Michigan, Ohio State set bar high for other rivalries
By Dave Revsine
Eighty-one points. I still can't believe Ohio State and Michigan combined for 81 points. The 39 the Buckeyes gave up was 45 percent of the total they had allowed the previous 11 games -- and they won. Remarkable stuff.A few more numerical reflections on the week that was before we plow ahead into Saturday's games.
56.8: Keeping with the percentage theme (which seems like the best way to comprehend it), Ohio State's total of 187 rushing yards was 56.8 percent of the 329 yards total that Michigan had allowed in 11 games coming in.
525: Looking at it another way, the Buckeyes' rushing total was 525 percent more than the 29.9 yards per game the Wolverines had been giving up on average.
52, 56; 2: The Buckeyes had touchdown runs of 52 and 56 yards. The longest touchdown run that Michigan had allowed all year coming in was 2 yards.
25: In fact, the Wolverines hadn't given up a run longer than 25 yards all season. The Buckeyes had three runs longer than that on Saturday.
300: Buckeyes quarterback Troy Smith threw for 316 yards in the win. Smith has appeared in 32 regular season games for OSU and has thrown for 300 or more yards in just two of them. Both of those games were against Michigan.
5-1: As I'm sure you've heard by now, the win improved Jim Tressel's record against Lloyd Carr and Michigan to 5-1. Tressel becomes the first coach to win five of his first six Ohio State-Michigan games since … Lloyd Carr, who pulled it off from 1995 to 2000. How quickly they forget
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