No rest for weary: Ohio State can't take breath before date with MSU in Big Ten title game

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer joins his team in singing the school's alma mater after their 42-41 win over Michigan in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Julian H. Gonzalez) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT (The Associated Press)

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, left, congratulates Kurtis Drummond (27) following a 14-3 win over Minnesota in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis) (The Associated Press)

There was a time when Ohio State players could look forward to a break after trading bruises with archrival Michigan.

Not anymore.

No sooner did the second-ranked Buckeyes escape Michigan Stadium with a 43-41 victory — thanks to Tyvis Powell's last-minute interception on a 2-point conversion pass at the goal line on Saturday — than they were already immersing themselves in preparation for yet another make-or-break game.

The Big Ten championship game against No. 10 Michigan State — the only top-15 team Ohio State has played in a school-record 24-game winning streak under coach Urban Meyer — looms on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Now No. 2 in the BCS standings, the Buckeyes need to win to hang on to a spot in the national championship game.

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