Experience of Big Ten starters
On one hand, you have Trace McSorley and Clayton Thorson, battle-tested veterans. On the other: Minnesota and Nebraska, both of which will have a starting quarterback taking his first collegiate snap in Week 1. A look at games played by projected starters in the Big Ten:
Illinois
Cam Thomas, soph.4
Indiana
Peyton Ramsey, soph.9
OR *Brandon Dawkins, sr.23
Iowa
Nate Stanley, jr.20
Maryland
Kasim Hill, redshirt fr.3
OR Tyrrell Pigrome, soph.12
Michigan
*Shea Patterson, jr.10