Editor’s note: After each Ohio State football game, beat reporters Joey Kaufman and Bill Rabinowitz discuss the latest storylines and other key developments. Michigan and Ohio State have been on a collision course all season and enter Saturday’s game with 11-0 records, making for their first matchup of unbeatens since 2006. Near upsets last weekend, though, threatened to lessen the stakes. While the Buckeyes held off Maryland for a 43-30 win in a back-and-forth fourth quarter, the Wolverines needed a field goal with nine seconds left to pull ahead of Illinois. Kaufman: The leadup to this season’s clash with Michigan is a bit different for the Buckeyes. Before last fall’s meeting, they were coming off a 56-7 rout of Michigan State that marked one of their most dominant performances of the season. But it wasn’t a harbinger of success the following week as they were crushed in Ann Arbor. Which…
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