Bob Wojnowski and Angelique Chengelis preview the Michigan-Ohio State game and Michigan State Insider Nick Hill previews the MSU-Maryland game. The Detroit News
Ann Arbor — Well, that strategy didn’t work. The theory was, if Michigan politely dialed it down against Ohio State for a few years, it’d raise the level of civility in the rivalry. It’d make the folks down there feel better about themselves, less likely to be disruptive when they visit our state on weekend work-release programs.
It was an unorthodox plan, to be sure. And as usual, the Buckeyes simply took it too far.