Ohio State's decision to bring in Will Howard has paid off (so far) and Jermaine Mathews Jr. took notice of a Michigan receiver's trash talk after The Game in 2023.
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TEAR IT DOWN! I am thankful that the Ohio State football team tore down Michigan's sacred M Club banner in 1973.
In the video featured below, Michigan announcer Bob Ufer says, "They're tearing down Michigan's coveted M Club Banner!" However, that's not all Ufer said after one of the now-iconic moments in The Rivalry. Actually, it's far from everything he had to say about the Buckeyes' act of war.
When I watch that video and hear Ufer's words, I recall the legendary Ron Burgundy. “Well, that escalated quickly,” I quote when Ufer claimed every Michigan fan in the Big House would like to scalp the players on Ohio State's team and that the Wolverines would make the Buckeyes pay for their actions.
But the Wolverines didn't make the Buckeyes pay.
In fact, Michigan perhaps experienced the worst-case scenario after that event. The Game ended in a 10-10 tie that year, which meant the Big Ten's athletic directors would choose the conference's Rose Bowl representative. And, despite the precedent that a Big Ten team should not play in the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons, the ADs chose the Buckeyes.
Hilarious.
Ohio State pummeled USC in Pasadena, California, 42-21, on New Year's Day 1974 behind a combined 246 yards and four touchdowns from Archie Griffin and Pete Johnson. Meanwhile, Michigan wasn't invited to a bowl game despite an undefeated 10-0-1 record.
Also hilarious.
I bet the Wolverines had so much fun watching the Buckeyes win the Granddaddy of Them All.