Because they wouldn't let us go for three

Tomorrow is the BIG showdown between Ohio State and Michigan.

This will be the 3rd time in 103 meetings that the two teams meet with unbeaten records. Without a doubt the winner will play (and deserves the right) for the National Title.

Go Buckeyes!

This is arguably one of the biggest rivalries in college football. And here are some interesting facts I have discovered about this rivalry (got them all from the same source):

- In the 1946 game, Michigan, leading 55-0 late in the game, lined up and kicked a field goal.

- In 1950, the teams played through a blizzard with 29 inches of snow and more than 50,000 fans sat through it. Michigan's Chuck Ortmann punted 24 times, and the Wolverines won 9-3, despite failing to make a first down. Buckeyes coach Wes Fesler quit a few days later. Ohio State hired the little-known Hayes away from Miami (Ohio).

- In 1970, a local judge in Columbus dismissed a charge of obscenity against a defendant arrested for wearing a T-shirt that said, "F--- Michigan" because the message "accurately expressed" local feelings about the university and the state.

- Woody Hayes sometimes bunked his team in Toledo on the night before a game in Ann Arbor so the Buckeyes could sleep on Ohio ground.

- Woody Hayes refused to buy gasoline in the state of Michigan.

- By state law, the Franklin County (Ohio) Board of Elections is supposed to begin counting the provisional ballots cast in this month's 15th Congressional District race on Nov. 18, 2006. Rep. Deborah Pryce leads challenger Mary Jo Kilroy by 3,536 votes. However, the board will not begin to count the votes until Nov. 19 so that the counters may watch the Ohio State-Michigan game.

But the most amusing fact and the statement that best sums up the rivalry and level of dislike between these two teams comes from none other than Woody Hayes.

In 1968, already leading late in the fourth quarter, Ohio State scored their final touchdown of the game. Instead of kicking the PAT, they went for and scored the 2 point conversion. Final score of that game 50-14.

When asked after the game why they went for 2, Hayes replied:

"Because they wouldn't let us go for three."

Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler won't be watching tomorrow's game.
Rest in peace Bo.