How Do You Show You Deserve To Be Top Five?

Kick the shit out of the #23 team in their own house. And that is just what Ohio State did to Perdue yesterday. Ohio state shut down the Perdue offense allowing only 4 yards of rushing. The game could have been a lot worse for Purdue, since Todd Boeckman gave away three interceptions. They were all deep passes, so they were almost like punts, but the score could really have been something like 45-7 instead of 24-7. Also, OSU dropped about four possible interceptions. It was a little frustrating seeing these mistakes, but OSU totally out played Perdue. The only touchdown that Perdue could muster was in the final minutes of the game when the first string defense was pulled.

A few other good things that happened for the Buckeyes:

1. USC fell asleep and lost one to Stanford. Stanford scored alast minute touchtown to go on top. Since USC was #2 and OSU is #4, we are at least going to be #3 this week.

2. Wisconsin got HANDLED by Illinios. Sure the score was 31-26, but the Illini really out played Wisconsin. This creates a weird situation in the Big Ten. The 'top' two teams that were predicted to win the Big Ten, Wisconsin and M*ch*g*n, are both needing someone else to lose in order to be in the Big Ten title chase. I guess M*ch*g*n is 2-0 in the Big Ten, but their overall record will take them out of the chase in the long run. As you can see, Illinois is the big suprise this year.


Big Ten Standings
TEAM
CONF. W-L
OVERALL W-L
Ohio State
3-0
6-0
Illinois
3-0
5-1
Michigan
2-0
4-2
Wisconsin
2-1
5-1
Indiana
2-1
5-1
Purdue
1-1
5-1
Penn State
1-2
4-2
Northwestern
1-2
3-3
Michigan State
0-2
4-2
Iowa
0-3
2-4
Minnesota
0-3
1-5