There was, once, a time when The Game’s outcome was not predetermined. In those heady days of the Year Of Our Lord Two Thousand and Four, the Michigan Wolverines had a track record of being both somehow good and successful against Ohio State. It sounds like a ridiculous and absurd hypothetical at this point, but it’s true: more often than not, Michigan beat Ohio State on the field by scoring more points. In the sport of football. Maybe that’s why their 37-21 loss to the Buckeyes in 2004 caused the Wolverines so much psychic distress; coming into The Game, Michigan was 9-1 and ranked seventh in the country, as well as being double-digit favorites against a 6-4 Ohio State team made up of chicken wire and Troy Smith bombs to Ted Ginn. But they lost! And while one explanation for that loss could be general Wolverine overconfidence, institutional stagnation, and a…
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