Just to repeat what literally everyone’s said since the Ohio State Buckeyes’ 56-27 thrashing of the Michigan Wolverines:
Ohio State is more talented than Michigan, and that’s the main reason they win The Game every year.
The Buckeyes’ ability to collect blue-chip talent and replenish it every season puts them on a level that only Alabama and Clemson are on, and —despite recruiting very well— Michigan just isn’t in the same neighborhood. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s add another reason why Ohio State dominates the game:
They’re hungrier.
Justin Fields to reporters postgame: “I just think we take it more serious than they do.