COLUMBUS, Ohio — Is Purdue’s ability to beat Ohio State perhaps the weirdest inter-conference relationship involving a certified college football powerhouse? South Carolina is 3-3 against Alabama dating back to 2001, but those victories came with Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier at the helm. Clemson had stomped on the bottom of the ACC for years until 2021?s modest comeuppance. Perhaps Kansas State’s recent back-to-back victories over Oklahoma qualify. Purdue’s program is mostly known for two things — producing all-time great quarterbacks and upsetting highly ranked teams. The Boilermakers’ 17 victories as an unranked team over a top-five team are the most in college football history. They already knocked Iowa and Michigan State out of the top five this season. As it relates to the Buckeyes, though, the upset mojo kicks up a notch. • Since 2004, Ohio State hast lost only 19 games against Big Ten Conference teams. That includes…
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