There was a time when the world consisted of three certainties: Death, taxes and Michigan playing Ohio State to decide the Big Ten football championship. In the process, the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry became arguably the biggest in all of sports. Saturday in late November. High noon. The whole world watching. It’s been a strange decade. The Michigan-Ohio State game had been rendered irrelevant because of the Wolverines’ struggles. The Ohio State-Michigan State encounter has meant much more. Advertisement But with Michigan and Ohio State playing spectacular and precise football this season, and MSU faltering, the old order has been restored in the Big Ten. Ohio State and Michigan are both legitimate national championship contenders. The worst fears of MSU fans everywhere has come true. The Big Ten is all about Ohio State and Michigan. Jim Harbaugh was expected to have a dramatic impact at Michigan, but not to this degree so soon. The Wolverines are a machine, especially defensively. Urban Meyer lost half his starting team to the NFL. It was thought Ohio State might be rebuilding, at least to a degree. Not true. If anything, the Buckeyes are better than last year and may be equal to their College…
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