The-Ozone started covering Ohio State sports back in the fall of 1996, one of the first online outlets to report on the team.
It took a while for this newfangled Interwebs thing to gain enough credibility to merit press credentials, but since that happened, they haven’t been able to get rid of us yet.
In 2002, The-Ozone was credentialed to shoot photos of the Ohio State vs. Michigan game for the first time.
That was a memorable year in Buckeye history, as the second season of the Jim Tressel era ended with a last-second win over the Wolverines en route to a national title.
Since that edition of The Game, we’ve been on the sidelines for 16 more. The Buckeyes have won 14 of those.
Below are links to every photo gallery The-Ozone has produced for Ohio State vs. Michigan games since 2002.
That’s a lot of editions of the greatest rivalry in all of sports, and it’s also a whole lot of photos.
There are a total of 2,822 shots altogether if our math is right, and because of the era which those games were played in, virtually all of them show the Buckeyes beating their hated rivals.
Let’s be honest here: Saturday is still a painfully long time away, and you don’t want to work any more than we do this week.
Take your time, and look around as long as you want. We won’t tell your boss.
2002: Ohio State 14, Michigan 9
2003: Michigan 35, Ohio State 21
2004: Ohio State 37, Michigan 21
2005: Ohio State 25, Michigan 21
2006: Ohio State 42, Michigan 39
2007: Ohio State 14, Michigan 3
2008: Ohio State 42, Michigan 7
2009: Ohio State 21, Michigan 10
2010: Ohio State 37, Michigan 7
2011: Michigan 40, Ohio State 34
2012: Ohio State 26, Michigan 21
2013: Ohio State 42, Michigan 41
2014: Ohio State 42, Michigan 28
2015: Ohio State 42, Michigan 13
2016: Ohio State 30, Michigan 27 (2 OT)
2017: Ohio State 31, Michigan 20
2018: Ohio State 62, Michigan 39
Well done, Tom. You are doing a great job of showing how seriously The Game is supposed to be taken.
If I might note, the #1 reason that OSU has done so well over these 16 games is that our coaching staff takes the rivalry far more seriously than our rival’s coaching staff does. That’s just the fact, no matter what other reasons contribute to this reality or how close they may come to this reason. I love it that we prep for these guys 365 days/year. That’s what makes all of this so special.