Land-Grant Holy Land · Nov 20, 2015
Ohio State vs. Michigan State preview: Buckeyes battle Spartans in biggest test yet
Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY SportsThe Buckeyes face the Spartans at home, with absolutely everything to play for.
The parallels between football and war are drawn too often, and ring too hollow, for it not to feel trite to preview Ohio State's upcoming game with such a connection. But in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The General in His Labyrinth, a fictionalized account of the last days of Simon Bolivar, lies an excerpt that may as well have been written about the Buckeyes' 2015 season:
He was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line.
"Damn it, he sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!"
