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Michigan players from out of state embrace the Ohio State rivalry, too

ANN ARBOR -- Ben Bredeson stepped to the podium Monday and was frank in his experience with the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry.

Up through high school, he had little exposure to it. He had heard about it, sure -- just like he had heard about the Michigan football program, the one he committed to in the summer of 2015.

But that following year quickly became a crash course in learning what the Wisconsin native was getting himself into. He bought books and read up on Michigan as much as he could. He watched all that was out there.