This week's Illinois-Ohio State matchup is the first of two trophy games this year for the Illini (Illinois doesn't play Purdue this year, so the Purdue Cannon will remain uncontested. Next week, Illinois will try and win back the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk from Northwestern for the first time since 2002.)
Shockingly, Ohio State leads the series, 56-22-2. But it's been close over the last 6 meetings:
1999: Illinois 46-20 at Columbus
2000: OSU 24-21 at Champaign
2001: Illinois 34-22 at Columbus (Illinois went on to win Big Ten)
2002: OSU 23-16 at Champaign (OSU ranked #1, went on to win Nat'l Champ)
2005: OSU 40-2 at Columbus
2006: OSU 17-10 at Champaign (OSU ranked #1, went on to lose Nat'l Champ)
Interesting Notes:
5 of the last 6 games have been won by the road team.
Illinois played OSU very tough in both games that OSU was ranked #1.
The last time Illinois beat a #1 team was 1956.
For this week's game, the point spread has been steady at OSU -15.
Can Illinois pull the upset?
Well, this is the year for unpredictable college football results. Why not?
Oh, and don't bother looking at the series history, it's just depressing how far you have to scroll.
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