THE WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLY OF A RULE IS TO COMPLY WITH IT LITERALLY. I said, "The rules committee will revisit these incentives after the season." Yup.

Many football coaches in the Big Ten aren't fans of the rule changes the NCAA made this season to speed up the game, especially when few coaches had a voice in the process. Why fix something that wasn't broken, they asked.

Now they can say, "I told you so."

Coaches throughout the league got a kick out of how Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema used the new rules to his advantage Saturday in a 13-3 victory over Penn State. He had his players intentionally go offside on two kickoffs late in the first half to prevent Penn State's offense from getting enough time to run plays from scrimmage.