Speaking at the 13th annual Champions Among Us fundraiser in Poland, Ohio, earlier this week, former Ohio State head coach and current Youngstown State president Jim Tressel said he hopes to live long enough to see the Buckeyes overtake Michigan in their all-time series. “I hope I live long enough for that day when we’re over .500 (winning percentage),” the 68-year-old Tressel said. “Then I can go to sleep happy.” The Wolverines held a 56-35-6 lead when Tressel took over ahead of the 2001 season, but Ohio State has closed the cap considerably in the years since by winning 16 of the last 18 meetings – not including the victory during the vacated 2010 season. Now at 58-51-6, this is the closest the rivalry has been since 1906, when Michigan held a 7-0-1 lead. Tressel, who went 9-1 against the Wolverines, also recalled the famous “310 days” speech he gave when…
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