games
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.
