It was supposed to be the game of the year in the Big Ten and it most assuredly was not, so maybe now that it looms as a sure cure for insomnia, Ohio State vs. Wisconsin will actually prove compelling. Fox, which will broadcast the 7 p.m. Saturday game for the conference championship, certainly hopes so or Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt will have the better part of three hours to fill. Not a stretch for them, but still… The Badgers (10-2) are 18-point underdogs to the No. 1 Buckeyes (12-0), who disassembled them like a cadaver in a 38-7 beating in Columbus on Oct. 26. That’s the biggest point spread in the 10-year history of the Big Ten championship game, exceeding even the 15 1/2-point margin oddsmakers accorded OSU last season against then-No. 21 Northwestern. How the spread could grow from last season to this season against a seemingly-stronger, significantly-higher-ranked…
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