Newsstand: Colin Cowherd — 'Jim Harbaugh has relegated Ohio State to just another team Michigan beats'
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Michigan has beaten Ohio State three straight seasons, and FOX host Colin Cowherd believes the rivalry has shifted, and will remain at its current spot, as long as head coach Jim Harbaugh is in Ann Arbor.
“More than anything, this cannot be disputed, Ohio State was arguably, along with Alabama, the best college football program in America about four years ago,” Cowherd said on his show. “Now they are the second-best program in their own conference the Big Ten. Jim Harbaugh has relegated Ohio State to just another team Michigan beats.
“Ohio State was pushed around by Michigan for the third year in a row — and this was the ‘great’ Ohio State defense. It was vaunted,it was exceptional. Michigan had more than 120 rushing yards in the second half. That is owning somebody.
“Like politics and religion, the Harbaugh haters line up. They’ve got to find a way to tear him down. ‘He’s cheating, the scandal, the signs!’ Again, without the signs, Michigan was even more dominant and scored on every second-half drive they didn’t kneel.
“In football, Ohio State can claim a lot of things, but one thing is indisputable, as long as Jim Harbaugh remains the coach at Michigan, you may occasionally beat him, but they will have the best coach and the best culture in the series.
“In politics, you can claim ‘we actually won, it was rigged!’ At Ohio State, ‘it’s cheating!’ The only way to re-claim this series if you’re a Buckeye — cross your fingers that he leaves.”
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