Remember when going 0-4 against Ohio State meant something?
What's beautifully commonplace these days was unthinkable a few decades ago.
Even with Michigan's dominance in the 1990's, there was a certain ebb and flow to the Ohio State/Michigan rivalry which all but guaranteed at least one neutral result against That Team Up North/Down South. There had only been one instance of four straight losses on either side of the rivalry since 1950, and the only times that Michigan had lost four in a row to the Buckeyes was from 1934-37 and 1960-63.
When Jim Tressel sauntered on the scene in 2001 and promptly guaranteed (I mean, not really, but shut up!