OC Dooley:“1 UNIT” NATIONAL-TV COLLEGE PRIMETIME SYSTEM (Wisconsin +7 at Ohio State in an 8:05 eastern kickoff televised nationally on ABC): There has been an abundance of national criticism involving the Big 10 Conference especially with their poor collective showing in nationally televised matchups versus “non” league opposition. However odds are that tonight’s ABC audience will be treated to a quality matchup between a pair of high profile league opponents and the oddsmakers seem to agree casting a relatively tight line even though the host side has been dominant and has the nation’s second-most successful head coach Urban Meyer. So far Ohio State has faced 4 “middle to worse” opponents with positive results including last week’s 76-0 rout of a Division I-AA weakling. This evening marks the first “true” test for the Buckeyes who through the years have dominated Wisconsin whose former head coach Bret Bielema went 1-5 against them. Of course Bielema literally fled the program in the offseason in order to join Arkansas and having the challenge of coaching in America’s best conference based in the Southeast. It was two years ago when Ohio State in the midst of a scandal that cost them long time head coach Jim Tressel labored through just a .500 season but the Buckeyes still found a way to humiliate the Badgers on the field. Last year the tide finally appeared to turn as Wisconsin extended Ohio State into OVERTIME before once against coming up on the losing end of the scoreboard. The key to this pick is that the Wisconsin roster has FOURTEEN players who are from the state of Ohio, including three who grew up just outside of Columbus which is home base to the Buckeyes. Some of those 14 players grew up idolizing the Buckeyes but ultimately did NOT receive a scholarship offer, so there is plenty of emotion running on the sidelines of tonight’s underdog side. Here is an outstanding “27-6” SYSTEM (82-percent the past five years) which plays ON excellent rushing road underdogs like Wisconsin averaging 5.25 yards per carry or more, after a game where they gained at least 6 yards per rush attempt. That system favors Wisconsin who statistically is one of the best rushing teams in the land