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Game Thread THE GAME, 11/26/16, 12pm ET, ABC

Saturday’s Stakes Reach Beyond Potential Playoff Berth

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There is football of a bit of consequence being played Saturday near the Olentangy River, as you possibly have already heard.

It has been a decade since both Ohio State and their rivals up north entered the regular season finale with legit chances at the national title still intact. When the rivalry last had these stakes, the Buckeyes won 42-39 and earned a shot at the national title. Rather than getting too bogged down in the specifics of what happened subsequently in Arizona, let’s just say that OSU’s beloved current head coach won his first crystal football that night and leave it at that.

Since that 2006 showdown, the two squads have taken very different paths to get back to this point. Ohio State has nine double-digit win seasons in those 10 years, five Big Ten titles, a Rose Bowl win, two Sugar Bowl wins, a Fiesta Bowl win, three national title appearances and one undisputed national crown.

The Wolverines opened the next season by suffering one of college football history’s funniest upsets, hired Rich Rodriguez, failed to reach bowls in back-to-back seasons, hired Brady Hoke, watched his fluky 11-win first season spiral into a spectacular collapse that ended with yet another bowl-less winter and had to resort to giving away tickets with the purchase of soft drinks.

Things finally started to turn around when they hired a fellow with a flair for attracting attention on Twitter, a taste for boogers and the national title-less pedigree worthy of a Bo disciple. The Wolverine fanbase instantly whipped itself into a frenzy, anticipating a reprise that fall of the shocking 1969 upset that kick-started the legendary battles of Woody vs. Bo. Instead they got handed a four-touchdown beatdown, and exited early to the soundtrack of a loud O-H-I-O chant echoing around the Big House yet again.

Things finally started to turn around when they hired a fellow with a flair for attracting attention on Twitter, a taste for boogers and the national title-less pedigree worthy of a Bo disciple. The Wolverine fanbase instantly whipped itself into a frenzy, anticipating a reprise that fall of the shocking 1969 upset that kick-started the legendary battles of Woody vs. Bo. Instead they got handed a four-touchdown beatdown, and exited early to the soundtrack of a loud O-H-I-O chant echoing around the Big House yet again.

Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/Foot...s-Stakes-Reach-Beyond-Potential-Playoff-Berth
 
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AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE OHIO STATE-MICHIGAN MATCHUP BETWEEN THE TACKLES

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A defiant Billy Price answered matter-of-factly when asked if his Ohio State team could take care of business against Michigan if it performed the way it did in its 11th game of the season.

“If we execute, absolutely,” Price said after the Buckeyes beat Michigan State 17-16 on Saturday. “Absolutely.”

Price claimed he and the other Ohio State offensive linemen wanted to keep running the ball down Michigan State's throat on Saturday in an effort to wear out a depleted Spartans front. That seemed like a wise move considering the whipping wind that wrecked J.T. Barrett and the passing game plus the fact the Spartans were without their best defensive lineman, Malik McDowell. It didn't happen the way Price wished but the Buckeyes still finished with 224 rushing yards on 45 carries in addition to Mike Weber's go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter.

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...io-state-michigan-matchup-between-the-tackles
 
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Scrolling through these posts gets me fired up and ready to go. From the second the clock expired in East Lansing on Saturday, my son and I have been all Buckeye/hate *ichigan all the time. Everything we're wearing is Scarlet and Gray. He has stopped saying "that word", the one that starts with an m. This year THE GAME falls on my birthday, so I'm counting on our guys to give me a great present Saturday afternoon.

It's 9:59 am on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 in Wilmington, DE, and (say it with me) *ichigan still sucks!!!
 
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VERY SERIOUS IMPORTANT QUESTION(s):

I need your help...

1. Should I get out the Buckeye blanket NOW? Slowly start unwrapping it and removing it from the suitcase? (If you recall...the last time I had it out Tommy Armstrong, Jr. went to OSU hospital)

2. My husband and I decided to go to the Suncoast Alumni event prior to The Game. They have several Alumni band members who are doing a small Script Ohio. We were thinking of staying at the bar for the first half. Should we bring the blanket and leave it in the car? It's pretty big to bring in. Leave it at home with my parents?

My cat has been doing his part and sleeping on the small pet blanket (as he has since the Nebraska game).
 
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So true. Which is why I am in no rush for Saturday to arrive. Enjoy the slow burn up to The Game. And then enjoy it with your son. I don't get to as many games as I used to, but my son and I were in Dallas for the NC 2 years ago. The memories are priceless.


This year I'll be watching with my parents for the first time in a long time. My Dad just turned 94 this year. I feel blessed he's still here to enjoy it with us.

Last night my Mom and I made Buckeyes. I'm soaking it all up.:dance:

It's also the first time my husband will be joining us. Really looking forward to it.


Edit: Oh and FUCK MICHIGAN
 
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I went to the 2006 game with my father and brother. There were less scalpers than I've ever seen at any OSU game. We found three tickets. When we were walking in my father and brother got the "step over here" as their tickets were scanned. We had bought fakes. I got through somehow-the young girl who scanned my tickets didn't seem to be paying much attention to what she was doing. I went to where the fake ticket was for and told everyone in the row what had happened. They let me stand with them for the whole game.

I've been to every home m#ch game since I was a little kid, and that was the most surreal. The 3:30 start time was part of it...the second half being played under the lights just felt wrong.

I absolutely can not wait to get into the car Thursday morning and take the Thanksgiving drive from St. Louis to Columbus that I do every other year. Can't wait to park on the banks of the Olentangy at dawn. Can't wait to wait to watch the band burst into St. John's arena for skull session. Can't wait for that i to be dotted. Can't wait to watch another victory over tsun. Can't....wait.....


Geez...I gotta stop reading things like this while I'm at work. I answer the phones and all these personal stories have got me choked up...By the time I answer my voice is quivering.
 
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