COLUMBUS, Ohio – This Ohio State vs. Michigan game is really hard, obviously, because whether it’s the Connor Stalions stuff, or whether it’s because Jim Harbaugh hasn’t been on the sidelines due to that, or JJ. McCarthy being banged up. I don’t know what the reason is, but I’m having a really hard time kind of handicapping this game because my normal formula, taking season long metrics, I project Michigan minus-6.5, but I’ve been digging deep on the numbers this week. The eye test says Michigan hasn’t looked the same. Now, they’ve also played better teams, so I wanted to look at the opponent-adjusted metrics over the last month. So I’m going to hit you with some stats. I normally don’t do this, but I think it’s worth pointing out this week. If I just weigh the last month a little more heavily, I would project Ohio State minus-3. That’s…
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