15 years later, Tressel looks back on the ‘Game of the Century’
In 2006, the Buckeyes and Wolverines were the top-two teams in the country, so the winner of the game could claim a berth in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship.
In 2006, the Buckeyes and Wolverines were the top-two teams in the country, so the winner of the game could claim a berth in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship.
Simply put, we’re not in elementary school anymore, coach Harbaugh. On Saturday, that will be made clear once more.
Ten games of tension and anticipation with trips to the Rose Bowl were typically on the line when the Buckeyes met the Wolverines over the decade. But it was the two coaches with a past connection — Hayes and Michigan’s Bo Schembechler — that gave the adversarial matchup an iconic status.
It’s been five years since The Game ended with a single-digit margin of victory. The last time it happened, Urban Meyer still strolled the Ohio State sidelines, J.T. Barrett still led the Buckeyes’ offense and Ryan Day still coached quarterbacks in the NFL.
Ohio State’s 56-7 win over then-No. 7 Michigan State Saturday coupled with then-No. 3 Oregon falling to then-No. 23 Utah 38-7 helped push the Buckeyes to No. 2 in the most recent College Football Playoff rankings.
It’s been a bizarre but successful season for No. 2 Ohio State’s offensive line thus far, but the dynamic edge rush duo of No. 5 Michigan’s senior Aidan Hutchinson and junior David Ojabo will look to throw the Buckeyes off track.
While the Buckeyes did battle on the line of scrimmage, the front line called in air support to stymie the Spartans. Struggling to defend the pass in recent weeks, then-No. 4 Ohio State held then-No. 7 Michigan State to under 175 yards passing in a 56-7 massacre.
Woven in the history of The Game, iconic memories and plays are littered throughout for both Michigan and Ohio State. Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of one such moment.
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The Buckeyes celebrated their win Saturday as the final whistle blew and they shook hands with the Spartans, but there may have been something else…