Illinois at Ohio State

The Ohio State Buckeyes could be feeling the emotional backlash of their game yesterday. Evan Turner hit a 35-40 footer as time expired to propel the Buckeyes from sure defeat, to survive and advance. The Illini closed the season playing poorly, but got things together in a must win situation vs. a very good Wisconsin team, and got the win as a similar-size dog. This team has been good enough when playing well to have beaten the Badgers twice, Vanderbilt, Clemson and Michigan State, so don't count them out here. They are also 6-1 ATS as a dog from 7-12.5 in their last seven. This might be a slow start for Ohio State and will have the Illini believing. I'll take the points and go with Illinois here.