Assistant coach Kerry Coombs and Bradley Roby (1) walk off the field after Ohio State’s loss to Michigan State in the 2013 Big Ten championship game. DON SPECK/The Lima News COLUMBUS — Urban Meyer has said it over and over since the day he was hired as Ohio State’s football coach. Ohio State has one rival, Michigan, that will forever remain its No. 1 adversary. Nothing will ever become bigger in terms of a rivalry than the final Saturday of the regular season when a Buckeyes player or coach looks at the schedule. But the events of the last few seasons have pushed the Michigan State game very close to the top of the list. OSU has been denied two chances to play for a national championship in the last three seasons because of losses to the Spartans. Michigan State’s 34-24 win over the Buckeyes in the 2013 Big Ten Championship game kept OSU from playing in the BCS national championship game. Then last year Michigan State crushed Ohio State’s hopes of back-to-back national championships with a 17-14 regular-season win in Ohio Stadium. OSU was favored in both those games. But the Spartans came out on top both times. If…
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