Stuck in between a tough road trip to Wisconsin and another potentially tricky away game at Michigan State, No. 12 Ohio State has a home date it would be tempting to write off as easy. Purdue comes to the Horseshoe on Saturday having lost three of four and with a quarterback coming off one of his worst games. Maybe that's why the daily newspaper in Columbus had a story earlier this week which said, "Ohio State probably could use a bye week. Purdue will do." Not so fast. These Boilermakers (2-3, 0-1 Big Ten) know their chance for a successful season could be slipping away. "Our back is against the wall," wide receiver Desmond Tardy said. "It's time for everybody to believe and not hope." Defensive tackle Ryan Baker added, "This team is motivated by anger right now. We want to win. We're going to do everything it takes to win...
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