COLUMBUS, Ohio — In 2006, Jim Tressel created a play for Michigan. For maybe the greatest game in the history of The Game, the No. 1 vs. No. 2 Ohio State-Michigan showdown, Tressel found a way to hide his fastest player. Ohio State’s coach drew up a play during practice that week to line up Ted Ginn Jr. at tight end on a short-yardage run play, hoping the defense wouldn’t react to 4.2 speed with his hand on the ground at the end of the line. On a second-and-inches play in the second quarter, the opportunity presented itself. Ohio State’s linemen blocked for a run play, Troy Smith faked a handoff to Beanie Wells, who dove over the line, and Ginn took off into the secondary. Smith waited for the route to develop after the play-action, then found his friend behind two defenders for a 39-yard touchdown that extended Ohio…
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