Everyone wants the secret formula.

Coaches can emphasize the cliché traits — convert third downs, win the turnover battle and control the line of scrimmage — but that doesn’t mean they’ll lead to a conference title.

What does lead to a conference title? More specific, what leads to a B1G title?

After all, every conference is different. A Big 12 team might be really stout against the run, but that doesn’t do them much good against Air Raid offenses that throw the ball 80 percent of the time.

A B1G team might be rock solid against the pass, but that won’t matter a ton come November when teams are running the ball 60 times because it’s 25 degrees in the Midwest.

So is there a championship identity? That is, are there statistical commonalities in past B1G Championship winners?

If you just thought about commenting “Yeah, every B1G champion scores more points than the other team,” go take a lap. You’re definitely the first person to use that joke.

But if you do want to dig deeper into what a “B1G Championship identity” might look like, sit back, relax and keep reading.