Buckeyes Turn Rivalry Into 42-7 Laugher

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"This was an emotional week," OSU coach Jim Tressel said. "These 28 guys, I told them last night in a meeting that just the seniors and I had, I've been coaching for a long time, this is my 23rd senior class, I don't know if I'm getting old or whatever, but this is a group that was as unselfish as I've ever seen and as special as I've ever seen and has had as many battles as I've ever seen and accomplished now I guess you can say quite a bit, so they're a special group."

"The missed opportunities are a big thing we've dealt with all year," UM coach Rich Rodriguez said. "We had great field position in the beginning of the game, but we are not good enough to win ball games without taking advantage of those opportunities."

"I think we've played very well in November because I thought there were three great challenges," said Tressel. "When you have to go to Northwestern, you have to go to Illinois, then the Ohio State-Michigan game is a great challenge, no matter where you play it. So Fd have to assess that we've played well in November, and I still say it's all because of the leadership of those seniors that they were not going to allow this team to do anything other than finish right."

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Buckeyes Turn Rivalry Into 42-7 Laugher

The very nature of rivalry games makes for upsets, unheralded players stepping forward and eyebrow-raising afternoons.

The latest version of the Ohio State-Michigan affair stuck largely to ...

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