Michigan clash amped up with playoffs on the line

No word yet on what weird thing Jim Harbaugh is nearly certainly doing in preparation of one of the biggest games of the season.

This game is equally important for both coaches not just because of the rivalry, but because of the potential Playoff berth for the team that comes out on top. “There certainly wasn’t a bigger game”. Both teams have been among the best in the country all season, and this years incarnation of “The Game” promises to be one of the most competitive in a long time. If Ohio State wins, the Buckeyes would go the Big Ten title game if Penn State loses at home to Michigan State.

A must-win for the Huskies to reach the college football playoffs.

On Saturday, a most important installment of “The Game” will take place in Columbus as No. 2 Ohio State hosts No. 3 MI in a game that could determine the playoff fate of both teams.

Michigan, meanwhile, had John O’Korn make his first start of the season at quarterback in last week’s win over in after Wilton Speight, who started all year, suffered a shoulder injury in the Wolverines’ loss at Iowa. But he and his proud program must upset Ohio State to show significant signs of progress this season.

Schembechler was an assistant to Hayes at Ohio State for five years before eventually taking over at MI. The stadium is commonly referred to as the “House that Chic Built”. The 6-foot-2, 247-pound Ohioan knows, perhaps better than most, the importance of making an immediate impact.

Most of the focus in this game is going to revolve around the two quarterbacks and the standout defenses.

“We thought highly of him and I remember he played his tail off his senior year”, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said.

The game was notable for having a combined 45 punts, many of which came on third down.

The omitting of “M–” from Ohioan argot dates back to Hayes, the Ohio State coach for 28 roaring seasons (1951-78), including the 10 between 1969 and 1978, when the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry went football-stratospheric and set so much of the meaning that inflates this week all the way in late 2016.

Detroit Cass Tech five-star wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones:The top prospect in MI has always been believed to be a U-M lean, but an official visit to Columbus has Ohio State emerging as a potential contender as well. Under Meyer’s watch, the Buckeyes are 4-0 against MI. “It’s just the little inches we need to have a complete game”.

He was named Big Ten defensive player of the week after logging 3 ½ tackles for losses against Hawaii in September and says he is looking forward to his first chance to make an impact against his father’s alma mater.

“A newspaperman never won a game for us”, he once growled.

The college football committee continues to snub mid-majors like Western Michigan and Houston as teams that have lost to mid-majors (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Louisville) remain high in the rankings. This game means everything to the players. He almost led a comeback win with his first career TD pass.

“They never talked to each other during the season, ” said Bruce Madej, the longtime former sports information director at MI. Last season, he was first-team All-Big Ten and a second-team All-American.

With no Big Ten title game at the time, this meeting served as a reasonable replacement.

Mystery surrounds Michigan’s quarterback situation for Saturday’s game in Columbus.

Still some football to be played and things to figure out but this team, in my opinion, is a year away.

The heavyweight game of the weekend No. 2 Ohio State versus No. 3 MI has drawn plenty of hype, and on game day, ESPN is going all out with coverage.

Adding to the emotions of the game, Schembechler died the day before the game. “He can change the game on defense, special teams on offense”. O’Korn was beyond very bad last week, and if he repeats that performance it’s going to be impossible for MI to win.

Three years earlier, a crowd of 83,403 turned out for that ’66 game, but numerous fans left in the fourth quarter with the Wolverines leading by two touchdowns in their eventual 17-3 win.