#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (8-0, 12-0) at #13 Michigan Wolverines (6-2, 9-2) |
MICHIGAN 28, OHIO STATE 27 |
Just in case
@ELA is right, I've drafted this for my post-game FB post. Please review and see if I missed any opportunity to be snarky, I wouldn't want to let one get past me:
To my friends who are fans of Michigan:
Congratulations on your team's win today but before you talk too much smack there are a few things you should consider:
First, with today's win, your team has now beaten Ohio State three times in the last 19 years. The last time your team had back-to-back wins over mine Bill Clinton was in the White House, the World Trade Center still stood and terrorism was something other countries had to worry about but not us.
The only people alive in whose lifetimes Michigan owns a lead over Ohio State are infants born after 11/24/18 and supercentenarians born prior to October 24, 1908.
Even after today's Ohio State loss:
- Ohio State leads 16-8 in the last 25 years
- Ohio State leads 26-21-2 over the last 50 years
- Ohio State leads 38-33-3 over the last 75 years
- Ohio State leads 49-46-4 over the last 100 years
- Ohio State leads in Conference games 50-47-4
- Ohio State also leads in games televised in color, televised games, and games that resemble modern football.
Second, Ohio State has bigger fish to fry. There might come a day when your team is good enough to be more than an unfortunate hiccup for a great team like Ohio State but today is not that day.
Next Saturday night Ohio State will be playing in the Big Ten Championship Game. You are forgiven if you are unfamiliar with this concept. It has only been going on for nine years so your team has never been there. Ohio State will be making their fifth appearance (3-1 so far). Other teams with that have managed at least one more B1GCG appearance than Michigan include Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Penn State, Northwestern and even "Little Brother" Michigan State. Also, Minnesota may make their first appearance this year. Half of the teams in the Big Ten (more than half if Minnesota beats Wisconsin this evening) have been to the B1GCG but not your team.
If the Buckeyes are fortunate enough to win the B1GCG, they will next play in the College Football Playoff. This is another concept that you are forgiven for your ignorance of. This has only been going on for six years so your team has never been there. The Buckeyes, should they make it, will be making their third appearance (2-1 with a National Championship so far). Your other chief rival, Notre Dame has also made an appearance in the CFP along with "Little Brother" Michigan State, Bama, Clemson, Oregon, Florida State, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Washington.
Prior to the College Football Playoff the National Champion was determined by a National Championship game arranged by the BCS for 16 years. This is yet another concept that you may be unfamiliar with as your team never made it. Ohio State made three appearances and won a National Championship.