From Wikipedia:
The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is the intense rivalry between the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University football teams. Michigan and Ohio State ranked first in an ESPN poll conducted in 2000 of the greatest North American sports rivalries. [1] The yearly matchup between the two Midwest state schools has been held at the end of the regular season since 1935.[2] Since 1918, the game has alternated location between Columbus, Ohio, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has been played in Ohio Stadium since 1922 and Michigan Stadium since 1927. Since each school routinely ranks among the strongest in the country, the game often has implications upon Big Ten Conference titles and national championships.
HistoryThe rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan can be traced back to a feud between their respective states which began in 1835. The state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory fought a bloodless conflict with one another in a border dispute known as the Toledo War. Some have proposed that the college football rivalry is a modern manifestation of this historical tension.[3]
The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is the intense rivalry between the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University football teams. Michigan and Ohio State ranked first in an ESPN poll conducted in 2000 of the greatest North American sports rivalries. [1] The yearly matchup between the two Midwest state schools has been held at the end of the regular season since 1935.[2] Since 1918, the game has alternated location between Columbus, Ohio, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has been played in Ohio Stadium since 1922 and Michigan Stadium since 1927. Since each school routinely ranks among the strongest in the country, the game often has implications upon Big Ten Conference titles and national championships.
HistoryThe rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan can be traced back to a feud between their respective states which began in 1835. The state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory fought a bloodless conflict with one another in a border dispute known as the Toledo War. Some have proposed that the college football rivalry is a modern manifestation of this historical tension.[3]
I was a die-hard Buckeye fan throughout my time at Ohio State. When I first moved abroad, I was devastated by the fact that I wouldn’t be watching the games live, let alone missing them on TV. Eventually, I cared a little less. And a little more less. Until a few years ago when I was in my gym in Dubai and saw ESPN announce Ohio State as national champions in college football. I excitedly announced a non-American friend of mine who was with me, “I think my college team was just announced as the national champions in football!!!” To which she responded, “So?” Even when I came home 2 years ago, I enjoyed not being slave to the Saturday nail-biting. That was until they played the University of Michigan (arch rivals-boo! hiss!) this past Saturday. Numbers one and two in the country-it had finally validated the rivalry which many had said was now one-sided.
Hang on Sloopy and Buckeye Battle Cry take me back to many a beer swillin' Saturdays. All courtesy of TBDBITL. I still know the words...
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I told my friend Courtney (diehard Michigan fan) that God took Bo Schembecheler the day before the game, so he wouldn't have to witness the spanking they got..she was not amused.
lol-it was a great game. Lots of ups and downs. Lots of mistakes by both teams. I haven't been that excited about football in a long time!
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