It tells you a lot that OSU fans won't say the word, Michigan. But folks from Michigan can say Ohio State! They are still fighting the Toledo war in Ohio. MI loses to OSU in 2024. It hurts, until they get back to Ann Arbor. OSU loses in 2024. It will be a major disaster in Columbus. The Wolverines have other games to worry about, before they get to OSU.
This rivalry stemmed from a land dispute in the early 1800s. Michigan and Ohio were fighting over the Toledo strip which was a very important waterway before the days of trains and automobiles. Michigan ultimately gave it up to Ohio and received the upper peninsula in return. But what makes the rivalry so great is both teams have historically been the best teams in the big ten and until just recently it has been a must win game for both teams to have a shot at the national championship. Ohio State has been consistently good for a very long time and Michigan has had more ups and downs over the years but one things for sure and that's that it's good for college football when both teams are at their best. Ohio has some of the best high school football in the country and Michigan has been known to steal some very good high school players from Ohio States backyard and they all take the rivalry very personal. Some were recruited by Ohio State but chose Michigan instead and some were not even recruited by Ohio State and those guys take the rivalry extra personal. Things have changed dramatically in recent years and the rivalry has lost a bit of its magic with the advent of the College Football Playoff and especially it now going from 4 teams to 12 teams. This means one of the teams could theoretically lose the game and still have a shot a national championship and possibly have a rematch in the playoff. Say Michigan ends up going 9 and 3 and drops a nail biter in Columbus losing by 1 score and Ohio State ends the season 10 and 2. Then both teams should theoretically still make the 12 team playoff considering there's only a few undefeated or 1 loss teams with a reasonably difficult schedule. Even if Michigan were to get blown out by Ohio State they still could make the playoff as a 2 or 3 loss team because there's many factors that go into deciding the playoff teams. This includes overall record, strength of schedule, margin of victory, etc. I expect both teams will make the playoff in the same year many times for years to come and the game still means something but it doesn't have the same meaning that it used. Whoever wins the game will still play a big role on who is crowned as big ten east champs and will play a role on the rankings going into the playoff but it won't be the end all be all that it once was
OSU QB Rex Kern had a debilitating back injury in the '69 game against Michigan. That was a big factor in the loss. I think coach Hayes made a mistake by starting Kern that day. Another mistake was trying these risky, ill-advised passes. Same thing happened in the 1976 Rose Bowl with a QB (Cornelius Green) who wasn't much of a thrower. They got behind in both games and then started forcing passes into coverage, resulting in multiple interceptions. Woody at his coaching worst. He should've relaxed and focused on plays that were do-able. Kern probably should've been on the bench, given that injury. But Woody would always try to force things. He had no subtlety.
The worst part of college football is the blue blood bs that continues to give a media hype advantage to which if other programs pop up they get beaten down for that by the bs media / NCAA ...it's basically who cheated in 70's & 80's the most without putting it out there to much has been rewarded for that .. Have you ever been to Norman Ok is all needed
Manning lost to a defensive player from Michigan but his name was Charles Woodson not Desmond Howard. You just mentioned Desmond Howard on the clip before about Larry Fitzgerald so maybe that's why you made that mix up? Thanks for this video, well done and I like stuff like this. Really good video overall. Christian McCaffrey snub was unbelievable to me at the time but after hearing your stats, it's even more unbelievable. Almost 4k yards of total offense? That's nuts. Jim Brown obviously did not win because of his race and the time. 50s was still an openly racist time but Paul Hornung who had 4 times the interceptions as TDs? That's some stupid stuff. Totally forgot about Toby Gearhart. Another completely unreal snub. Heisman is for the best player, not best player on the next team so team record shouldn't be that big of a turning point unless your team is completely despicable but that's just my opinion. I'd have liked to have seen KiJana Carter of Penn State 1994 added to their list. Carter should have won instead of Rashaan Salaam. 7.8 yds per carry is unreal. Salaam Carried the ball 100 more time than Carter and had 2000 yds but Carter had 1600+ yds and 7.8 yds per carry! 24td to 23td is close but again, that's on 100 carries difference. Penn State had 22 rush TDs from other players and another 1200 yds where Buffs had about the same yardage but 6 less rush TDs from other players than Salaam so Carter could have put up 30 TDs and 2000 yds easily If PSU wasn't so loaded with talent that year. Collins passed for about 700 more yds than Stewart of CO and the 21 to 10 TD passes difference again shows that if PSU had ran the ball more, Carter could have legitimately put up a 2250 yd season and about 35 rushing TDs would have been possible hypothetically if you give Carter the same approx number of carries. Also his team should have won the national championship that year so that's a great year from a guy on a deeply talented squad with high stakes football games being played at the highest level. Salaam also had a great year for a great team but I still can't get over 7.8 yds per carry. Thanks again for the video.
Reggie bush: “he had a runaway year. 1700 yards, that’s a great career.” Mark Ingram: “he had what? 1700 yards? That’s an alright year.” Make it make sense
I never understood why it took so long for the NCAA to adopt overtime. Nobody likes ties. Everyone wants to see a winner. That being said, I was never a fan of sudden death OT, like in the NFL. In college football, I've always hated the idea of each team gets a chance, until we find ourselves in the 9th OT period. I've always contended the OT period, (in regular season) should be 1 ten minute period. Nobody can complain they didn't get a opportunity to possess the ball, and doesn't drag on, like the the first 4 quarters. The clock moves, it gives the teams an equal opportunity to have possession, and it has the heightened awareness of a shorter game clock. In Postseason, same rules apply, but, if there is a tie in OT, you go to another OT, until somebody has a lead, at the end of the OT period, then a winner can be determined.
At 50:34 let’s remember how generations have changed and everyone excepted each other and though Zero mallace behind any word…only though of it at a word of respect and a someone who has fought over and over with each other to become what they were as a TEAM to that day.