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The Situational: Kingdom Come

Rest in Peace, Ohio State-Michigan 1969 parallels.

You were simply too beautiful to exist. The Wolverines' first-year coaching savior debuting against the undefeated flagship program from his own birth state, coached by a big, bad bully leading the defending national champions into Ann Arbor with everything on the line for both teams.

That happened before. It almost happened again.

michigan vs. ohio state
The most captivating coaching matchup in football.

Romanticizing the return of 1969 fell apart on a cold, wet field that went stubbornly unstretched by the home team for four miserable hours last Saturday.