COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s regular-season finale against Michigan will remain among the nation’s most-anticipated games under the Big Ten’s new schedule model unveiled Thursday. Many of the conventions of the divisional era, however, are over. No more home-and-homes with Rutgers and Maryland every two years. No more long crossover series, such as the one the Buckeyes slogged through with Nebraska from 2016-21. Many people speculated, made assumptions and offered well-educated guesses as to what the Big Ten would ultimately do with its 2024-25 schedule. When the answer came Thursday, there were surprises both pleasant and perhaps disappointing. No protected rivalry with Penn State Last fall, athletic director Gene Smith told cleveland.com it was possible that Michigan would be Ohio State’s “historical” rival and Penn State would be the “competitive” rival. However, he also was among those who wanted to end a rotation that had league opponents waiting several…
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