Since the Michigan Ohio game is coming up I thought I would find some facts about it.
The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is an intense rivalry between the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University football teams. The annual game between Michigan and Ohio State has been held at the end of the regular season since 1935.
HISTORY:
The rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan can be traced back to a feud between their respective states which began in 1835. The state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory fought a bloodless conflict with one another in a border dispute known as the Toledo War. Some have proposed that the college football rivalry is a modern manifestation of this historical tension.
NOW:
Through the first eleven weeks of the 2006 season, Ohio State and Michigan are both 11-0 and ranked #1 and #2 respectively in the Bowl Championship Series rankings. The winner of the their game on November 18 will be the outright Big Ten champion and play for a national championship. As such, this year's contest has been widely touted as a "game for the ages".
The 2006 game is the first time that Ohio State and Michigan will meet ranked #1 and #2 in the country. Michigan has won 57 games against Ohio, and Ohio has won only 39 against Michigan . I thought you people would want to know that.