Purdue safety Albert Evans hoist a large letter "P" as he and fans celebrates their 26-23 overtime win over Ohio State in an NCAA college football game in West Lafayette, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State Revenge Tour is back at Ohio Stadium on Saturday afternoon with two down, three to go.

After losing five Big Ten games last season, the Buckeyes had a lot to make up for this year. So far, Michigan State and Nebraska have gone down in defeat after knocking off Ohio State in 2011. Now comes a Purdue team that handed Ohio Sate its most difficult loss a year ago, with the Boilermakers blocking what would have been the game-winning extra point with less than a minute to play, and then beating Ohio State in overtime.

"When you go into a game, you're like, 'We lost to these guys last year, so we can't lose to them this year,'" cornerback Bradley Roby said. "Especially last year we felt like we should have won the game, so it gives you even more of an incentive to go out and make plays and win the game more dominantly."

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At Ohio State, that extra incentive is usually enough to get it done.

The Buckeyes have not lost in back-to-back years to a Big Ten team since Wisconsin in 2003-04. Since a 24-13 home loss to the Badgers on Oct. 9, 2004, the Buckeyes have only lost 12 Big Ten games, so there haven't been a lot of losses to go around.

But repeating a loss matters. Someone has been in the Buckeyes' ears -- Roby knew the stat about not losing consecutively since 2004.

In nonconference play, Ohio State did lose consecutive years to USC in 2008-09. But with the teams they know best, the Buckeyes haven't fallen into many recent ruts. The next most recent Big Ten team to beat the Buckeyes in consecutive years was Michigan in 1999-2000, and before that there were some long stretches of losing to the Wolverines in consecutive seasons of which OSU fans are well aware.

When was the last time Purdue beat Ohio State in back-to-back years? Never. But the Boilers have been a recent nemesis, upsetting the Buckeyes in West Lafayette in both 2009 and 2011. That 2010 win at home by the Buckeyes, 49-0, was officially vacated as part of the NCAA sanctions for that season.

"I know I've lost two to them since I've been here, and they always plays us well," senior defensive lineman John Simon said. "So we know we have to be fully prepared walking into this game because they always give us a great challenge."

If the No. 8 Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) are worried after giving up 38 and 49 points in wins over Nebraska and Indiana the last two games, the Boilermakers are even more concerned. Purdue (3-3, 0-2) lost its first two conference games to Michigan and Wisconsin 44-13 and 38-14, giving up a combined 1,054 yards.

"There were a lot of disappointed players and certainly embarrassed to lose like that at home," Purdue coach Danny Hope said at his news conference after the homecoming loss to Wisconsin. "We can't spend a whole lot of time wallowing in why we lost and the effects of not playing well.

"It hurt, and it was a tough situation for our football team, and it hurt us greatly and hurt all the Boilermaker nation and we want to bounce back and do well. I think that our team will rally up. I don't have any question about that."

That's what the Buckeyes hope to do after last year.

"I wouldn't say it's the driving force, but they've beaten me twice. We blew that last year with the extra point, we've lost twice at their place, so you never like losing to a team, especially twice," senior tight end/receiver Jake Stoneburner said. "I don't feel like we should have lost those games, so we definitely want to beat them. It's not really revenge, but we don't want to lose."

The Buckeyes have had success at home, not losing to Purdue in Columbus since 1988. Roby's glad the tour is back on this stage.

"The whole atmosphere at Purdue is not that many fans, the field's not all that nice, it's kind of a gloomy type of atmosphere," Roby said. "Playing at Ohio State, you're used to big games, big crowds."

This should count as a big one then. Ohio State isn't used to delaying its revenge.