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Who exactly is Rutgers' top football rival? The new beat writer investigates

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer recently inspired a wave of snarky internet headlines when he stressed the importance of success in rivalry games to a group of recruits at a camp … with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh standing a few feet away.

“I want to see it in your rivalry game. I want to see it on fourth down, when the team needs you,” Meyer said, via SB Nation. “Not when you’re running around in shorts and T-shirts doing vertical jumps. ... The big game, man. The big one. The one that matters. Not the one where you’re up four scores in the third quarter.