It's brutal. It was so 20 yrs ago when they played only 16 games. I recall those seasons when either the Illini or Wisconsin would win the reg season title, then meet the other in the BTT title game and lose. And both teams looked absolutely wrecked in that final. I don't know how they're doing 18, let alone 20, and playing to the level that, for example, we saw from OSU, Iowa and the Illini in the BTT last year.
I'm not even going to mention Michigan's 17-game slate last year, or that we played 4 games in 7 days at the end of Feb.
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