Big Ten roundup: Ohio State, Penn State roll

"When you're undefeated in November, good things are going to happen over the holidays," coach Jim Tressel said.

Michigan wouldn't know.

The Wolverines lost their last five games and beat only Delaware State after September to finish 5-7. College football's winningest program has endured consecutive losing years for the first time since the 1962-63 seasons.
Freshman Tate Forcier threw four interceptions and fumbled in his end zone, spoiling Michigan's chances of an upset it needed to become bowl-eligible.

"I lost that game," Forcier wrote in a text message to The Associated Press about an hour after the game. "This offseason, I'm gonna make sure myself and every single person on this team works the hardest we have ever worked.

"We're gonna come back a a new team. I'm not going to let this happen again."

Michigan's flop followed a school-record nine-loss year in Rodriguez's debut in Ann Arbor.

"I'm tired of being humbled," Rodriguez said.

Does Rodriguez fear losing his job?

"No," he said.

No. 13 Penn State 42, Michigan State 14: Daryll Clark passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns as the Nittany Lions wrapped up their regular season with an easy victory over the Spartans at East Lansing, Mich.

Clark moved into first place in the school's record book with 23 TD passes in a season and 42 in a career.

Penn State (10-2, 6-2 Big Ten) now must wait to learn of its postseason destination. The Nittany Lions have an outside shot at getting a BCS berth. The conference's automatic bid goes to Ohio State.

Michigan State (6-6, 4-4) also is bowl-bound.

Evan Royster gained 114 yards on 13 carries for Penn State, which pulled away in the third quarter after the score was tied 7-7 at halftime.

No. 15 Iowa 12, Minnesota 0: With a bronze pig on the line, the Hawkeyes put a new twist on winning ugly -- this time by taking a game that featured more punts than points.

James Vandenberg threw for 117 yards, fellow freshman Brandon Wegher ran for a touchdown and Iowa kept alive its hopes for a BCS bowl bid by beating Minnesota at Iowa City, Iowa.

The victory gave the Hawkeyes (10-2, 6-2 Big Ten) double-digit victories for the first time since 2004, along with Floyd of Rosedale -- the pig trophy awarded to the winner of the border rivalry -- for the eighth time in nine tries.

A hog was the perfect prize for this one. Iowa and Minnesota combined for 17 punts and were only 5 of 33 on third-down conversions. But the Hawkeyes, who notched four wins this season by a total of eight points, won the battle to see which offense would be least ineffective.

"We try to keep our trophies here," Iowa receiver Marvin McNutt said. "We don't like our trophies going anywhere else. It's great to have the pig with us."

Purdue 38, Indiana 21: Joey Elliott threw a career-high four touchdown passes to help the Boilermakers beat the Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind., and retain the Old Oaken Bucket.

Both teams were eliminated from bowl contention last week, leaving them to play for pride and the trophy that goes to the winner of the annual in-state rivalry game.

Purdue won last year's game 62-10, and Indiana planned to use the blowout as motivation. Indiana outgained Purdue 462 yards to 330, but the Hoosiers lost the turnover battle 4-0.

Jaycen Taylor ran for a season-best 110 yards on 20 carries and caught seven passes for 59 yards and a score for Purdue (5-7, 4-4 Big Ten).

Darius Willis ran for 142 yards and Mitchell Evans caught 10 passes for 112 yards for Indiana. Ben Chappell threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions for the Hoosiers (4-8, 1-7).