If you’ve ever been to an Ohio State game against Michigan in football, you can feel the hatred. While the two teams on the field respect their opponent, they also don’t like each other. That feeling permeates into the stands. It doesn’t matter if the game is at Ohio Stadium or Michigan, there’s just a sense of dislike that makes the rivalry as intense as it is.On Nov. 24, Chris Holtmann and his Buckeye men’s basketball team got a taste of that rivalry first hand when the group attended the Scarlet and Gray’s 62-39 record beatdown of the Wolverines at the Horseshoe. Although Holtmann arrived to his postgame press conference the night before The Game in a scarlet Archie Griffin jersey and refused to use Michigan’s name — proving he is catching on to this Ohio State gig quickly — this was not his first experience with the rivalry.…
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