PLAYERS TO WATCH

Purdue: QB Aidan O'Connell. In six years, the Illinois prep star has gone from walk-on to all-conference selection and is now on the cusp of joining Mike Phipps and Drew Brees as the Boilermakers only Big Ten-winning quarterbacks since 1953. But it's also been an emotional week for O'Connell, who returned home following the divisionclinching win at Indiana to mourn the death of his oldest brother.

Michigan: QB J.J. McCarthy. While the Wolverines are back in Indianapolis for the second straight year, McCarthy only made it into last year's game for mopup duty. This time, he'll be running the show and after a big game against the Buckeyes, coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan fans are hopeful more big moments from the second-year quarterback are on the horizon.