Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich are joined by Brett Ciancia of Pick Six Previews to discuss the Big Ten West. They start off talking about Purdue Boilermakers and Darrell Hazell's future in West Lafayette. Move onto the Illinois Fighting Illinois. They talk about if new head coach Lovie Smith can get them back into a bowl game. Next up is the Minnesota Gophers and what is going on with former interim now current head coach Tracy Claey. Next was the Northwestern Wildcats and Pat Fitzgerald returning to a bowl for a second year. Wisconsin Badgers and what is going on with their program and the Big Ten's toughest schedule with second year head coach Paul Chryst. Next was the talk about the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa Hawkeyes in winning the Big Ten West. General consensus is Iowa will be playing in the Big Ten Championship game. Chip informs the listeners about the news of the Buckeyes losing two players to injuries in training camp.