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For our Northwestern Wildcats is the #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State University is located in Columbus Ohio, the easternmost cowtown city in the USA. The university is primarily known for the violent rampages which occur after home football games. Since this game will be at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, the Columbus police force can relax. The Fish Head will be at the game and will provide a calming influence to keep the OSU fans from destroying Evanston.

In case you are wondering what a Buckeye is exactly, be thankful you are here because the Fish Head knows this sort of useful information. Now one might ask why oh why anyone would name their football team after a tree...but there you are.

Cheap shots aside, OSU has a good team this year, 6-0 in the Big Ten and 10-0 overall. This includes wins over 3 ranked teams including Texas, and a few cream puffs like Cincinatti and Bowling Green. QB Troy Smith leads the Big Ten in passer rating, and the Buckeye offense is overall #1 in the Big Ten in scoring; and the defense is stifling, yielding an average of 7 points per game.

However, the Wildcats have a good oportunity despite OSU's excellence. As this weekend showed, OSU can be caught flat in the run-up to its big season-closing game against Michigan on 11/18. In sneaking by Illinois 17-10, OSU demonstrated its ability to play poorly on both sides of the ball. If OSU shows up flat again, the improving Cats offense and defense could spring a surprise on the Buckeyes. Let's hope for a breakout game especially from the improving passing game with Bacher and the receiving crew taking it to the Buckeyes.