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Big Ten searching for redemption League could get it in a hurry as Buckeyes put bull's-eye on USC. COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

Publication: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Publication Date: 11-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Big Ten searching for redemption League could get it in a hurry as Buckeyes put bull's-eye on USC. COLLEGE FOOTBALL.(Sports)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Vahe Gregorian vgregorian@post-dispatch.com, 314-340-8199

Beyond Illinois being waffled 37-9 by Missouri, the Big Ten theoretically went unblemished last week. Yet it also was on the brink of turmoil as it tries to leave behind a 1-6 bowl run and recent stigma as less-than-elite.

And that scenario doesn't even include Michigan, which managed to momentarily mute the controversy around coach Rich Rodriguez and actually win its opener for the first time in three years with a 31-7 dismantling of Western Michigan.

Yes, Penn State and Purdue also beat teams from the pedestrian Mid-American Conference, as Indiana, Northwestern and Michigan State handled FCS schools. But then there was this:

Then-No. 6 Ohio State almost caved in to Navy, allowing the Midshipmen to rally with a chance to tie in the final moments before OSU's interception on a two-point conversion preserved a 31-27 win.

Wisconsin bungled a...

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