The Ohio State Buckeyes are heading into the upcoming college football season with arguably the most talented roster in the entire country. While the Buckeyes obviously have their sights set on competing for a national title this upcoming season, there’s one other thing it feels like they must accomplish: beating Michigan.
In preparation for the upcoming college football season, some Big Ten coaches spoke to Athlon Sports anonymously, and a couple of couches agreed that the Buckeyes absolutely need to beat Michigan this upcoming season.
“It’s not national title or bust, but it’s certainly beat Michigan or bust, and the expectation is always to win the league,” one coach said.
“Nothing really matters until they can get Michigan off their backs in November,” another coach told Athlon. “The standards here are higher than anywhere else this season.”
Ohio State dominated Michigan consistently for about two decades before the Wolverines beat Ohio State in 2021. Since then, Michigan has beaten Ohio State for three years in a row and the Buckeyes haven’t won a game in the series since the 2019 season after the 2020 game was canceled due to COVID-19.
Needless to say, this year’s game is tremendously important for Ohio State.
