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Title: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 24, 2025, 04:11:01 PM
I know that we already have a tOSU/M thread but that is for general tOSU/M hate stuff, this game deserves it's own thread. 

So Ohio State comes in undefeated and a near-double-digit favorite but if that sounds familiar it should because it has happened a few times recently and the results have not been as expected. 

Michigan, of course, has won the last four and hasn't lost since before the pandemic but that comes with two big caveats:


I think the biggest story here is the status of Ohio State's injured players.  With Smith and Tate the Buckeyes have the best WR corps this side of the NFL but without them Ohio State's WR corps is merely good rather than out-freaking-standing and the other guys are a bit lacking in experience due to playing behind Smith and Tate.  There are also a couple of questions for tOSU defenders. 

My take is that if Smith and Tate are 100% and provided that the tOSU coaching staff coaches to their team's abilities and strengths instead of trying to prove their toughness by playing into Michigan's strengths the whole freaking game like last year, Ohio State should win comfortably and Michigan would need a near-perfect game plus probably some turnover luck to pull off the upset.  OTOH, if Smith and Tate can't go then I think things get dicey fast.  The Ohio State running game is clearly the weakness of the offense.  The last few games it has looked decent but against absolutely terrible opposition so I don't think that says much.  Realistically, the only way Ohio State is going to run effectively on Michigan is if the Wolverines have to be concerned with covering Smith and Tate outside.  If that goes away, Ohio State's running game goes with it. 

Even if Smith and Tate can't go, I *THINK* that Ohio State's defense is good enough to keep them in the game, WR3 and WR4 have a few games experience, and the TE's (mostly Klare) have been phenomenal so I wouldn't automatically assume a Michigan win if Smith and Tate are out but I do think that the evil cheaters would have a better than 50/50 shot. 

What say you?
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 24, 2025, 04:13:15 PM
Beat Michigan!
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on November 24, 2025, 06:31:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwbWHqmW1dY
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Temp430 on November 25, 2025, 06:59:21 AM
If there was a game Ohio State should have won it was last year's game in Columbus.  Michigan is very young but better on offense this year.  Michigan's defense is pretty good, maybe almost as good as last year's if some key injured players return, namely linebacker Hausman and safety Moore.  Having said that, I think the Buckeye's being favored by 10 points is about right.  But it's one of those games where rankings and points mean nothing.  Love that the Buckeyes are ranked #1, wish they were favored by 3 TDs like last year. 


Go Blue



2187 Days Since Ohio State Beat Michigan

Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 07:30:29 AM
Well 361 really since they did it w/o hacking cloud servers and advanced scouting. But to your point yes Ohio State should have won but down a center and guard Day admitted to the team after he tried running it down their throat. The only remaining strength M* had was 2 NFL lineman he ignorantly went right at them.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 08:54:44 AM
Where has our dapper,cultured M* contributor Mdot parked himself in the last week or two? Dabbling in witchcraft, playing with voodoo dolls and Ouija Bords and casting a curse on the good guys in Scarlett & Gray I suspect :88:
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 25, 2025, 09:22:09 AM
Well 361 really since they did it w/o hacking cloud servers and advanced scouting. But to your point yes Ohio State should have won but down a center and guard Day admitted to the team after he tried running it down their throat. The only remaining strength M* had was 2 NFL lineman he ignorantly went right at them.
we hacking cloud servers now? Brohio, that you? 

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Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 25, 2025, 09:22:24 AM
Where has our dapper,cultured M* contributor Mdot parked himself in the last week or two? Dabbling in witchcraft, playing with voodoo dolls and Ouija Bords and casting a curse on the good guys in Scarlett & Gray I suspect :88:
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Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 25, 2025, 09:29:17 AM
putting shit talking aside for a moment- as to the actual game- Michigan is pretty banged up and very young. But the game is at home- which is a big deal- and the weather should be absolutely dogshit nasty which should slow down the Ohio State passing attack a tiny bit. More concerning for the Ohio State passing attack obviously is the health of Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate. That's the best WR duo in the nation- by far and it's not close- if one or both is limited or can't go- that helps Michigan a great deal- obviously.

THE GAME usually comes down to who can run the ball more effectively and who can stop the run. Probably going to come down to that. Again. Oh, and turnovers, obviously. Taking care of the football on offense is a BIG deal in this one. Michigan can't turn it over 5 times and expect to win like they did vs Purdue. Turn it over 5 times vs Ohio State and they are going to beat you by 30.

I'd feel a lot better in this game if Justice Haynes was available and Jordan Marshall was 100%. Haynes is done for the year and off to the NFL draft unless Michigan pulls off a miracle and beats Ohio State and winds up in the playoff, and Marshall probably isn't going to be 100% but definitely expect him to play.

Right now I'm leaning Ohio State in a close one by 6. Something like 21-15. Michigan is just too banged up, too young on offense, and at some point Ryan Day is going to have to win one of these.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 25, 2025, 09:36:04 AM
this is a good break down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefLheme8D0
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 25, 2025, 11:30:38 AM
2187 Days Since Ohio State Beat Michigan
Bragging about cheating and the complete lack of contrition is what makes the entire lot of you just complete dirtbags.  

We (all of us) used to talk smack about the dirty SEC but we can't anymore because we have a school in our midst that is dirtier than any SEC school.  

You have one legitimate win in the last 13 years, two in the last 21 years.  Even with the worst cheating scandal in the modern history of CFB and counting those * wins, you still only have five wins in the last 21 years compared to 15 for Ohio State and then your forfeit year when your dirtbag coach faked a COVID outbreak to duck his beating.  
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 25, 2025, 11:33:18 AM
we have a thread for this
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (11-0/8-0) at #15 Michigan (9-2/7-1) Game Week
Post by: Honestbuckeye on November 25, 2025, 11:36:48 AM
putting shit talking aside for a moment- as to the actual game- Michigan is pretty banged up and very young. But the game is at home- which is a big deal- and the weather should be absolutely dogshit nasty which should slow down the Ohio State passing attack a tiny bit. More concerning for the Ohio State passing attack obviously is the health of Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate. That's the best WR duo in the nation- by far and it's not close- if one or both is limited or can't go- that helps Michigan a great deal- obviously.

THE GAME usually comes down to who can run the ball more effectively and who can stop the run. Probably going to come down to that. Again. Oh, and turnovers, obviously. Taking care of the football on offense is a BIG deal in this one. Michigan can't turn it over 5 times and expect to win like they did vs Purdue. Turn it over 5 times vs Ohio State and they are going to beat you by 30.

I'd feel a lot better in this game if Justice Haynes was available and Jordan Marshall was 100%. Haynes is done for the year and off to the NFL draft unless Michigan pulls off a miracle and beats Ohio State and winds up in the playoff, and Marshall probably isn't going to be 100% but definitely expect him to play.

Right now I'm leaning Ohio State in a close one by 6. Something like 21-15. Michigan is just too banged up, too young on offense, and at some point Ryan Day is going to have to win one of these.
that’s a pretty good take.  I have no earthly idea who wins this game and that’s usually how it is because this game never goes the way people think it will.
This is interesting because in my view both of these teams are playing the best team they’ve played all year. (No disrespect to Texas because they are playing a lot better now than they were at the beginning of the season)

In conference road games are very hard to win and Michigan has been super tough at home. They’ll be the best running team, Ohio State has played, and the second best team they have played at stopping the run.
and as Jim Tressell says, “the weather can be the great equalizer” in this game. 
Also kind of being ignored is the emergence of marsh and Mculley As legitimate playmaker and downfield threats for Michigan.  If you overplay the run, there’s a lot of risk in it and I don’t think that was true early in the season.
both teams are pretty damn banged up too. I wouldn’t bet 10 bucks either way on this game, but hopefully it will be a good one and fun to watch.

Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: ELA on November 25, 2025, 11:44:14 AM
Ohio State 26, Michigan 17

Subject to change if OSU's WRs are actually out
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 12:23:13 PM
putting shit talking aside for a moment- as to the actual game- Michigan is pretty banged up and very young. But the game is at home- which is a big deal- and the weather should be absolutely dogshit nasty which should slow down the Ohio State passing attack a tiny bit. More concerning for the Ohio State passing attack obviously is the health of Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate. That's the best WR duo in the nation- by far and it's not close- if one or both is limited or can't go- that helps Michigan a great deal- obviously.
 Good Post and I've mentiond repeatedly tOSU's running game hasn't approached last years and that's understandable.They're young and replacing Henderson/Judkins is a tall order.Henderson is avg 4.7 ypc with division leading Patriots.

 R.D. seems to ignore the aspect of the linemen.His achilles heel IMHO has been not recruiting or depth on the O-Line.Ignoring the fact a team will need it to set up the pass and in crap weather :banghead: . As well as the right side of tOSU's line is a turnstile .And M* has the trench ponies with the ball in the crap weather favors Underwood running and Sayin not so much doing either if it's cold rain /Sleet.

 But I'm willing to be surprised, and I think the WRs should be OK but they are tight lipped. And all indications is this will be Tate's last Conference Game as Sunday ball beckons so he'll suit up if he can
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 12:37:30 PM
we hacking cloud servers now? Brohio, that you?
 But they did :111: the Feds charged The defendant of the case gained unauthorized access to the email, social media, and cloud storage accounts of 2000+ victims between 2015 and 2023. Thousands of candid, intimate photographs and videos have been seized from the defendant’s electronic devices and from his cloud storage accounts.

 Of course in between hacking Athletic Depts - thought you'd want to know but onward and upward
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 12:38:03 PM
Ohio State 26, Michigan 17

Subject to change if OSU's WRs are actually out
Or real shitty weather
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 12:40:58 PM
we have a thread for this
Thank You FF you get a Yuengling
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: utee94 on November 25, 2025, 01:04:28 PM
Bragging about cheating and the complete lack of contrition is what makes the entire lot of you just complete dirtbags. 

We (all of us) used to talk smack about the dirty SEC but we can't anymore because we have a school in our midst that is dirtier than any SEC school. 

You have one legitimate win in the last 13 years, two in the last 21 years.  Even with the worst cheating scandal in the modern history of CFB and counting those * wins, you still only have five wins in the last 21 years compared to 15 for Ohio State and then your forfeit year when your dirtbag coach faked a COVID outbreak to duck his beating. 
Eh, they're not anywhere close to as dirty as the dirtiest SEC teams.  Decades to a century of institutionalized cheating versus a couple of years.  That's child's play.

Like I keep saying, nobody else cares about this.  The record is the record.

If Ohio State fans want to shup up Michigan fans, their team is gonna have to win on the field.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SuperMario on November 25, 2025, 02:04:32 PM
Or real shitty weather
And it sounds like that might be the case. NEO may get a thanksgiving present but each revision of weather in Ann Arbor for Saturday keeps getting colder and higher change of precipitation. 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 25, 2025, 02:36:54 PM
https://twitter.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1992967693062865394?s=20
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SFBadger96 on November 25, 2025, 02:40:25 PM
Ohio State 26, Michigan 17

Subject to change if OSU's WRs are actually out
17 would be the most Ohio State has allowed. The Buckeyes' quarterback and wide receivers are sexy to talk about, but their defense has been lights out all year. That's where I see OSU's biggest advantage. Illinois is the highest scoring team against the Buckeyes; they got to 16 with a TD with 4 minutes to go, when OSU was up 24.

Bad weather? Defense will matter even more.

I know I didn't expect Michigan to win last year, but notwithstanding all the records and rivalry stuff, I think this comes down to Ohio State's defense keeping Michigan out of the end zone. Maybe OSU doesn't light up the scoreboard, but it won't need to.

Ohio State 24, Michigan 13. 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Honestbuckeye on November 25, 2025, 02:50:30 PM
https://twitter.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1992967693062865394?s=20
😂😂
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 03:09:40 PM
And it sounds like that might be the case. NEO may get a thanksgiving present but each revision of weather in Ann Arbor for Saturday keeps getting colder and higher change of precipitation.
Take Michigan on the money line then, because Underwood is just going to replace Justice Haynes in the backfield if he can't throw. RPOs out the wazzou,hopefully it's just cold
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 03:15:48 PM
17 would be the most Ohio State has allowed. The Buckeyes' quarterback and wide receivers are sexy to talk about, but their defense has been lights out all year. That's where I see OSU's biggest advantage. 

Ohio State 24, Michigan 13.
Thank you but have you seen the right side of tOSUs O-Line against anyone with a pulse?Olay!!! Olay!!! Sure it's nice to have a lot of show ponies but you need some Big Uglies or the ball never gets to them
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 03:38:38 PM
Eh, they're not anywhere close to as dirty as the dirtiest SEC teams.  Decades to a century of institutionalized cheating versus a couple of years.  That's child's play.

Like I keep saying, nobody else cares about this.  The record is the record.

If Ohio State fans want to shup up Michigan fans, their team is gonna have to win on the field.
Like FF told him there's a thread for this Amigo

Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 25, 2025, 03:41:27 PM
Thank you but have you seen the right side of tOSUs O-Line against anyone with a pulse?Olay!!! Olay!!! Sure it's nice to have a lot of show ponies but you need some Big Uglies or the ball never gets to them
OK, Ohio State 16, Michigan 9.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SuperMario on November 25, 2025, 03:52:13 PM
Thank you but have you seen the right side of tOSUs O-Line against anyone with a pulse?
That's where i keep landing with uncertainty. Yes OSU is destroying teams, but at what competition level? Could they be great? Yes, they sure could.  Rutgers, UCLA, Purdue, Penn State, worst version of Wisconsin, Minnesota? Which one of those programs has an offense with a pulse?  It's not their fault, but this is the weakest run of a schedule of a #1 team I can ever remember. 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 03:53:57 PM
Texas & Washington when the season was young is really about it.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SuperMario on November 25, 2025, 03:54:24 PM
Like FF told him there's a thread for this Amigo
No offense, but don't lecture FF when he's not the one that crossed the line AGAIN.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 03:57:27 PM
FF already threw a flag on that and 94 is issueing 3 party smack that he himself loathes :96:. BTW I'm not I issued FF a Yuengling - my most prestigious award
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: utee94 on November 25, 2025, 04:00:19 PM
FF already threw a flag on that and 94 is issueing 3 party smack that he himself loathes :96:. BTW I'm not I issued FF a Yuengling - my most prestigious award

Eh, there's one poster that can't help himself, over and over again.  Calling him out, repeatedly, is more than appropriate.

Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 04:04:47 PM
Alright you get a Yuengling too but I'm already into the Shiner Holiday Cheer :cheer: 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 25, 2025, 04:39:43 PM
Eh, there's one poster that can't help himself, over and over again.  Calling him out, repeatedly, is more than appropriate.
I'm going to call out dirtbag behavior and if people don't like it then they either shouldn't be dirtbags, shouldn't support a dirtbag program, or should simply leave.  

The discussion here is great but it has deteriorated due to a group of dirtbag fans lacking anything resembling contrition over Michigan's dirtbag behavior.  
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 25, 2025, 05:37:33 PM
I've always looked at common opponents and in the old days (ya know, five years ago) there were typically around half-a-dozen common opponents to look at before this game but now in the mega-conference era there are only three:
Washington:

Wisconsin:
Purdue:

It is odd that Ohio State was on the road for all three games against common opponents.  Anyway, Ohio State won by more against all three and the difference was significant against both Wisconsin and Purdue.  The Purdue game was one of Michigan's worst this year so maybe we should throw that out but to be fair the Washington game was one of Michigan's best this year and if you throw them both out all you are left with is comparing based on performance against the Badgers.  
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MaximumSam on November 25, 2025, 05:50:08 PM
Supposed to be cold and snowy. Julian Sayin is from California. Will he be posting the weather in Carlsbad at halftime ala BRAD?
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on November 25, 2025, 06:03:40 PM
Supposed to be cold and snowy. Julian Sayin is from California. Will he be posting the weather in Carlsbad at halftime ala BRAD?
Eh. You know how he deals with the Midwestern weather...


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I'm pretty happy with where I'm at, but if my company said "Brad, we'll pay you a million dollars a year if you relocate to our Minnesota facility", I'm on the plane as soon as the check clears. 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 25, 2025, 06:10:04 PM
hell, I'd move to Cali for that kinda $$$ - couldn't afford to stay long, but............
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SuperMario on November 25, 2025, 06:13:25 PM
Eh, there's one poster that can't help himself, over and over again.  Calling him out, repeatedly, is more than appropriate.
There’s some famous idiom of pots and kettles that seems relevant after the response 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 25, 2025, 06:16:19 PM
I'm pretty happy with where I'm at, but if my company said "Brad, we'll pay you a million dollars a year if you relocate to our Minnesota facility", I'm on the plane as soon as the check clears.
Atta boy Hamm's & Juicy Lucies and a chance to commiserate with G.R. at the Mississippi head waters
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 25, 2025, 10:24:19 PM
There’s some famous idiom of pots and kettles that seems relevant after the response
LoL. I love Michigan "man" logic: Anyone who calls out dortbag behavior is a dirtbag because reasons, LoL.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Temp430 on November 26, 2025, 07:16:54 AM
My all knowing iPhone weather app says 5-7" snow in Ann Arbor starting around 1 PM and ending 9 AM Sunday.  Forecast high of 31 F at 1:30 PM and 29 F at 4 PM.  Sounds like Nubbz's shitty weather if you're a team that lives off the pass.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SuperMario on November 26, 2025, 08:02:00 AM
LoL. I love Michigan "man" logic: Anyone who calls out dortbag behavior is a dirtbag because reasons, LoL.
Nah. There’s a difference between people intelligently discussing a topic, calling out wrongdoing and someone calling entire fanbases dirtbags for self gratification. This place has kept a certain group of fans for a long time because guys like badge and gator set a precedent of the character of communication. We should do our best to keep it. It’s what made this place special. 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 26, 2025, 08:11:59 AM
My all knowing iPhone weather app says 5-7" snow in Ann Arbor starting around 1 PM and ending 9 AM Sunday.  Forecast high of 31 F at 1:30 PM and 29 F at 4 PM.  Sounds like Nubbz's shitty weather if you're a team that lives off the pass.
So,football weather, damn you and your forecast :111: but you're prolly right, decidedly this favors M*. B.U. can tote the rock Sayin not so much and that weather would blunt any passing advantage.

 Just NO WAY tOSU comes out on top
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 26, 2025, 09:01:54 AM
So,football weather, damn you and your forecast :111: but you're prolly right, decidedly this favors M*. B.U. can tote the rock Sayin not so much and that weather would blunt any passing advantage.

 Just NO WAY tOSU comes out on top
your voodoo magic reverse jinx won't work here. 

Ohio State is favored by 9.5 pts by Vegas. Ryan Day is a lock to get his first win here. Michigan's pass game is mediocre, true frosh QB, and team is banged up. Ohio State is winning this game. I'm sorry to inform you of this. Just rest easy now, and enjoy the victory later.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 26, 2025, 09:04:41 AM
My all knowing iPhone weather app says 5-7" snow in Ann Arbor starting around 1 PM and ending 9 AM Sunday.  Forecast high of 31 F at 1:30 PM and 29 F at 4 PM.  Sounds like Nubbz's shitty weather if you're a team that lives off the pass.
what about the wind?  the real factor for the passing game
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Honestbuckeye on November 26, 2025, 09:05:29 AM
your voodoo magic reverse jinx won't work here.

Ohio State is favored by 9.5 pts by Vegas. Ryan Day is a lock to get his first win here. Michigan's pass game is mediocre, true frosh QB, and team is banged up. Ohio State is winning this game. I'm sorry to inform you of this. Just rest easy now, and enjoy the victory later.
One correction.   Day would get his second win there.  Too bad there is NO WAY!   
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: CWSooner on November 26, 2025, 11:26:10 AM
I'm sure you B1G guys know the answer to this question, but I didn't see in on this thread, so: If Michigan wins Saturday, who goes to the CCG?
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 26, 2025, 11:40:03 AM
your voodoo magic reverse jinx won't work here.

Ohio State is favored by 9.5 pts by Vegas. Ryan Day is a lock to get his first win here. Michigan's pass game is mediocre, true frosh QB, and team is banged up. Ohio State is winning this game. I'm sorry to inform you of this. Just rest easy now, and enjoy the victory later.
Horse puckey I say - you're a lock for a straight jacket and rubber room if you believe that! Not that you weren't before :111:,Hail to the Weasels will be belching thru the loud speakers before you know it. Not a snowball's chance in Palm Beach do the Scarlett & Gray have,sad to see
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: SFBadger96 on November 26, 2025, 11:42:54 AM
I'm sure you B1G guys know the answer to this question, but I didn't see in on this thread, so: If Michigan wins Saturday, who goes to the CCG?
https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1gcg-race-heading-into-the-last-weekend-of-the-regular-season/ (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1gcg-race-heading-into-the-last-weekend-of-the-regular-season/)
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 26, 2025, 11:48:40 AM
I'm sure you B1G guys know the answer to this question, but I didn't see in on this thread, so: If Michigan wins Saturday, who goes to the CCG?
What's up CWS, don't be a stranger - depends on what Hoosiers/Ducks do and SoS
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 26, 2025, 01:26:27 PM
I'm sure you B1G guys know the answer to this question, but I didn't see in on this thread, so: If Michigan wins Saturday, who goes to the CCG?
 @SFBadger96 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=51) already pointed you in the right direction:
https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1gcg-race-heading-into-the-last-weekend-of-the-regular-season/ (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1gcg-race-heading-into-the-last-weekend-of-the-regular-season/)
Short version:

An Ohio State win clinches B1GCG berths for not only the Buckeyes but also the Hoosiers because the Hoosiers would win a 2-way tie with Oregon.  

An Ohio State loss opens up possibilities for the Wolverines and Ducks:
The first team listed is the "home" team in all cases.  If Ohio State wins then the Buckeyes are the 'home' team and IU will wear visitor jerseys.  

Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on November 26, 2025, 01:59:47 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Wu7hSGivs
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: CWSooner on November 26, 2025, 02:24:02 PM
https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1gcg-race-heading-into-the-last-weekend-of-the-regular-season/ (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1gcg-race-heading-into-the-last-weekend-of-the-regular-season/)
Thanks, Badge.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: CWSooner on November 26, 2025, 02:27:55 PM
@SFBadger96 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=51) already pointed you in the right direction:Short version:

An Ohio State win clinches B1GCG berths for not only the Buckeyes but also the Hoosiers because the Hoosiers would win a 2-way tie with Oregon. 

An Ohio State loss opens up possibilities for the Wolverines and Ducks:
  • If M, IU, and Ore win:  IU vs Ore
  • If M, IU, and UDub win:  IU vs M
  • If M, PU, and Ore win:  Ore vs M
  • If M, PU, and UDub win:  M vs tOSU
The first team listed is the "home" team in all cases.  If Ohio State wins then the Buckeyes are the 'home' team and IU will wear visitor jerseys. 
Thank you, Medina.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MrNubbz on November 26, 2025, 04:06:17 PM
Here's what our old pal Pete Fiutak (AKA BadgerFan) from our original board at College Footbal News had to say about this game:

You know that "It Just Means More" motto that TCDS - That Conference Down South - likes to use, as if its fans live and breathe college football more than everyone else?

Yeah, that’s basically true, but when it comes to Ohio State vs Michigan, nope.

No fans in any rivalry - not Yankees vs Red Sox, not Bears vs Packers, not Alabama vs Auburn or Duke vs North Carolina or Coke vs Pepsi - are as twisted as Michigan and Ohio State die-hards when it comes to this one game.

But yeah, the nation that is Ohio State football needs this win. Its souls will not be able to rest unless this abominable wrong is made right again.

And it means even more than that this time. (By the way, assuming Indiana beats Purdue, Ohio State is, of course, in the Big Ten Championship with a win, and Michigan is in with a win and a Washington win over Oregon.)

Ohio State is in the College Football Playoff. Anything that happens between now and then is just for show, but if 9-2 Michigan pulls this off, all of a sudden, it’ll be a hard argument to keep TTUN out of the 12-team tournament.

Why Ohio State Will Win
It's the way better team.

Two years ago, yeah, Michigan was loaded. Blowing off how the sausage was made, the team won the national title for a reason. Last year's Wolverine team wasn't even close to as talented or as good as those Buckeyes, and it's the same this time around. If Ohio State plays its B- game, and Michigan plays its A+ game, Ohio State wins. Forgetting all the Xs, Os, schemes, and other aspects of this, this is all about Ohio State getting out of its own head and, to go full Belichick, do its job.They can't get caught up in the atmosphere, the crowd, and the 10,000-ton weight on the program's shoulders.

If at all humanly possible, treat this like it's just another game, because, in harsh reality, with what should be the real goal of a national championship, this doesn't really matter. (In fact, just like last year, it's actually a better deal to somehow not have to play in the Big Ten Championship, especially if you're the 5 or 6 this time around.)Turnovers haven't been a problem all year, but there will be one, maybe two, against Michigan.

The defense hasn't allowed more than 16 points in any game, and it'll give up a few scores. There will be things to deal with, and there might be a screaming "it's happening again" moment or two. There can't, and won't, be any semblance of panic.

Just let the talent win this. However ...

Why Michigan Will Win
Michigan is deeeeeeep in Ohio State's kitchen, and it's cooking pancakes and bacon.

Last year's Buckeye team was way better than the Wolverines. If you remember, the Wolverines had zero ability to complete a forward pass all year, and ...Michigan 13, Ohio State 10. The Wolverines are playing with Big House money here. Of course they're supposed to get rocked, but Ohio State hasn't dealt with the slightest bit of adversity all season. There hasn't been any drama since August, when Arch had the ball down seven with one final drive to try tying it up.

Okay, that's all fine, but how can the Wolverines execute this? It's been a bit lost in the fog of the season, but back in September, Washington was able to hang around with the Buckeyes deep into the second half. Ohio State eventually pulled away late and won 24-6, but Washington stayed in it even though it couldn't do anything on third downs and couldn't run a lick. It bent but didn't do a lot of breaking. It took sacks, it lived to fight another drive, and all of a sudden, it was only 14-6 in the fourth quarter.

  Michigan has the run defense to hold up just fine on one side, and Bryce Underwood will have to keep the chains moving with his legs and not take any big chances on the other. The offensive line should get the ground game going, and the defensive front needs to get to Julian Sayin, who hasn't been so much as breathed on all year, and ...Look, I'm a national college football writer guy. I don't care about your rivalry, or your feelings, or anything other than what it means for a team as good as Ohio State to win a national title, and ....

OF COURSE THIS MEANS EVERYTHING.

A second straight national championship is obviously more important overall, but that's for next month. Ohio State has to beat Michigan, and it's not going to act or play like it. That's a good thing.This Ohio State team is on a crazy even keel. It doesn't seem to be disrupted or distracted by anything. It knows what it is, it knows what it can do, and it's about win because it'll block and tackle better.

There won't be anything spectacular about this. The Buckeyes won't jump out to a 21-0 lead in the first ten minutes - that team in Maize and Blue is pretty good, too - but they'll be methodically solid, the defense will hold up time and again, and after the emotion chills out, Ohio State will win another football game.

Ohio State 31, Michigan 13
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on November 26, 2025, 04:15:44 PM
I didn't know that Fiu posted on the old board. 
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: 847badgerfan on November 26, 2025, 04:30:20 PM
He didn't.

He hated having boards as he didn't want to manage them. So, we did it by committee and then it became just me as admin with some mods, when Scout bought out CFN.

When 247 bought Scout, they ignored me until it was too late (this board was up and running and Drew and I spent $ doing so, with Drew actually building the website).
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Mdot21 on November 28, 2025, 09:15:58 AM
…any of our Buckeye friends hear any news on the WR’s? Michigan will be extremely fortunate if even just one of those freak of nature studs is out and if the weather sucks terribly. 

IF Carnell Tate is out and it’s windy and snowing and miserable game turns from a pretty confident OSU win into a straight out 50-50 pick ‘em imo.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: MaximumSam on November 28, 2025, 09:30:59 AM
…any of our Buckeye friends hear any news on the WR’s? Michigan will be extremely fortunate if even just one of those freak of nature studs is out and if the weather sucks terribly.

IF Carnell Tate is out and it’s windy and snowing and miserable game turns from a pretty confident OSU win into a straight out 50-50 pick ‘em imo.
Nothing much, though Day indicated they are both practicing
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 28, 2025, 09:35:19 AM
they both gonna start
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on November 28, 2025, 10:13:43 AM
The last time Michigan won five straight was 1922-27.
Title: Re: #1 Ohio State (8-0, 11-0) at #15 Michigan (7-1, 9-2) Game Week
Post by: FearlessF on November 28, 2025, 10:17:44 AM
back when Michigan was good