When Ohio State takes the field in Champaign, Illinois Saturday against the Fighting Illini, they will have their BCS Bowl destiny in their own hands. The Buckeyes (8-2, 5-1) can virtually lock up an at-large BCS bid if they win and then beat Michigan next week. There are all kinds of other storylines for this match-up with the Illini, but that's the only one that really matters to the Buckeye players. Buckeye Dan previews the Buckeyes big game tomorrow.

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When people talk about the failures of John Cooper at Ohio State, the discussion invariably centers on his 2-10-1 record against Michigan and his 3-8 record in bowl games. And rightfully so. But Coop's problems weren't confined to the Wolverines and bowl opponents. Perhaps the most persistent tormentor of the first years of his reign wasn't clad in Maize and Blue and didn't speak with the honeyed twangs of the SEC. It was the historically innocuous Illinois Fighting Illini, a team Ohio State had beaten twenty-five straight times in one stretch spanning the 1960's,

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Ohio State (8-2, 5-1) vaulted back into a tie for first place in the Big Ten standings by drilling Northwestern 45-10 on Saturday, while Penn State lost their spot alone on top with a last-second loss to Iowa. OSU quarterback Terrelle Pryor threw for three touchdowns, repeatedly torching the Wildcats with clutch 3rd-down conversions, and Chris Wells ran for 140 yards and two more scores, including a 55-yard sprint in the second quarter that put the Buckeyes ahead to stay.

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There won't be any national championships for the Buckeyes this season. Shoot ... there won't even be a Big Ten title. Still, one bright spot remains amid the unmet expectations and unrealized dreams of crystal footballs. Provided a few highly likely scenarios play out, the Buckeyes still have a shot- a great shot- at landing an at-large BCS berth. Jesse Lamovsky lays out what the Bucks need to have happen in his latest.

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