Tailback Hassan Haskins shined once again, tallying 169 yards and five touchdowns - a tie for the single-game touchdown record - on the day. And it showed every time that the Buckeyes tightened the score. 4, despite most in the media saying that the Wolverines had next to no shot to take down the Buckeyes - noting that the weapons OSU has at its disposal are too numerous - as Hutchinson said on Tuesday, this team was not scared of No. In the biggest game in Ann Arbor since 2003, when Michigan was ranked No. Michigan football posts epic hype video before Ohio State game His three sacks added to his total, which is a single-season record now for the Wolverines. Senior captain and edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson was electric, despite being a giant focus of the OSU offensive line. Though the scarlet and grey were expected to move the ball - and they did - it was a masterful plan by new defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, executed about as well as it possibly could. It was the defense against the vaunted Ohio State offense. While the run game starred for the Wolverines, that wasn’t the big story.

Against a touted defensive front, Michigan returned to its roots, doing what it did early in the season, hitting the ground and pound hard, and the Buckeyes had no answer for it. It turns out that the “Beat Ohio” drill, a 9-on-7 drill based on physicality and the run game, wasn’t just a named formality, empty words used to indicate that Ohio State was finally the focal point for this maize and blue program. And on Saturday, the Wolverines played with pent-up aggression, embodying every single second of that drought - from the players to the coaching staff. That’s how long it had been since Michigan football had bested its rival in Ohio State.

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