Michigan State quarterbacks Tyler O’Connor (left) and Damion Terry celebrate after last year’s upset victory at Ohio State. The Spartans won in walk-off fashion 17-14.(Photo: Greg Bartram/USA TODAY Sports) Iowa fans are going to hate and cheeseheads in Wisconsin will be crying in their gruyere, but I’d like to say with supreme confidence that the Big Ten champion will come out of the East and that determining the winner of that division again will come down to the last two weeks. If the Buckeyes can avenge last year’s loss at home to Michigan State by winning in the shadows of the Sparty statue, that could set up the most anticipated showdown in the storied Ohio State-Michigan rivalry since No. 1 vs. No. 2 in 2006. What a way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of that epic clash, right? Michigan will be two years into the turnaround under Jim Harbaugh and all those Buckeyes getting their baptisms under fire will be grizzled — hopefully not charred — veterans by the time Nov. 26 rolls around in Columbus. Of course, there’s always the possibility I might be getting way ahead of myself. Ohio State has to play back-to-back in two very hostile…
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