With all of the negative attention surrounding the program, this will be a good outlet to come and read strictly about football, not NCAA sanctions and lawyers and gold pants - unless it is about kicking Michigan's rear end come November.
My first post since after the big win over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl involves the newly aligned Big Ten Conference and how teams have fared against the Buckeyes this past decade. Who had been the biggest pain for Ohio State this past decade? Who has gone the longest without beating the big bad Bucks in Big Ten play? Read on, my friends.
The last time they beat the Buckeyes was...
Indiana- 1988 (22 years! The longest drought in Big Ten play)
Illinois- 2007 (Do we really need to recall who ruined 2007's undefeated season?)
Iowa- 2004 (I remember 33-7 like it was yesterday)
Michigan- 2003 (HA HA! It's been 2,737 days since Michigan last beat OSU)
Michigan State- 1999 (In their defense, the Spartans were very good in '99)
Minnesota- 2000 (The Bucks were #5 in the country and lost a shocker on homecoming)
Nebraska- ? (Have yet to compete in the Big Ten. OSU is 2-0 all time vs. the Huskers)
Northwestern- 2004 (Sigh. Before their OT win, the last time the Cats won was 1971)
Penn State- 2008 (In the Tressel era, the Lions have won three times in the series)
Purdue- 2009 (Aside from '09, Purdue also beat OSU in 2000 and 2004 the past decade)
Wisconsin- 2010 (In the 2000's, Wisky has been a HUGE rival- winning four times)
And the winner for the biggest pain in the ass for Ohio State in the new millennium is - drumroll - the Wisconsin Badgers.
Under Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin made a consistent habit of beating Ohio State - especially in Columbus. No coach was better in his tenure at one school at beating the Buckeyes in the friendly confines of Ohio Stadium. Alvarez led his team to three straight wins in Columbus between 1999 and 2004, and ended OSU's 19 game winning streak in Madison back in 2003. Throw in last season's heart breaker up in Madison, and Wisconsin could very well be the biggest rival to the school NOT named Michigan.
Runner-up in the competition category is Penn State, who has won two Big Ten titles at the Buckeye's expense since Tressel took over the program in 2001.
Illinois- 2007 (Do we really need to recall who ruined 2007's undefeated season?)
Iowa- 2004 (I remember 33-7 like it was yesterday)
Michigan- 2003 (HA HA! It's been 2,737 days since Michigan last beat OSU)
Michigan State- 1999 (In their defense, the Spartans were very good in '99)
Minnesota- 2000 (The Bucks were #5 in the country and lost a shocker on homecoming)
Nebraska- ? (Have yet to compete in the Big Ten. OSU is 2-0 all time vs. the Huskers)
Northwestern- 2004 (Sigh. Before their OT win, the last time the Cats won was 1971)
Penn State- 2008 (In the Tressel era, the Lions have won three times in the series)
Purdue- 2009 (Aside from '09, Purdue also beat OSU in 2000 and 2004 the past decade)
Wisconsin- 2010 (In the 2000's, Wisky has been a HUGE rival- winning four times)
And the winner for the biggest pain in the ass for Ohio State in the new millennium is - drumroll - the Wisconsin Badgers.
Under Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin made a consistent habit of beating Ohio State - especially in Columbus. No coach was better in his tenure at one school at beating the Buckeyes in the friendly confines of Ohio Stadium. Alvarez led his team to three straight wins in Columbus between 1999 and 2004, and ended OSU's 19 game winning streak in Madison back in 2003. Throw in last season's heart breaker up in Madison, and Wisconsin could very well be the biggest rival to the school NOT named Michigan.
Runner-up in the competition category is Penn State, who has won two Big Ten titles at the Buckeye's expense since Tressel took over the program in 2001.
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