Ohio State has already squared off against several ranked opponents this season, and the Buckeyes already have a conference win under their belt.
But when two of the four highest-ranked teams in the Big Ten meet at the Schottenstein Center Saturday, Chris Holtmann said the matchup against Wisconsin will mark the true start of conference play for the Buckeyes.
“It’s a real, true Big Ten game in every sense of the word. Not that Penn State wasn’t, because it was, but this is just – they’re old, physical bodies,” the Buckeye head coach said at a press conference Friday.