After consecutive embarrassing losses at home, Purdue hopes to rebound and save their season with an upset in the of the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Horseshoe.
Opponent: Ohio State Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0 B1G)
2011 record: 6-7 (3-5 B1G)
Bowl result: Lost Gator Bowl 17-24 vs. Florida
Last week: Won 52-49 at Indiana
Date of game: Saturday, October 20, 2012
Kickoff time: 12:00 PM ET
Game location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Series record: Ohio State leads 38-14-2
Series record in Ohio Stadium: Ohio State leads 21-5-2
Last meeting: In 2011, Purdue beat OSU 26-23 in OT in Ross-Ade.
Last meeting in Ohio Stadium: In 2010, the Buckeyes trashed Purdue 49-0 in Ohio Stadium.
Last Purdue win: Last year at Purdue (w00t!)
Last Purdue win in Ohio Stadium: In 1988, Purdue won 31-26 over OSU in Columbus.
Ticket information: Specifically for Purdue students, tickets to Saturday's game in Ohio Stadium can be purchased for $70 at www.purduesports.com. Otherwise, Purdue fans will have to turn to StubHub or Ticketmaster to find tickets to the game. Public single game tickets for games at OSU usually sell out before the season even starts.
TV: ABC or ESPN 2 (depending on region)
Radio: Purdue Sports Network (All 27 PSN channels can be found here), Sirius Channel 112 and XM Channel 190 (both are OSU feeds)
Opponent blog(s): Land-Grant Holy Land is OSU's blog on SB Nation. There are also some independent Buckeye sports blogs worth mentioning, such as Eleven Warriors, The Buckeye Blog and Buckeye Banter. And, as always, checking out Ohio State's main athletic site--www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com--can give you some plenty of info on the OSU football program.
Weather at kickoff: The Saturday forecast for Columbus calls for 58 degrees with partly cloudy skies, a 10% chance of rain and breezy 11 mph winds. Pretty damn good football weather if you ask me!
Other Week 8 B1G games:
Minnesota at Wisconsin, Saturday at 12:00 PM ET on ESPNU
Nebraska at Northwestern, Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on ESPN2/ ABC Regional
Michigan State at Michigan, Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on Big Ten Network
Indiana at Navy, Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on CBS Sports Network
Penn State at Iowa, Saturday at 8:00 PM ET on Big Ten Network
(For the curious) Other noteworthy Week 8 FBS games:
No. 6 LSU at No. 18 Texas A&M, Saturday at 12:00 PM ET on ESPN
No. 7 South Carolina at No. 2 Florida, Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on CBS
No. 17 Texas Tech at No. 23 TCU, Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on ABC/ESPN2
No. 4 Kansas State at No. 13 West Virginia, Saturday at 7:00 PM ET on FOX