Look, I know that this is supposed to be a blog about the Buffs. But the Buffs are off this weekend while preparing to humiliate the Huskers next week. And there just so happens to be a little game being played tomorrow that is, shall we say, "interesting." Michigan v. Ohio State.
Hey, I hate the over-hyped events just as much as the next guy. But I think it's safe to say that it's difficult to overstate the magnitude of this particular game. Consider this:
1) The UM/OSU rivalry is unquestionably the best in college sports and an argument can be made that it's the best in American sports - period.
2) OSU is #1 and UM is #2 in every poll and in the BCS rankings. The number 3 team (USC) is as distant as you can get at this level.
3) It's the last game that either of these teams will play before the bowl season. Meaning in all likelihood the Fiesta Bowl will feature the winner of this game and some controversial one-loss team. So in essence, tomorrow's game is the real national championship game.
I don't care if you have no interest or allegiance to either of these schools - this is a must watch event. And while you are must-watching it, may I suggest that you root for Michigan. I have my own biases towards Michigan which some of you share. But even if you are technically neutral, I have one unarguable reason why you will root for the Blue. OSU wears red. You are a Buff fan and therefore you and leading scientists agree that people who wear red are simply more evil than people who don't. So strike a mighty blow against evil by pulling for the Wolverines tomorrow.
Go Blue!
Buffalover
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And just to make it even more interesting, the great coach of 21 seasons at Michigan, Bo Schembechler, died the day before the game of a heart attack. He was 77. There were several articles in the papers today about the storied rivalry between these teams, the relationship between Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes (coach for many years at Ohio State, Bo's mentor, and infamous puncher of a Clemson player during the 1978 Gator Bowl), and about a punk band in Columbus, Ohio, called, ironically enough, the "Dead Schembechlers". But the best quote, came from a Michigan alum who was living in Columbus, "Maybe Bo and and Woody will be watching the game together."
Long live college football!
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