April 18, 2025

Michigan–Ohio State Has No Shortage of Narratives—or Stakes

There have been few games in this storied rivalry that have meant as much as this one will. Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where it’s Rivalry Week, the best week of the season: MORE DASH: Year 1 Coaches | Heisman Race Third Quarter Michigan–Ohio State, With Everything at Stake The year 2022 has been a great one for college sports rivalries. When Duke and North Carolina meet in the Final Four with Mike Krzyzewski’s career on the line, that’s impossible to top. But nearly eight months later, we have a suitable second place for the most compelling rivalry game of the year with 11–0 Michigan at 11–0 Ohio State (21) on Saturday. Not many of the 117 iterations of The Game that preceded this one have been bigger. “If we don’t win this game,” said Wolverines offensive lineman Ryan Hayes, “the season doesn’t mean…

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