Jack Park, a leading Ohio State football historian, checks in each week during the college football season with a retrospective about the Buckeyes.
For the first time in Ohio State history, the Buckeyes will face Michigan State and Michigan back-to-back during the regular season. The fractured Buckeyes will head north on Saturday to face improved Michigan in an attempt to pick up the pieces after last week’s uninspiring 17-14 home loss to the Spartans.
During the 50 seasons from 1965 through 2014, the Buckeyes have only eight times lost on the Saturday before their regular-season finale against the Wolverines.