Geologists to measure “Fan Quakes” at OSU Game

Woodson returned a punt 78 yards for a score, sprinting up the same sideline – Ohio State’s – and into the same end zone that Howard did to help No. 1 MI beat No. 4 Ohio State 20-14 en route to a national championship. The Buckeyes have won the last four meetings, and playing at home should give them more of an advantage. Teacher vs. pupil. Dear friends and fierce competitors, their legacies are linked. The Wolverines can earn a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game with a road win on Saturday against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

And if it were to make an exception for a two-loss team, Ohio State is still likely a better case than any Big 12 two-loss team. It was one of many victories in the rivalry for Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who was 9-1 against the Wolverines before resigning in 2011 amid NCAA violations from a tattoo-parlour scandal. Banks hit his fourth 3-pointer to put Penn State up for good, 23-21, with 4:22 left.

Will Speight go? Michigan’s Wilton Speight practiced Tuesday, a sign that he has a legitimate chance to start two weeks after he injured his collarbone at Iowa.

One of those moments comes at high noon Saturday when the Big Ten takes center stage.

Bledsoe, who had a lot of family and friends in the crowd at Ohio State, was excited for the opportunity to play against the Buckeyes. Its main competitors for the final slot are the Pac-12 champion and Ohio State. Ohio State is second, and it’s close.

Schembechler was an assistant to Hayes at Ohio State for five years before eventually taking over at MI. The AV metric attaches a number to each player’s National Football League performance for the goal of uniform comparison over time. This year, it’s No. 8 Penn State hoping for a shot at the Big Ten title heading into this weekend’s matchup with the Spartans.

They were gruff and uncompromising. And they loved each other like family, though competition took precedent during the fall. “It’s just the little inches we need to have a complete game”.

“It’s like two brothers or two best friends trying to beat each other”, Herbstreit said.

Nike is all-in on Ohio State ahead of the Buckeyes’ huge game against MI.

“I’ve never been in a top-five MI game”, Holmes said. “That’s what makes him so special and such a great coach”.

“They’ve got very experienced players”, he said of the Wolverines who have 43 seniors. “It’s not something we’ve had to go through”. As proof, there can be no better statistic than this: Both of the current head coaches were born in the same Toledo hospital within seven months of each other. Wisely, the committee will not say how they will rank and prioritize that amalgamated criteria. If either No. 5 Washington or No. 4 Clemson stumbles this week or next, the Big Ten stands ready to fill the void.

“He is one of Bo’s boys”, Madej said. “That’s what you come here to do … and I want to beat the Buckeyes”.

Ten years ago, MI and Ohio State waged their last epic battle, and when the No. 1 Buckeyes beat the No. 2 Wolverines 42-39, MI was so exhausted it took the next decade off.

I suppose it’s fair to question the hype for a clash that might not send the victor to the Big Ten Championship Game.

In the years that followed, MI sifted through coaches and lost its identity.

In Harbaugh’s first year in 2015, the Wolverines didn’t fare so well, losing 42-13 at home to the Buckeyes.

Start with Peppers, who is a safety by trade but will influence this game as a return specialist and with his ability to play on the offensive side of the ball.

It’s not so simple anymore, Buckeyes, and I bet you actually like it better this way, spittin’ vitriol with objective.

In typical Harbaugh fashion, he did not reminisce this week. That came just after McDowell walked off the field after defending against the newly crowned Heisman Trophy victor, the Crimson Tide’s Derrick Henry. That was the first game I actually remembered.

“Everything coach Harbaugh does is thought out really, really well”, Wormley said.

Like becoming one of the four select participants in the College Football Playoff.