Ohio State is preparing to play Western Kentucky, but the Buckeye fan base and rest of the college football world is anticipating next week when the Buckeyes travel to South Bend for a tilt with Notre Dame. No doubt the coaches have been busy watching film on Notre Dame and preparing for the Fighting Irish, but there’s a game this Saturday against the Hilltoppers, so the team will have to remain focused on the task at hand. Western Kentucky is best known for its basketball success in March Madness. The Hilltoppers haven’t made the NCAA tournament in ten years, but Western Kentucky once supplanted itself as a mid-major force to be reckoned with. From 1986 – a year after the tournament expanded to 64 teams – through 1995, the Hilltoppers made the NCAA tournament five times and advanced to the round of 32 four times. Western Kentucky reached the Sweet…
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