If college football’s rivalry week is ever a one-game weekend, the sport didn’t do its job. The sport brought its A-game with last-second finishes (Georgia Tech 28, Georgia 27), upsets (Kentucky over Louisville, NC State over UNC, Memphis over Houston), comebacks (Missouri 28, Arkansas 24), and exits (Texas’ Charlie Strong, probably Oregon’s Mark Helfrich, and others). Still, one game mattered over all else. ESPN’s College GameDay gave Ohio State-Michigan a five-hour run-up before its noon kickoff, an almost unprecedented feat of preview bloat. And yet, after a week of promotion set the bar unbelievably high, the Buckeyes and Wolverines cleared it. They played the game of the year, one complete with plot twists, controversy, and all the nervy instability that makes college sports so uniquely awesome. Before we dive fully into Championship Week, let’s let this one linger a bit longer. Here are the 10 most awesome things about Ohio…
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