June 24, 2026

Ohio State-Michigan 2022: What’s at stake for Ryan Day, Jim Harbaugh, C.J. Stroud, the history books and more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day was moved to tears after beating Michigan for the first time as Ohio State’s head football coach. “Just overcome with emotion right now,” Day said after Ohio State’s 56-26 win over Michigan in 2019. “There’s just so much that goes into this game, we live it year-round, and for our guys to play the way that they did, it means everything to our program; to my family, Nina and the kids; you have no idea.” Three years out from that win, Day is searching for that feeling again. COVID-19 cancelled the 2020 game, and Michigan beat the Buckeyes in the snow in Ann Arbor 42-27 a year ago. By kickoff at noon Saturday, Ohio State will be 1,092 days removed from that rivalry joy. Given Ohio State’s recent success in The Game, that’s an unfamiliar wait, and one piece of what’s at stake in one…

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