[sarcasm] Oh noes. tOSU can't win the big games. [/sarcasm]
tOSU is 9-2 when College Gameday is at the 'Shoe.
tOSU is 19-13-1 when a pair of top-10 teams meet in the 'Shoe.
A little preview from the preview:
Ohio State's previous games with College Gameday in Columbus:
1996 - tOSU 38, Penn State 7 (this was when Corso first did the 'Mascot on the Head' thing)
1997 - tOSU 23, Iowa 7
1998 - tOSU 28, Penn State 9
2002 - tOSU 25, Washington State 7 (MoC ran wild in the second half)
2002 - tOSU 14, Michigan 9 (you should know where you where that day)
2003 - tOSU 28, Washington 9
2003 - tOSU 13, Purdue 10 (OT)
2005 - tOSU 22, Texas 25 (eventual NC winner)
2006 - tOSU 28, Penn State 6 (Troy's spin and pass to Robiskie was a Heisman moment)
2006 - tOSU 42, Michigan 39 (first-ever #1 vs #2 matchup in The Game
2008 - tOSU 06, Penn State 13
But big games in the 'Shoe have been happening before the days of College Gameday. There have been 33 games in the 'Shoe between two teams both ranked in the top ten, since the AP started weekly rankings in 1936.
Buckeyes (19-13-1) all-time in the 'Shoe, when both teams in AP top-10
1939 - #04 tOSU 14, #07 Cornell 23
1942 - #05 tOSU 21, #04 TSUN 7 (the year of tOSU's first National Championship)
1944 - #04 tOSU 26, #06 Great Lakes Naval Training 6 (Paul Brown coached the visitors)
1944 - #03 tOSU 18, #06 TSUN 14 (completing a perfect season)
1945 - #04 tOSU 13, #09 Purdue 35
1951 - #07 tOSU 20, #01 Mich St 24
1954 - #04 tOSU 31, #02 Wisconsin 14 (this was the year of Woody's first National Championship)
1957 - #06 tOSU 17, #05 Iowa 13 (Buckeyes finished the year #1 in the Coaches Poll)
1961 - #05 tOSU 29, #09 Iowa 13 (the year the team was not allowed to go to the Rose Bowl)
1962 - #06 tOSU 14, #08 NW'ern 18
1964 - #07 tOSU 00, #06 TSUN 10
1968 - #04 tOSU 13, #01 Purdue 0 (Buckeyes ended up #1)
1968 - #02 tOSU 50, #04 TSUN 14 ("Because we couldn't go for three")
1969 - #01 tOSU 42, #10 Purdue 14
1970 - #05 tOSU 20, #04 TSUN 9 (last home game for the SuperSophs of 68)
1971 - #06 tOSU 14, #10 Colorado 20
1972 - #09 tOSU 14, #03 TSUN 11 (two goal line stands frustrated Bo)
1974 - #04 tOSU 12, #03 TSUN 10 (team scoring only FGs beat a team with a TD)
1975 - #03 tOSU 17, #07 Penn St 9
1976 - #08 tOSU 10, #04 UCLA 10 (tie)
1976 - #08 tOSU 00, #04 TSUN 22
1977 - #04 tOSU 28, #03 Oklahoma 29 (onside kick and Uwe Von Schamann)
1978 - #06 tOSU 00, #05 Penn St 19 (last opening day loss for tOSU)
1980 - #05 tOSU 03, #10 TSUN 9
1985 - #08 tOSU 22, #01 Iowa 13
1986 - #07 tOSU 24, #06 TSUN 26
1996 - #03 tOSU 38, #04 Penn St 7
1998 - #01 tOSU 28, #07 Penn St 9
2002 - #06 tOSU 25, #10 Wash St 7
2003 - #08 tOSU 19, #09 Iowa 10
2005 - #04 tOSU 22, #02 Texas 25
2006 - #01 tOSU 42, #02 TSUN 39 (only matchup of #1 vs. #2 in the 'Shoe)
2008 - #10 tOSU 06, #03 Penn St 13