No. 2 Michigan plows Indiana in OSU tuneup

The Wolverines have won 15 of 16 regular season games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Michigan made it look easy and now comes the hard part.
Steve Breaston scored on an 83-yard punt return and a 62-yard reception and Mike Hart added a touchdown run to lead the second-ranked Wolverines to a 34-3 rout of Indiana on Saturday.
Next up for Michigan: A showdown at No. 1 Ohio State for a spot in the national championship game.
Michigan (11-0, 7-0) goes to Columbus with 15 wins in its last 16 regular season games. The only blip is a 25-21 loss to the Buckeyes last year.
Indiana (5-6, 3-4) has dropped 15 straight to Michigan since 1987. Unlike last week against Ball State, the Wolverines never gave their opponent a chance.
The offense easily picked apart Indiana's defense. Chad Henne was 11-of-15 for 159 yards and two touchdown passes to support Michigan's typically stout defense. The Wolverines allowed only 131 total yards, including 26 on the ground.
By game's end, most of the remaining fans on a cold, damp and windy day at Memorial Stadium were dressed in maize and blue.
Henne gave the Wolverines all they needed on the game's opening series. He led Michigan on a 66-yard drive, capping it with a 1-yard TD pass to Adrian Arrington.
But Michigan was only getting started.
After forcing an Indiana punt, Hart capped a 62-yard drive with a 4-yard scoring run to make it 14-0 less than 11 minutes into the game.
Indiana failed for the second straight week to become bowl eligible. The Hoosiers haven't played in a postseason game since 1993, the longest current bowl drought in the Big Ten.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Kellen Lewis finally got the Hoosiers going late in the first quarter by taking Indiana on a 52-yard drive that ended with Austin Starr's 39-yard field goal to make 14-3 early in the second quarter.
It was just about the only thing Indiana did right.
Henne answered with a 62-yard TD pass to Breaston, who had gotten open behind Leslie Majors, to make it 21-3. Breaston caught three passes for 103 yards and sealed the win early in the third quarter when he caught a punt at his own 17, broke one tackle, found a seam in the middle of the field, cut right and outran two Hoosiers down the sideline to make it 28-3.
No. 16 Wisconsin 24, Iowa 21
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Tyler Donovan stepped in for an injured John Stocco and threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns for Wisconsin. Luke Swan added 113 yards receiving and a TD for Wisconsin (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten), which snapped a four-game losing streak against Iowa (6-5, 2-5) and reached 10 regular season wins for just the second time.
Minnesota 31, Michigan St. 18
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Bryan Cupito became Minnesota's all-time leading passer and threw two second-half touchdowns to help the Golden Gophers (5-6, 2-5 Big Ten) pull away. The loss knocked the Spartans (4-7, 1-6) out of the bowl picture in what was an inglorious home finale, 1 1/2 weeks after John L. Smith was fired and permitted to finish the season on the sideline.
Purdue 42, Illinois 31
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Quarterback Curtis Painter ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as Purdue (7-4, 6-3 Big Ten) rallied from a nine-point deficit. Defensive end Alex Magee, who recovered a fumble by Juice Williams in the end zone for a second-quarter TD, intercepted a pass in the third quarter and forced a fumble in the fourth quarter to set up touchdowns.
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