The incestuous nature of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry may be adding another chapter to its already-voluminous history with the possible hiring of an OSU assistant at Boston College perhaps relieving the Wolverines of a ticklish issue. OSU linebackers coach Al Washington Jr., a former BC player, is among the rumored candidates to succeed Steve Addazio as the head coach of the Eagles. Washington would be an unproven hire, but he’d be a popular hire with former players, and probably with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, too. The reason has less to do with Harbaugh wishing good things for Washington — who coached linebackers in Ann Arbor in 2018 before leaving for Columbus and OSU, his hometown and the alma mater of his father, who played linebacker for the Buckeyes from 1977-80 — than it does with what Washington’s hiring at Chestnut Hill would take off Harbaugh’s plate. It’s plausible Washington would…
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