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Game Preview: Big Ten Championship Game vs Indiana

Lucas Oil Stadium isn’t just hosting a trophy game on Saturday night – it’s hosting a reckoning. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana arrive in Indianapolis as the last two unbeaten teams in college football, mirror images on paper but built from very different histories. The Buckeyes are chasing their first Big Ten title since 2020 and a chance to pair fresh Gold Pants with fresh rings; the upstart Hoosiers are trying to end a 58-year conference drought and steal the Heisman spotlight in the process. One program is defending a standard. The other is trying to rewrite its story in four quarters.

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Monday Musings for Game 13 – Big Ten Championship vs. Indiana

For the first time since 2020, Ohio State is heading back to Indianapolis — and for the first time ever, Indiana is waiting for them. It’s a matchup that feels both familiar and completely new: the Big Ten’s gold-standard program against a Hoosier team that has spent the entire season proving it belongs on the big stage. As the Buckeyes reset after ending “The Streak” in Ann Arbor, this week becomes all about focus, health, and sharpening the blade for the postseason gauntlet ahead. Championship vibes, playoff stakes, and the chance to hang another banner — yeah, it’s one of those weeks in Columbus.

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