June 27, 2026

Michigan’s stunning win reignites rivalry with Ohio State


ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When the lights had finally dimmed on the snowy Michigan Stadium field and the 111,000-plus who packed the corner of Main Street and Stadium Boulevard Saturday afternoon left, so did Jim Harbaugh. Captain Comeback had finally done it. Ten years after Michigan’s football team could last claim victory over Ohio State, his retooled Wolverines had cracked the code and knocked off the Buckeyes in convincing and, frankly, stunning fashion, 42-27. Harbaugh said he heard from a lot of folks afterward, former players and alums, his brother, John, an NFL head coach, and even legendary coach and broadcaster John Madden. “They like our team; I think they like how hard our players play,” Harbaugh said Sunday afternoon on a video teleconference set up by the Big Ten to promote this coming Saturday’s championship game against Iowa (8 p.m., FOX). “That’s kind of been the theme that’s come…

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