CFN's take on the season's biggest games...

[Wingate1217]

CFN has posted there take on the season's 50 biggest games....
Her are the two OSU is involved in......

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15. Wisconsin at Ohio State, Nov. 3
It's the 2006 Big Ten showdown that didn't happen, but everyone wanted to see. Had Wisconsin pulled off a win at Michigan, this would've been the 2007 BCS Championship. Now it'll likely determine the Big Ten championship and set the tone for the Badgers. The schedule isn't all that bad, and if Bret Bielema's club can get by a trip to Penn State, it'll likely be 9-0 before facing Ohio State and Michigan in back-to-back weeks. Ohio State will be coming off a trip to Happy Valley and might be reeling if it loses. The Badgers might have won three of the last four in the series and four of the last six, but Ohio State will end the dream season with a stellar defensive performance that'll shut down the Wisconsin running game. For the first time all year, the Badger starting quarterback (whoever that ends up being) won't come through.
[SIZE=-1]Predicted score in July: Ohio State 23 ... Wisconsin 10[/SIZE]


[SIZE=-1]4. Ohio State at Michigan, Nov. 17[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]It's the best rivalry in all of sports, and it always has a say in the Big Ten title, and last year, the national championship, but this year, until Ohio State proves it can reload on offense, and Michigan can show it has replacements for all the lost defensive stars, the game slips a bit from one of the top spots (although that might quickly change come November). Former Ohio State head coach John Cooper was an unqualified success, but he couldn't get by Michigan enough. Now the burden is on Michigan's Lloyd Carr, who has a national championship on his r?sum?, and has led the team to three Rose Bowls in the past four years, but he's 3-6 in his last nine games against the Buckeyes and has lost three straight in the series. The slide stops this year. The Buckeye offense will turn out to be fine, but by the end of the season, the Michigan defense will make the bigger strides and will be the difference. Don't expect the Buckeye running game to do much, and don't expect the shootout of last year.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1][SIZE=-1]Predicted score in July: Michigan 24 ... Ohio State 19[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]I don't remember seeing PSU vs. OSU on the list....

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[OhioState49]

These are definently big games for Ohio State. I am surprised they don't have Washington or Penn State on the list though.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

I don't remember seeing PSU vs. OSU on the list....

These are definently big games for Ohio State. I am surprised they don't have Washington or Penn State on the list though.

I'm guessing it's because neither Washington nor Penn State figure to be major players in their own conference, let alone the national title hunt.

 

[OhioState49]

I'm guessing it's because neither Washington nor Penn State figure to be major players in their own conference, let alone the national title hunt.

Oh, well that makes sense.

 

[Wingate1217]

I'm guessing it's because neither Washington nor Penn State figure to be major players in their own conference, let alone the national title hunt.

That would make sense if they didn't already have:

PSU-ND and PSU-Mich on the list.....
Unless they don't consider OSU as a title contender.....

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

That would make sense if they didn't already have:

PSU-ND and PSU-Mich on the list.....
Unless they don't consider OSU as a title contender.....

PSU-ND is #42, so it's not far removed from not making the list. Plus, there's the "revenge factor" for ND's 41-17 ass-waxing of a "we're back!" PSU team last year.

As for PSU-Mich, I'd say it's because the last two games they played ended up being real barn-burners (Michigan winning 27-25 in 2005 on the game's last play due to Carr's whining to get 2 seconds put back on the clock, and close 17-10 game at Crappy Valley last year).