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Purdue's offense will test vaunted Buckeyes defense

By Bruce Hooley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The Ohio State Buckeyes face their first ranked opponent of the season Saturday at Purdue (ABC, 8 ET), where they haven't played since a 2004 loss. It's a matchup of OSU's league-leading defense (197.6 yards per game, 7.2 points per game) against the Boilermakers' offense, which ranks first in the conference in passing (309.8 ypg) and scoring (45.4 ppg). The outcome could hinge on how well Purdue's defense (seventh in the Big Ten in scoring at 20.4 ppg, 10th overall at 384.4 ypg) performs. R ...

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