A not-especially memorable 26-24 loss for Ohio State in Columbus, with one exception. I had been babbling about Chris Spielman to a buddy of mine from college, and I had a chance to get this friend up to the game from Athens to see just what the hell I had been talking about. I bet… Read More history: 1986.

This was the road game where Jim Laughlin blocked a punt which Todd Bell scooped up and ran back for a touchdown to win the game 18-15. That wrapped up a perfect regular season, but we lost a heartbreaker in the Rose Bowl when Charles White ran for about 500 yards and the winning touchdown.… Read More history: 1979

I tend to know way too much about this football rivalry, and an awful lot of it comes from personal experience. So because I’m not yet fired up enough about Saturday, we’re going to go through some of those memories. If you have recollections of the same year, please pass them on. Here’s my first:… Read More history.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A 7-year-old boy was at the center of a Franklin County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy, whose name was withheld by the court, has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody… Read More news flash.

We’re not. We’re still 2 days, 21 hours and 28 minutes away, in fact. Until then, here’s a happy memory from a year ago. We’re going to see at least one repeat on Saturday.

I just read, on the web site of the Ann Arbor News, a screed from Michael Taylor, a caretaker Michigan quarterback who did his best to hold on to the position between Jim Harbaugh and Elvis Grbac. Obviously Mikey didn’t get the memo from above — probably straight from Schembechler — about not saying anything… Read More class.