LINCOLN – We’ve reached the end of the line, the reason for Fox announcer Gus Johnson to get extra loud, the cool helmets and all those stickers, 60 minutes in a big stadium full of fans watching tough men who spend a whole year waiting for one Big Game. Michigan/Ohio State is one hell of a spectacle – whether Nebraska football beat reporters, waiting on the big story of a new coach – get to watch it or not. I missed the 2015 and 2017 versions – in 2015 for a lovely wedding, in 2017 for Mike Riley’s firing press conference – and didn’t miss much. The 2016 version – OSU 30 UM 27 in overtime – was epic hate. In 2018 and 2019, the Buckeyes wiped the floor with the Wolverines, scoring 62 and 56 points. COVID paused the series for a year in 2020. And in 2021, Michigan’s…
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