Why Ohio state and Michigan football rivalry?

Answer 1

Origins of "The Game" Michigan Ohio State Greatest Rivalry in Sports History.


In 1897, Ohio State and Michigan's first Meeting, Ohio State was beaten 34-0* By Michigan, that's when the rivalry started, in 1901, the teams starting meeting every single year, Michigan won the first nine games of the series from 1901-1909 (including 1901), Michigan dominated the rivalry early. In 1922, the first game played in Ohio State's Historic stadium, Michigan beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, which had a colossal stadium at the time, of 66,000, in 1928, Michigan Spoiled Ohio State's party by opening a 88,000 seat stadium.

In 1950, Ohio State and Michigan competed in a game referred to as the "snow bowl" because it was during a massive blizzard, neither teams would leave the field, Michigan won the game 9 - 3*, and it was also Ohio State Buckeyes head coach and legend Woody Hayes' first game against the wolverines. NO! It was Wes Fesler's last game as the Buckeye's head coach. Woody Hayes' first season as the Buckeye head coach was 1951! I remember it well.
In 1968, Ohio State Buckeyes Assistant Head Coach Bo Schembechler, transferred to Michigan as their new head coach, winning his first game against his mentor Woody Hayes, the next ten years, often referred to as "the ten year war" Ohio State and Michigan met every year both ranked in the top 5, each game was VERY close and each time determined the Big Ten champion. NO! Bo Schembechler was head coach at Miami of Ohio in 1968. The game in 1968, won by the Bucks 50 to 14 was Chalmers "Bump" Elliot's last game at the University of Michigan. He resigned to take the AD job at the University of Iowa. 1969 was Bo's first year at Michigan. He defeated the Buckeyes 24 to 12 that year in Ann Arbor. And the 1971 game did NOT determine the Big Ten championship. Michigan was already unbeaten and "Rose Bowl Bound" before they defeated the Bucks, 10 to 7, on a missed pass interference call by the officials. The Wolverines lost to Stanford, 13 to 12, in the January 1, 1972 Rose Bowl.*

Both teams have a top three largest football stadium in the United states, Michigan #2 and Ohio State #3. This answer is also wrong! The 4 largest College Football stadiums are currently (2009) as follows: #1. Beaver Stadium at Penn State (because Michigan Stadium is being remodeled); #2 Michigan Stadium (at the Northeast corner of Stadium Dr. and Main St. in Ann Arbor); #3 Neylen Stadium at the Univ. of Tennessee in Knoxville; #4 Ohio Stadium on the campus (just off Lane Ave.) of The Ohio State University in Columbus.
Michigan won the 100th Meeting between the two teams in 2003. Ohio State would then take their longest streak against the Wolverines, from 2004-2008, of five games in Ohio State's history. The 2008 Match up was won 42-7 by Ohio State.
Michigan leads the series , 57-42-6 Over Ohio State. It is the closest Major Rivalry the past 50 years in sports history, Ohio State leading by 5, the past 80 years, it is also the closest, Ohio State leading by 1.

*Reference: "The Big One," by Bill Cromartie, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN, 1988.