Gene Smith comments prove how soft Ohio State has become 

Chris Balasby:Chris Balas05/10/24

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Ryan Day, Gene Smith
OSU coach Ryan Day and A.D. Gene Smith have lost to Michigan three straight years. © Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY

The Michigan – Ohio State rivalry really has been a unique one since the Bo vs. Woody days. The “ten-year war” as they called it, when Bo Schembechler went at his mentor, Woody Hayes with a —well, with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind — was exactly what many would say is the definition of true rivalry.