COLUMBUS, Ohio – So much for that game of the season on Saturday at Ohio Stadium. No. 4 Ohio State football’s pending top-10 matchup against No. 6 Wisconsin evaporated Saturday as Illinois kicker James McCourt’s 39-yard field goal split the uprights in Champaign, Illinois, as time expired. The Illini’s 24-23 victory knocked the Badgers from the dwindling ranks of the undefeated and took a lot of the luster off of their visit to Columbus. Long before that field goal, however, Wisconsin looked painfully ordinary against an Illini team that came in with a 2-4 record and a four-game losing streak, including a home loss to Eastern Michigan. Jonathan Taylor averaged a ho-hum 4.7 yards per carry on his 28 attempts, and his late fumble opened the door to Illinois’ stunning comeback. The Illini backfield combination of Reggie Corbin and Dre Brown outgained the Heisman Trophy contender, whose candidacy undoubtedly took…
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