Mike Purdy, The Lima News, Ohio September 15, 2023 at 5:32 PM Sep. 15—There’s no doubt about it. If Western Kentucky would come into Ohio Stadium on Saturday and upset the Buckeyes it would be the biggest win in the history of the Hilltoppers’ football program. But Western Kentucky is no stranger to playing big-time opponents. It has played a team from a Power 5 conference almost every year since 2001, which was eight years before it became a full-fledged FBS school. The Hilltoppers have played four Big Ten schools since 2001 — Michigan State, Indiana, Wisconsin and Nebraska. They have played Kentucky four times since 2001, Alabama three times, LSU twice, Auburn twice and Tennessee twice. They played Florida in 2007, one year after the Gators beat Ohio State in the BCS national championship game. Playing Power 5 opponents is one thing and beating them is something else, though.…
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