Michigan serves a vital role in sustaining Ohio State football.
That is a very weird way to start a column about the most earned national championship ever but hang on - it is important. Let's use this euphoric moment to imbibe on a little clarity and find a peaceful high together.
Michigan football is omnipresent in Ohio. Long before anyone reading this was born, it was Ohio State's singular aspiration - the club team in Columbus desperately wanted to emulate the varsity powerhouse in Ann Arbor as America entered the 20th century.
In 1906 the university adopted Carmen Ohio as its alma mater, a song that doesn't exist without Michigan football.