ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When Ohio State plays Michigan for the 112th time, Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh will begin a chapter in perhaps college football’s greatest rivalry.There’s a lot of material in the storied series that dates to 1897.The eighth-ranked Buckeyes (10-1,6-1 Big Ten) and 12th-ranked Wolverines (9-2, 6-1) will make scarlet-and-gray and maize-and-blue fans ooh and ah for a few hours Saturday at the Big House. Millions of people on TV will probably enjoy the view, too.Here’s a look back at some memorable moments since Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler kicked off what became known as the Ten Year War, a rivalry within a matchup often referred to asThe Game:1969Schembechler went 5-4-1 against Hayes, and his first victory was his sweetest and it left his mentor sour for years. “You will never win a bigger game than that!’” Schembechler recalled Hayes shouting at him. “And he was right. I don’t think I ever did.” Schembechler played for Hayes at Miami of Ohio, started his coaching career as one of Hayes’ graduate assistants at Ohio State and disobeyed him when told to stick around to be the Buckeyes’ next leader. Schembechler refused to wait to be a head coach because he didn’t believe Hayes would retire anytime soon. Bo knew. He later followed in Hayes’ footsteps at Miami before taking a job with “That Team Up North,” as Hayes used to say, and Meyer still does today. The12th-ranked Wolverines stunned heavily favored and top-ranked Ohio State 24-22, ending its 22-game winning streak.1973Vietnam veteran and Michigan kicker Mike Lantry missed two kicks in the last 2 minutes that would’ve broken a Big Ten 10-10 tie between the fourth-ranked Wolverines and top-ranked Ohio State. Instead, both teams walked off the field with a 10-0-1 mark. The conference’s athletic directors became the tiebreakers, voting to send the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl…
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