College football’s rivalry week brings up a number of massive video games, however one does stand out in a relative class of its personal. Opening Week 14, one coach outlined the epic Ohio State/Michigan rivalry as the best– not simply in college football, however in sports as a complete. It most likely figures that it was Michigan coach Sherrone Moore who outlined the rivalry in these grand phrases.
You cannot describe it. Literally, I might attempt to describe you the feeling, prefer it seems like this, it seems like this. You cannot…. It’s a sense you could’t actually describe. It’s an depth, it is an aura about it you could’t describe till you get on the subject. But it is superior to be part of. It’s nice to be part of. It’s the best rivalry in sports in my opinion. The funnest one to be a part of. It’s aggressive, there’s nothing prefer it.
– Sherrone Moore
A 2000 ESPN rating agreed with Moore on a barely narrower airplane, calling Ohio State/Michigan the best rivalry in North American sports. Not solely is the annual battle nearly all the time an element in the Big Ten convention race, however on 14 events since 1942, each groups in the game have been ranked in the prime 5 of the AP ballot when the game was performed. Six of these events have come since 2000.
Perhaps the most notable Michigan/Ohio State game ever got here in 2006, the solely time that the two faculties have battled as the prime two groups in the nation. No. 1 Ohio State outlasted No. 2 Michigan, 42-39. Michigan enters this season’s matchup with a 4 game successful streak in the rivalry. Michigan took down a higher-ranked Ohio State workforce in every of the final 4 seasons.
The all-time sequence is led by Michigan 62-51-6. The longest run in the sequence is 9 in a row by Michigan early in the twentieth century. While Michigan dominated these early years, after an 86-0 loss in 1902, Ohio State’s alma mater “Carmen Ohio” was written on the prepare trip dwelling by supporters of the Buckeyes.
Much like final season, when an unranked Michigan shocked Ohio State 13-10, Michigan enters this yr’s game with little however delight on the line. No. 1 Ohio State is doubtlessly protected in the College Football Playoff both means, however snapping the four-year dropping streak to Michigan is undoubtedly a precedence. The 121st installment of the matchup will probably present some reminiscences to again Moore’s large declare.