November 17, 2024

Michigan State-Ohio State named best modern college football rivalry by CBS Sports

College football: Michigan State at Ohio State – Nov. 21, 2015 Michigan State running back L.J. Scott (3) runs up the field in the fourth quarter of their Big Ten football game against Ohio State at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, November 21, 2015. Michigan State won the game 17-14 with a last-second field goal by kicker Michael Geiger. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) EAST LANSING — Put college football’s long history aside for a moment and consider this question: what is the sport’s best rivalry, based on on-field results, right now? That’s the question CBS Sports considered in a Tuesday ranking. And after evaluating all the big-name rivalries in the sport, it placed the Michigan State-Ohio State rivalry at the top of the list. Since Urban Meyer took over the Buckeyes 2012, he and Mark Dantonio have split the four games against one another. The two programs have combined to win the last three Big Ten titles, and the games have included plenty of heroics, including Michael Geiger’s game-winning kick last year at Ohio Stadium. In the last five years, no other rivalry in college football can compare, according to CBS: There’s just not a modern rivalry in college…

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