasons and still not reach Gretzky.Joe DiMaggios 56-game hit streakActive leader: Ender Inciarte, 14-game streakDiMaggios streak began on May 15, 1941, and ended July 17 of that year. During his streak, Joltin Joe was 91-for-223 (.408) with 15 home runs and 55 RBIs. To top DiMaggio, Inciarte needs a hit in his next 43 games.Brett Favres 321 consecutive startsActive leader: Eli Manning, 194 consecutive startsFavre not only holds the record for most consecutive starts but also for most passing yards, most pass completions and most starts, among others. Manning can make Favres durability record fall, but he cant miss a start for the next eight seasons. Manning is already 35 years old.Jerry Rices 1,549 career receptionsActive leader: Andre Johnsson, 1,053 receptionsRice is arguably the greatest wide receiver to ever play the game.dddddddddddd. He spent 20 years in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. If Johnson averages 80 receptions per season -- he averages 81 currently -- for the next six seasons, Rices record will fall. But what are the chances the 35-year-old has six more seasons?Emmitt Smiths 18,355 rushing yardsActive leader: Frank Gore, 12,040Smith accumulated a ridiculous number of rushing yards with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals during his 15 seasons in the league. In order for Gore, who is in his 13th season, to break his record, he would have to have an average of 4.2 yards per carry on the next 1,504 carries. Based on his career averages, that would take him 92 games or about six seasons.UCLA mens basketball teams 88-game winning streakActive leader: Villanova Wildcats, 6 gamesJohn Wooden and UCLA started the 1970-71 season on a winning streak and didnt lose a game until Jan. 19, 1974. Nova will have to string together at least two perfect seasons in a row to get there. There has not been a perfect season in college basketball in 39 years.Connecticut womens basketball teams 90-game winning streakActive leader: UConn Huskies, 75 gamesUConn has been a juggernaut in Division I womens basketball for some time. The Huskies didnt lose a game from the start of the 2008-09 season until Dec. 30, 2010. And now, fresh off their fourth straight national title, they are attempting to break their own record. Theyre getting pretty close.Cy Youngs 511 career winsActive leader: Bartolo Colon, 231 career winsYoung pitched for five different teams throughout his 21-year career. He has held his record for over a century and has more than twice as many wins as the closest active pitcher. Colon is already 43 years old and averages 13 wins per season. At that rate, it would take him around 21 seasons to come anywhere close to Young. He would be 64 by then so, yeah, it doesnt seem probable. ' ' '