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The 121st version of “The Recreation” will happen on this week’s “Big Noon Saturday,” as No. 15 Michigan hosts No. 1 Ohio State (12 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app).
This matchup has held pivotal College Football Playoff implications lately, and this yr is not any completely different, because the Buckeyes can earn a berth within the Large Ten title sport with a victory. Ought to the Wolverines win, they make it to the convention championship with a loss by both Indiana or Oregon.
All that stated, this matchup is the featured rivalry within the Big Ten and one of many premier rivalries in school soccer altogether; nothing is a given on Saturday at The Large Home.
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Here is ‘The Recreation’ by the numbers:
0: There are not any gamers on Ohio State’s present roster who have been on the workforce the final time the Buckeyes beat Michigan (2019).
1: Bryce Underwood is trying to change into the primary Michigan true freshman QB to beat Ohio State within the FBS period, in addition to the primary true freshman QB to take action since Matt Barkley in 2009.
3: The underdog has gained the Ohio State-Michigan sport in three of the final 4 seasons.
5: Michigan is searching for its fifth straight win vs Ohio State, a feat the Wolverines have not completed since successful six straight from 1922-27; previous to this streak, Ohio State had gained eight straight within the sequence.
6: Ryan Day has solely misplaced six common season video games in his profession, and 4 have come in opposition to Michigan; he’s 75-6 within the common season as Ohio State’s head coach, and 81-10 when together with bowl video games.
7.6: Ohio State is holding opponents to 7.6 PPG, which is on tempo to be the fewest allowed by a workforce in a single season since 1986 Oklahoma (6.8).
8: The Buckeyes have gained eight straight video games vs ranked opponents, the longest energetic streak in FBS.
11: Ohio State has gained 11+ video games in 5 consecutive seasons, the longest energetic streak in FBS.
13: The Buckeyes have been ranked No. 1 within the AP Ballot for 13 straight weeks, the college’s longest run at No. 1 since 2006.
15: Ohio State has gained 15 video games in a row, the longest energetic win streak in FBS.
19-1: Julian Sayin has thrown 19 TDs to only 1 INT in opposition to Large Ten opponents this season.
20.5: Michigan’s win as a 20.5-point underdog over Ohio State final season was the rivalry’s largest upset win within the FBS period.
23: The workforce to win the dashing battle has gained every of the final 23 conferences between these groups; the final workforce to get out-rushed and nonetheless win the sport was Michigan in 2000.
26-9: Ohio State has solely trailed for a complete of 26 minutes and 9 seconds this season, and have but to path within the second half of any sport on the yr.
36: Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate have mixed for 36 receiving TDs because the starting of final season, probably the most of any duo in FBS in that span.
50: That is the fiftieth ranked matchup between Ohio State and Michigan (most of any matchup in school soccer historical past), and the sixth time within the final seven conferences between the 2.
89.01: Ryan Day has gained 89.01% of his video games, the second-highest successful proportion of any head coach in school soccer historical past behind Walter Camp (92.4%).
98: Jeremiah Smith wants 98 receiving yards to file consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, which might make him the primary Ohio State participant ever to succeed in that milestone in his freshman and sophomore seasons.
121: This would be the 121st assembly between these two applications, with the primary one having been performed in 1897; Michigan leads the all-time sequence 62-56-6.
333: Ohio State has outscored opponents by 333 factors this season, the third-best mark in FBS— trailing solely Indiana and Texas Tech.
1984: The final time Michigan beat the No. 1 workforce within the AP Ballot was 1984, taking down Miami that yr; a win vs Ohio State would even be the fourth-ever win vs the AP No. 1 workforce in class historical past.
2,011: These two applications have a mixed 2,011 wins between the 2 of them, and are the 2 winningest applications in school soccer historical past (Michigan— 1,022, Ohio State— 989).
2,166: Bryce Underwood has 2,166 move yards on the yr, which is already the second-most by a real freshman QB in class historical past (Chad Henne– 2,743 in 2004).
2,191: Gameday will mark 2,191 days since Ohio State final beat Michigan (November 30, 2019); that is the primary time Ohio State has gone greater than 5 calendar years with out beating Michigan since a near-7-year drought from 1987-94.
2,217: Jeremiah Smith has 2,217 receiving yards in his profession, which is probably the most of any Buckeye ever of their first two seasons.
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