COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former Ohio State football quarterback Ron Maciejowksi intimately remembers when a loss to Michigan could capsize a brilliant Buckeye season. Ohio State spent the first nine weeks of the 1969 season at No. 1. If the Buckeyes could beat a solid Wolverines team in Ann Arbor to close the regular season, they would repeat as national champions and be set up for a strong run at a third title the following season. Instead, the 24-12 loss reverberates to this day. Maciejowski, who now serves on the Varsity O Alumni Society board, remembers the interminable wait to get out of the Michigan Stadium parking lot. “Fans were rocking the bus, chanting, ‘Overrated,’ ‘No. 1,’ ‘Best team in 10 years my ass,’ ” Maciejowski said. “We got back and it was absolutely miserable. It’s still miserable today.” For decades, the Ohio State-Michigan game transcended a border war between heated…
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