COLUMBUS, Ohio — Early in the third quarter of a 12-point game on Saturday, Michigan’s Cameron McGrone hit Ohio State’s Justin Fields after the quarterback went out of bounds on the sideline after a scramble. Ohio State right tackle Branden Bowen did this. Bowen is the 6-foot-7, 315-pound No. 76 running over to confront the 6-1, 232-pound McGrone. That moment stood out to me as much as anything that happened in The Game, which the Buckeyes won 56-27. It was simple, yet complex. It was nothing, but it was everything. It mattered because it might show the difference between winning and losing, not in a play, but in an approach. It was about being tough in a rivalry, but tough the right way. As he ran over after the play, Bowen admitted he was tempted to deliver a retaliatory shot to McGrone. But instead he gave himself an internal clock…
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