Ohio State and Michigan renewed the greatest rivalry in all of sports with Jim Harbaugh’s team peaking and the Buckeyes coming off one of their sloppiest performances of the season. The Game has been owned by Ohio State since Jim Tressel took over as OSU coach in 2001 but at some point you just figure all the stars will finally align for the Wolverines.
Just like I had said in last week’s statistical projections… 52-51, OSU wins an overtime thriller! Alright, so that’s obviously a lie. I thought that OSU would come out and dominate Maryland from start to finish. As you saw, they did not do that. In fact, I found myself, several times, looking at the score and thinking, “Oh, wow, Maryland’s…
They say the enemy of your enemy is your friend, but what if the enemy of your enemy is also your enemy, yet also your friend for many years now? That is the situation that Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins and Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson currently find themselves in. The two have known each other since the…
Late last week, word came down from on high that Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson would be eligible this coming season for the Wolverines. The decision by the NCAA could immediately make Michigan a national title contender. Patterson, a true sophomore last season, transferred from Ole Miss in the…
The end of Big Ten preseason football media days is now 98 days away, which means the countdown to the start of college football season* is now down to double digits. In case you missed yesterday’s edition, each day until then, we’ll count down the 100 greatest Buckeyes of The Ozone era (1996-present).
In this edition of Accost the Field, we talk about the Heisman Trophy and its declining interest. We take a quick look at Ohio State’s Heisman candidates in 2018. Then we turn to Michigan football and the addition of quarterback Shea Patterson. But don’t start crowning the Wolverines just yet. What kind of drama will Patterson…
If Patterson is immediately eligible, he will give a dynamic boost to a 2018 quarterback competition that was mainly looking to be redshirt sophomore Brandon Peters and redshirt freshman Dylan McCaffrey. Peters was obviously the odds-on favorite to keep the starting quarterback job, but now that is up in the air with the…
