college
11/17/2006
Only One Day Until Judgment Day: Michigan vs. Ohio State
"Judgment Day" -- that’s what ESPN and ABC are tagging the most
anticipated regular season college football game of this season, and
possibly all time. The undefeated Michigan Wolverines (ranked #2) take
on the also undefeated #1 Ohio State tomorrow .
Michigan vs.
Ohio State is arguably the greatest rivalry in not just college
football, but in all of sports. Their yearly battle is simply known as
“The Game,” and, if you haven’t learned from the ESPN commercial yet,
to see a Wolverine and a Buckeye share an affable relationship -- let
alone passionately kiss each other -- could make a diehard fan lose his
lunch.
I think it would be less awkward to see Rush Limbaugh and
Michael J. Fox cuddle at a stem cell rally than watch these two teams
butt heads. Well maybe not, but I’m still against “making-out with”
your rival and I think that bonds that exist between a Michigan fan and
an Ohio State fan will, without question, ultimately crumble after one
hostile quarter of “The Game.”
Tomorrow’s big game will be the
first time since 1987 that the two top-ranked teams in the nation have
battled for their conference title. It is unfortunate that this
historical match-up is not the National Championship game, as these two
teams are clearly the most dominant in all of college football. The
winner will earn the Big Ten Conference title along with a trip to the
National Championship game in Arizona on January 8th 2007.
