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BEAT MICHIGAN WEEK Students tear fences down, jump in Mirror Lake early

YANN SCHREIBER / Lantern reporter

A man holds an Ohio flag over fences surrounding the Mirror Lake area on Nov. 24.

INGRID GARDNER AND NICK ROLL Lantern reporters gardner.1053@osu.edu and roll.66@osu.edu

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Then-junior tight end Jeff Heuerman (86) raises the ball into the air during a game against Michigan on Nov. 30 in Ann Arbor, Mich. OSU won, 42-41.

For a while, it seemed as though the ducks might make more of a splash than any students.

Last year, students jumped in the lake a night early in response to a university policy change that required them to get wristbands to enter the Mirror Lake area for the traditional jump before the Michigan game. There were also fences erected around the area prohibiting entry.

This year, students also jumped a night early, on Monday, to protest the fences and wristbands.

As of Monday evening, more than 380 people had responded to a Facebook event for “Mirror Lake Monday” saying they were going.

The event was slated to occur at 8 p.m.

A student who helped organize the event — who asked to remain anonymous because he was currently pursuing a job and didn’t want to be associated with the event — said he created the event after being involved in last year’s early jump.

“I created this event in part since I was involved in organising (sic) the Monday night jump last year on OSU’s subreddit and the other students that were involved last year have either all graduated or have no interest this year,” the student said via Facebook message.

The student added that he wasn’t sure how many people would actually show up.

“I do believe that opposition to the university administration’s sponsorship and regulation of the jump is widely held. I’m not sure however how many students will be willing to voice/ display their opposition with police present at Mirror Lake,” he said.

At about 8:45 p.m., before there was a police presence around the lake, a group of nine students jumped in, although it seemed to be out of convenience rather than rebellion.

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OSU prepares for the Wolverines to bring their best TIM MOODY Sports editor moody.178@osu.edu One team has already booked a ticket to the Big Ten Championship Game, and the other is a loss away from missing postseason play completely.

But when Ohio State and Michigan go headto-head, records are irrelevant.

“It’s gonna be a war, no matter what the records are,” senior tight end Jeff Heuerman said Monday.

The Buckeyes (10-1, 7-0) and Michigan (5-6, 3-4) are scheduled to play for the 111th time on Saturday at Ohio Stadium.

OSU coach Urban Meyer said there’s simply more significance when Michigan comes calling than other teams.

“This is not another game,” Meyer said Monday. “This is The Game.”

Meyer was long-winded when explaining the importance of the rivalry, and stressed how much it means to both sides.

“I know I’m kind of going on and on, but it’s a huge deal here,” he said. “And it’s something that was — it’s always been a huge deal. As long as I can remember, this game is The Game.”

While the Wolverines aren’t always the Buckeyes’ only rival, Heuerman explained that Michigan is OSU’s only constant rival, making the game even bigger.

“I remember back (at Big Ten) media days, everyone was asking about the Michigan State game, and I think what makes the Michigan State

game such a big rivalry is when both teams are really good,” Heuerman said. “But the team up north game, regardless of records and all that, it’s a big game.”

As the two teams prepare for Saturday’s matchup, they have different goals in mind.

OSU — ranked No. 6 in the College Football Playoff top 25 — likely needs to win in order to keep its hopes of making the playoff alive, while the Wolverines must win in order to earn an invitation to a bowl game. Senior defensive lineman Michael Bennett said the added motivation simply puts even more emphasis on an already important matchup.

“The stakes are raised for both sides,” Bennett said Monday. “If we want to go where we want to go, we have to beat them. If they want to make it to a bowl, they have to beat us. And then it’s just the classic rivalry.”

Bennett added that there is even more motivation knowing that Michigan has a chance to derail the Buckeyes’ dreams.

“It almost increases our aggression toward them because we understand that they want so badly to ruin our season and we just can’t allow that to happen,” he said. “We already want to beat them really badly, but now it just raises the stakes.”

The rivalry — which has spanned every season since 1918 after the two teams originally played in 1897 — has historically been led by Michigan. The Wolverines have a 58-45-6 all-time record against OSU, but the Buckeyes have won 10 of the last 12 meetings, excluding the 2010 matchup that was vacated after the “TattooGate” scandal.

A moment from WWII still rings strongly for alumnus ‘Doc’ Allen 70 years later GRANT MILLER Copy chief miller.5617@osu.edu By the time the 1940 football season came around, William “Bill” Nosker was one of the most experienced members of the Ohio State football team. He was a regular starter at guard on the 1938 and ‘39 teams, the latter of which won the school’s first outright Big Ten title since Nosker was 1 year old.

He contributed to an OSU team that went 4-4 in 1940, but shortly after the season ended, he would no longer be a student. During his senior year, he decided to enlist in the Air Force, for reasons he held close to his heart.

At that time, nobody knew him better than his then-future wife, Jean Sanborn. She’s now Jean Lombard, a 96-year-old resident of Upper Arlington, who met Nosker when they were both growing up in Upper Arlington.

Lombard said they started dating in high school, and they eventually married on Jan. 16, 1942, at Kelly Field in San

Antonio, Texas. Before all of that happened, though, she has clear recollections of why Nosker enlisted even before America’s involvement in World War II began.

“He just loved to fly. He was so anxious to fly, that was all,” Lombard said. “But he left Ohio State a quarter before he was to graduate, and then, later on, wrote some kind of a term paper for his professor (to finish his degree).”

He wasn’t alone in joining, either. Fellow football stars Don Scott — an All-American, and the namesake of OSU’s airport, Don Scott Field — and Eino Sarkkinen all enlisted at the same time. They were given a send-off by the Varsity “O,” and joined four other OSU athletes in enlisting on March 16, 1941.

By August 1944, Nosker had flown about 35 missions, according to The Ohio State University Monthly, and he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and the Air Medal. Like in his football playing days at OSU, Nosker was injured multiple times while in the service. One instance occurred in a softball

QUICK LOOK While OSU has already clinched a spot in the 2014 Big Ten Championship Game, Michigan is a win away from becoming bowl eligible. A Wolverine win would send them to the postseason, and likely eliminate the Buckeyes from playoff contention.

OSU has won each of the past two seasons as the favorites heading into the game, but the Wolverines nearly pulled the upset a year ago before falling, 42-41. Senior wide receiver Evan Spencer said no matter what the records are, the Buckeyes can expect the highest intensity from Michigan when The Game rolls around.

“We know every time we go into this game we are gonna get their absolute best,” Spencer said Monday. “Whatever we watch on film, we’re gonna see 10-times better effort.”

Spencer added that the Michigan game will be one of the “most physical” games the Buckeyes will play.

“Just because of the rivalry,” he said.

“Because of the animosity for each other.”

That animosity spilled over last season, leading to a fight between the two teams that saw two Buckeyes and one Wolverine ejected.

Bennett said Meyer had a simple rule for OSU when it comes to picking fights with Michigan: “He said, don’t do it again.”

Brawling aside, Meyer agreed that the

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Commencement speaker comes from close to home for OSU LOGAN HICKMAN AND LEISA DECARLO Campus editor and Lantern reporter hickman.201@osu.edu and decarlo.25@osu.edu

both Ohio natives, but in the summer of 1944, Nosker — now a major — was promoted to the 376th bomb group.

On the morning of Aug. 15 — a little over a month after his promotion — Nosker took off from a base in southern Italy as a part of the launch of Operation Dragoon. Nosker’s B-24 crashed soon after takeoff, and

Graduating students seeking advice for their futures are set to get some from a man well-versed in history.

Ohio State history professor David Steigerwald is set to address approximately 3,200 graduating students during Autumn Commencement, OSU announced Monday.

Steigerwald is a 1982 OSU alumnus who teaches 20th century history at the Marion branch campus as well as main campus. He specializes in post-World War II American history and American intellectual Courtesy of David Steigerwald history. He is currently the OSU history professor director of the DepartDavid Steigerwald. ment of History’s World War II study abroad program.

“We are honored to welcome Ohio State alumnus and esteemed history professor David Steigerwald as our upcoming commencement speaker,” said President Michael Drake in a released statement. “Widely recognized as a distinguished scholar and teacher, Professor

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John ‘Doc’ Allen worked in the U.S. Army Air Force, as it was known at the time, as a medic during World War II. He was presented the Soldier’s Medal, the highest non-combat honor. game when Nosker slipped and hit a rock. Nosker’s first baseman on the same team: Lloyd Bentsen, the future U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury and vice presidential candidate of “You’re no Jack Kennedy” fame.

Also playing in some of those games was Sgt. John “Doc” Allen, a medic in the 449th Bombardment Group of the 15th Air Force — the same as Nosker. The two were

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campus Doc from 1A Allen just so happened to be nearby. The sergeant was one of the medics sent into the aftermath.

“They were trying to get the 449th bomb group behind his new group ... and his plane crashed, (while) trying to get all the planes together. He crashed with the bombs, and all the ammunition and all the fuels and everything, and it was a terrible thing,” Allen said.

“In the process of gathering up the bodies, the remains you might say, our group was given the job of trying to determine the identity of these remains,” Allen said. “And the remains of one was an arm and a ring, with an (Ohio State Big Ten Championship) ring. And I asked the captain, I said, ‘Say, I know who this is. This is Bill Nosker.’ And he said ‘Take that ring off.’”

And he did. Allen said the situation — with flames and immense wreckage all around — was tough to negotiate.

Without the ring, he doesn’t think he could’ve identified the body.

“No. No, there were several arms in there,” he said when asked.

Out of all the enlisted men, the one to find Nosker was someone who already knew so much about him as a fellow Ohio native and an OSU football fan. And Nosker’s body — once the makings of an accomplished offensive lineman — was no more.

The last part of him that bore his identity was seen by someone who was able to recognize its significance right away.

And in that instant, the two men were forever connected.

——————— When you walk into the lobby of Nosker House, a residence hall on North Campus, there’s nothing really out of the norm.

Relatively new tables and chairs, a pool table, a TV at one end.

But turn to the left once you’re through the front door and there it is. A plaque with three pictures: one of Nosker in full football gear charging at the camera, another of him in his football jersey but standing in front of a plane and a final headshot of him in military uniform.

As the university began to expand north in the 1960s, the Board of Trustees decided to name the new low-rise residence halls after “former students who are representative of the University’s honored war dead,” according to its minutes. Nosker was chosen as one of them. Now, that area of campus is changing, and because of a $370 million redevelopment project on North Campus, Nosker House will feel the blow of a wrecking ball next spring.

Student Life spokesman Dave Isaacs said in an email that the university is “looking into options” regarding how it could commemorate Nosker and others in the new North Campus Residential District. Since all building names require approval from the Board of Trustees, Isaacs said OSU won’t have any new information on the subject until the Board meets in January, at the earliest.

There are, after all, people who care — “I hope they keep that name,” Allen said.

——————— The war in Europe lasted almost nine more gruesome months after Nosker died. Allen was one of those to survive it all, and while he was home on furlough, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. It was the end of that chapter in his life.

Nosker, meanwhile, was mourned immediately, a reflection of the impression he left. His good friend Scott had died a year before Nosker, and both were mentioned in numerous posts in The Lantern and The Monthly. The former put out a special

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Jean Lombard, William Nosker’s widow and a 96-year-old resident of Upper Arlington, shares newspaper clippings written about Nosker.

“V-E Edition,” and the magazine’s editor John B. Fullen wrote of various former students who went to war. His description of Nosker: “There was Bill Nosker. His buddies in Upper Arlington thought he was good enough to make the football varsity at Ohio State. He did. He was as handsome and strapping a young Viking as you ever saw. A few short years ago, we published Bill’s picture on the cover of The Monthly, walking ‘cross campus with a co-ed. Of all the fine pictures of college kids we have published, this was the classic. It radiated the good looks and youth and vitality, the glory and the strength of young America.

You should have seen Bill in his military uniform as commander of a B-24 squadron. Usually a uniform does something for the wearer. Bill did something for the uniform.

“Bill walked into the office one day on leave from his squadron.

So big and handsome he was with that open, boyish grin of his. The strong, friendly grip of his big paw almost broke our hand. When the word came that he had been killed in a bomber crash—a night flight for which he had volunteered—we could not believe it.”

Lombard still has numerous newspaper clippings and mementos of Nosker, and can still remember most, if not all, of his accomplishments, all these years later.

“I just never dreamed he wouldn’t come back,” she said. “Bill was pretty special.”

After the war, life went on for Allen.

Around the same time that issue of The Monthly was released, Allen used the G.I. Bill to go to college. But instead of going to med school like he had planned, he wound up attending OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and graduated in 1949.

Once he got his degree, he was asked by the acting dean where he’d like to go.

“Well, I said, I’d like to go to Southern Ohio and he (the dean) said ‘that’s where we need (veterinarians). That’s a good idea.’

And I said well my dad played baseball down there in the town and got acquainted with them and I’d like to go to Waverly, Ohio,” Allen said.

He stayed, and married a woman named June on Dec. 8, 1945, and had three kids. They still live in the same house they moved into after Allen graduated from OSU. Allen was a veterinarian for 48 years, and served as Pike County Commissioner for 20 years — two full-time jobs, day and night. Now, at 91, he has time for other things, like watching his beloved Buckeyes, or spending time with fellow servicemen. This past August, the 449th reunited at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside of Dayton.

“The joke is: wherever you go, it doesn’t matter where it is, someone knows Doc,’” his son-in-law, Alan Davis, said. “So we’re at Niagara Falls, Canadian side. People everywhere.

‘Where’s Doc? Where’s Doc? Why hasn’t he kept up with us?’

Oh, he’s talking to someone he knows.”

And when Allen goes to shake hands, he directs the person away from his right arm. There’s a reason.

“Shake my left hand. It’s the one closer to the heart,” he said.

A heart that, like a ring, connected — and still connects — these two extraordinary men. Buckeyes by birth and education, known to peers unlike anyone else. The firm friendship of Bill Nosker and Doc Allen.

This story is part two of a two-part series about Maj. William Nosker and the man who identified his remains, Sgt. John Allen.

Part one ran in Monday’s paper.

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Commencement from 1A Steigerwald will share his perspective on American history and how our graduates can be successful in an ever-changing global future.”

Steigerwald won the Alumni Distinguished Teaching award — the university’s highest recognition for teaching excellence — in 2009.

He said being selected as the speaker is an “overwhelming honor,” in a Monday email.

“I grew up in Ohio and came here as a first-generation college student, sort of on a lark, not knowing what I wanted to do,” Steigerwald said. “I had the good fortune to study with a handful of marvelous history professors, and they set the course of my career. Between my undergrad years and my many years on the faculty, I’ve spent almost my whole adult life associated with OSU.” This year’s Fall Commencement is set to cost $120,000, OSU spokeswoman Amy Murray said in an email. Last year’s cost $118,000.

Students were part of the selection process that chose Steigerwald, OSU spokeswoman Liz Cook said in an email. She said the speaker was selected by the subcommittee of the Speaker Advisory Committee. The subcommittee is comprised of three student members and three faculty committee members, she said.

The university received backlash from students for not gaining student input in the selection process that brought political analyst Chris Matthews to OSU as the 2014 Spring Commencement speaker.

Instead of a committee choosing the speaker like

Mirror Lake from 1A “I’m working before and during the actual jump tomorrow,” said Alex Cohen, a fourth-year in computer science and engineering.

“I’m leaving tomorrow to go home for Thanksgiving break,” said Zach Ponath, a first-year in visual communication and design.

While University Police and Columbus Division of Police officers were present throughout much of the night, they did not appear to be stopping students from entering the lake. A University Police officer referred inquiries to Capt. David Rose, who was not available for comment Monday evening.

Two members from Student Safety Services, who were with the police officers, declined to comment.

But then officers started closing the fences and escorting any would-be jumpers out of the area, and before 10:50 p.m., all entrances were closed off.

A group of about 30 students, however, found a gap in the fence along 12th Avenue and rushed into the lake screaming.

At about 11 p.m., the lake was completely sealed off, and crowds started to gather at the

usual, Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph Steinmetz said during a March interview with The Lantern that he and others in the Office of Academic Affairs, including “all the vice provosts and vice presidents,” chose Matthews.

Some students who are set to graduate at the end of this semester said they were pleased with Steigerwald’s selection.

“This history guy probably has a good understanding of Ohio State since he graduated from here, since he’s an (alumnus),” said Ben Weisbrod, a fourth-year in criminology.

Weisbrod said he would like Steigerwald to give a speech that’s both compelling and out of the ordinary.

“I think it would be kind of cool if he offers something out-of-the-box, not the generic ‘you can do it’ speech that everybody gives at commencement — maybe something more truthful and honest,” Weisbrod said. “Definitely not a history lesson — that’d be kind of boring. I’m done with school at that point.”

Kirsten Mullins, a fourth-year in finance, said she hopes Steigerwald gives some advice on adjusting to life outside of a collegiate environment.

“It’s a culture shock to leave something we’ve known, so it’s a big deal to talk about advice and how to transfer from school to the real world,” she said.

The ceremony is set to be held Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Schottenstein Center.

Distinguished Service Awards are set to be given during the ceremony to Martha Garland, a senior administrator, and OSU alumnus Robert Weiler, chairman of the board of Columbus real estate company Robert Weiler Company.

fence on the South Oval. The crowd started chanting “We don’t give a damn about the whole state of Michigan,” “Let us jump,” and, in reference to the two mounted officers inside the fence, “Free the horses.”

An officer tried to calm the crowd of students, saying that the lake wasn’t safe to jump in, but it was to no avail. At about 11:30 p.m., a lone man ran through a gap in the fence, and the crowd reacted by cheering and subsequently knocking down the fence to join him at the lake.

No arrests were made Monday night, according to a Columbus Police officer, and students continued jumping past midnight.

E.J. Powers, a first-year in marketing, didn’t doubt that he’d get to jump Monday night.

“If 10 people showed up it wasn’t gonna happen, but since so many people showed up, we knew we were gonna get in,” Powers said. “(Jumping on Monday) is what they did last year, and it’s kind of an act of rebellion I guess.”

Powers — along with a couple thousand of his OSU classmates, according to a Facebook event for the Mirror Lake jump — plans on jumping Tuesday night as well.

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opinion Freshman, fences among 6 people you’ll meet at Mirror Lake jump DANIELLE SEAMON AND MICHELE THEODORE Arts editor and Managing editor of content seamon.17@osu.edu and theodore.13@osu.edu The Mirror Lake jump is upon us, so you might as well jump, jump on it, jump! jump! jump! and whatever other ’80s or ’90s dance anthem you want to use.

Here are some people you will see at the … err … university tradition that became sanctioned but is denied as being sanctioned but acknowledged as sanctioned through imposed rules? Or, you know, the Mirror Lake jump.

Person angry about the wristbands He was mad last year, and he’s sure as hell still mad this year. These two years of being forced to wear a wristband are the worst of this person’s life.

This person feels he is the victim of the “establishment,” and the wristbands are the handcuffs of corporate America trying to bring down a group of 22-year-old frat bros going to school in the Midwest (perhaps the most persecuted sector in the U.S. demographic). Just look at his shoulders — scratched and splintered from the heavy cross he has to carry (and the oversized inner tube he brought to float in the lake).

He’ll get a wristband, sure, but that won’t stop him and his friends from yelling loudly at everyone they pass. After all, this isn’t about hating Michigan anymore — this is about hating Ohio State for being a bunch of “conformists” and “poseurs” (yeah, we don’t know what that means either).

This person sees himself as an activist and will begin a “demonstration” by ferociously ripping off the wristband and throwing it into the lake. He will get two of his friends to do it with him.

That’ll show them.

The resident adviser The RA has been counting down the days until Mirror Lake on his daily inspirational calendar, and his excitement for the day exceeds that giddy feeling he gets when he initiates uncomfortable icebreakers and asks the sex questions on the roommate agreement.

He’s not jumping because the university has put him in a position of authority that evening, and he is responsible for the well-being of his residents and anyone he sees not taping their shoes to their feet (aka his contract forbids him from jumping). He also happens to be allergic to fun.

He’s grabbing his citation paper, sharpening his No. 2 pencil and practicing his least impressed face, all in the interest of fulfilling his

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non-existent but self-imposed quota of write-ups for the semester.

But still, there is a void in the shape of joy, camaraderie and f---ing Michigan in this person’s heart that could be perfectly filled with two Natty Lights, body paint and borderline hypothermia.

Err … not that he really considers jumping into the lake fun, come to think of it. He has way more fun trying to figure out if that smell is marijuana or a rotting skunk.

Freshman The freshman first heard of the Mirror Lake jump when she was a senior in high school from a friend of a friend of friend, so she’s pretty much an expert.

She knows you’re supposed to put duct tape all over your shoes, so she bought that OSU patterned tape to really drive the point home.

She’s also heard that it’s cool to yell “f--- Michigan,” and she doesn’t normally swear, but it totally seems worth it tonight.

She’s getting a rush from all the risky things she’s about to be doing, and — who knows — maybe she’ll even be able to talk her friend’s brother’s roommate into buying her some Mike’s Hard for the occasion.

She’s going to jump with all 40 people who live on her floor because they’re all her best friends. Surely, they won’t get separated on the way there, and surely, they won’t be scared to jump in the lake. She’s planning on staying in for a really long time because it looks so cool.

In reality, she’ll probably hold hands with her three new friends, shriek the moment she gets in the lake and run the entire way back to her dorm.

She will also lose her phone, and if not, crack the screen.

Sixth-year senior The sixth-year senior has been jumping since before it was cool. The first time he jumped, Jim Tressel was still the coach and he’s tried to relive that glory ever since. He also jumped after Osama bin Laden’s death, the time he actually passed a class, the time he didn’t get carded for beer when he was 20 and the first time he got laid.

He’s decided to go early for what could very likely be his last hoorah in the pond.

He’s bringing a small inflatable boat with him and six flags to wave around, and he’s only wearing a Speedo that’s decorated with a few Buckeye nuts.

He’s been skipping work since last Tuesday, staking out his perfect spot in the lake and preparing himself for the weather. He was last seen softly muttering to himself that “The cold never bothered me anyway,” and chugging his fifth Four Loko of the day. He’s also irritated that nobody else seems to have

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OSU fans jump into Mirror Lake on Nov. 26, 2013, as part of the annual event. their priorities straight and is as prepared for the jump as he is.

Also, he actually graduated in 2011. He just can’t shake all the #mems.

Person who doesn’t even go here Usually someone from the University of Cincinnati or Ohio University, this person despises the institution of Ohio State 364 days and 16 hours a year.

But when it comes to slightly-illegal lakeswimming — hallelujah, they find Jesus in the form of OSU. So this person drives the two-odd hour drive to campus, meets up with their OSU friend(s) and either buys a wristband for $50 off a scalper (and the smartest person ever) or does some serious arts-and-crafting to make his own.

Come jump time and much alcohol later, his cognitive dissonance of simultaneously hating OSU and actually being at OSU to participate in a university tradition begins to exacerbate. You will then hear various outbursts of sophisticated prose from Person Who Doesn’t Even Go Here, usually along the lines of “Go UC!” “Go Bear/ Bobcats!” “Go OU!” “Go Michigan!” “Beat Ohio State!” and “Crush the Ohio State ‘F---eyes’!”

He believes that the hatred his school feels for OSU is experienced vice-versa, so he’s likely fantasizing of a situation where one of his contrary, anti-OSU chants in a crowd of OSU students will start a brawl. He will win, of course, and prove, once and for all, that UC is the best school in the entire state.

Little does he know, OSU just hates Michigan.

The fences No one gives less of a s--- than the fences.

Last year, they were all starry-eyed — fresh out of fencing school, ready to hit the ground running and anxious to fulfill their purpose of blocking things from other things. So you can only imagine their excitement when they landed the biggest gig in all of central Ohio — preventing rambunctious, drunk college students from jumping in a cesspool in under 40 degree weather before the universitysanctioned time of the event.

They come to work early — erecting themselves well before the big day.

“Students aren’t going to jump early,” school officials said.

“They won’t knock you down,” school officials said.

“Students don’t have the means of communicating with each other to initiate an unofficial jump the night before the official jump,” school officials said.

“Psh — naw man. You good,” school officials said.

Despite a raging case of post traumatic stress disorder from last year’s fiasco, the fences reluctantly agreed to be of service this year. However, they appear more exasperated, rusty with a 5 o’clock shadow and drooping links. They aren’t really sure when they are going to show up to start the gig, but when they do, they’ll down five cups of black coffee sprinkled with cynicism and a general sense that the world is out to get them.

“Do whatever you want,” the fences say. “The f--- I care.”

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Pop’s leading lady lands Super Bowl, shows realness TYLER ANDERSON Lantern reporter anderson.2273@osu.edu This is part of a weekly series called “Pop Opinions” where The Lantern offers its take on the week’s pop culture news.

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Upper left: Meganne Muir, a third-year in speech and hearing science, designs a T-shirt at OSU’s Beat Michigan Craft Night on Nov. 23.

Upper right: An assortment of craft materials are available for students to use Nov. 23 at the Ohio Union.

Bottom right: An assortment of buttons and sequins are available for students to use during OSU’s Beat Michigan Craft Night on Nov. 23.

Bottom left: Lauren Michlitsch, a fourth-year in sociology, constructs a necklace from beads and buckeyes.

MEGAN BUSKIRK Lantern reporter buskirk.29@osu.edu While many Ohio State students take pride in the Mirror Lake jump in anticipation of Saturday’s football game against Michigan, others choose to stay inside and craft with their Buckeye pride in mind.

On Sunday, OSU football fans gathered in the Archie Griffin Grand Ballroom West at the Ohio Union to attend the Beat Michigan Craft Night, an Ohio Union Activities Boardsponsored event.

The craft night had a great turnout, said Gabby Palombaro, special events chair and a third-year in integrated language arts and English education.

Admission was free and open to the public.

“We invest a lot of time in creating extraordinary experiences such as these for the students here at Ohio State,” Palombaro said in an email. “And Beat Michigan Craft Night is one of those staple experiences.”

The room was packed – some event-goers were even sitting on the floor crafting with friends, as every chair was occupied.

Among a wide variety of crafting materials available,

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individuals had the option of painting Block “O”s, decorating mason jars and T-shirts and creating buckeye necklaces and bows.

Drinks and snacks were also provided out of the student activity fee.

“This night gives everyone a chance to celebrate school spirit,” Palombaro said.

Hanna Norris, a third-year in actuarial science, said she enjoyed the event overall.

“I just wish we had gotten here sooner,” Norris said. “If we do this again, we’ll get here on time. It was really fun and there was the potential to make some great crafts, but it just wasn’t laid out well enough.”

Kristen McMaster, a third-year in actuarial science and finance, agreed with Norris.

“I came to this event my freshman year and it was much smaller – I think it was in the basement,” she said. “It has been fun, but we actually ran out of paint, so I’ve been mixing colors together to make gray. We even ran out of red.”

Compared to other OSU traditions centered on Saturday’s game, Beat Michigan Craft Night seemed to provide a relaxed, stress-free evening for its attendees.

“Thanks to the Buckeye pride of our students, Beat Michigan Craft Night 2014 was a success,” Palombaro said.

relatable depth of Taylor Swift’s, and she’s missing the commanding stage presence of Beyoncé.

She is neither particularly poignant nor eloquent in her speech, and she is one of the last superstars that I would label as “intelligent” (we’re talking about a girl who chose to dress up as a Cheeto for Halloween). For all intents and purposes, Katy Perry is a glorified regular person.

At least, that’s what I thought.

People often criticize American pop culture. It is said that we have a habit of handing fame to anyone and everyone. All that’s required for fame is a pretty face.

We give TV shows to people like the Kardashians — people with little in the departments of talent or measurable value. This is the category into which I lumped Katy Perry.

But then I read a tweet she penned moments after the announcement of her Super Bowl performance. The tweet reads: “3 AMA’S & SUPER BOWL?! Not long ago I was playing guitar on the streets of Santa Barbara for maybe 20 bucks a day & an avocado.

Wow, life!”

And that’s when it hit me.

Katy Perry is an underdog. Stars like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are idolized, but they carry an air of unattainability. It makes sense that they are famous. But Katy?

She’s somebody we can root for. She says and does the wrong things, and she often makes mistakes. Her interactions with her fans seem deeply human, and she makes a point to seem as though she is one of them.

Super Bowl needs Katy Perry more than vice versa It’s official: Katy Perry is set to perform the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. Rumors about the pop star’s involvement have been swirling for months, and were confirmed during Sunday Night Football.

During the earlier stages of negotiations, the NFL not-sosubtly asked Perry to pay for the opportunity to play at the nation’s most famous sporting event, to which she politely responded, ”I’m not the kind of girl who would pay to play the Super Bowl.”

(Rock on, KP) It’s been months since the initial request was made by the NFL, and judging by the fact that Katy is indeed set to play the show, I can only assume that she will in fact NOT be paying for the ability to perform. I’m happy about that, but I still can’t get over the nerve of the NFL. Asking Katy Perry to pay to perform is like asking her on a dinner date and expecting her to pick up the bill. It’s like inviting the president of the United States to your birthday party and asking him to bring the cake. It’s ridiculous and completely disrespectful.

This is Katy freakin’ Perry. She doesn’t need the publicity. If she has to pay to perform, it’s a waste of her time.

But I haven’t always felt that sort of respect for the woman with the cupcake boobs.

For the longest time, I didn’t understand Katy Perry’s popularity. Her Courtesy of TNS lyrics lack the Pop singer Katy Perry

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Cheesy dive delicious, overstates simplicity of sandwich staple BET’s decision GORDON exemplifies end of ALY Lantern reporter gordon.847@osu.edu televised music era DESIAIRE RICKMAN Lantern reporter rickman.16@osu.edu Black Entertainment Television announced Nov. 14 that “106 & Park,” its music video countdown show, will air its last on-air episode Dec. 19. The music video countdown program will become digital only.

Well, it finally happened. It’s the end of an era.

As a former viewer of the show, I do not find it surprising that cable television has lost yet another (and probably final) program dedicated to showcasing the hottest music videos of the week.

When I was younger, I used to watch MTV to find out what mainstream America was listening to, which artists were popular and which newcomers were catching buzz. “106 & Park,” which premiered in 2000, was BET’s flagship music variety show that highlighted black artists in the hip-hop and R&B scenes.

All of your favorite artists from these genres have probably performed on the “106 & Park” stage.

Broadcasted Monday through Friday in its 14-year run, the program introduced me to some of my favorite artists, from Destiny’s Child to Ludacris. I remember watching the show when the original hosts, A.J. and Free, were joking around with all of their guests.

The great thing about “106 & Park” was that although music was the main focus, it wasn’t just about the music. I had the opportunity to see black actors, athletes, fashion moguls and leaders in the entertainment industry.

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With a heavy heart and solemn stomach, I bade farewell to Pera, a Mediterranean eatery nestled at 1980 N. High St. It was just a stone’s throw from campus, and because of that, students like myself buried midterm woes beneath generous troughs of tzatziki, rice and feta cheese.

But with the closure of Pera (and subsequent end to gyro-fueled stress-eating) came a gaping hole in the hearts, souls and stomachs of OSU students — a hole that Tom+Chee, an up-and-coming Cincinnati franchiser, could perhaps fill.

Based on a simple premise — the tomato soup and grilled cheese love affair — the aptly-titled Tom+Chee opened its doors on Nov. 14 where Pera used to be.

As I walked into the restaurant, my frostfrozen nose was quickly and easily defrosted by the warm, aromatic cloud of garlic and basil that saturated the air. The interior, I noted, was simple in a childlike way, with vast walls of red and yellow, dark charcoal floors and sprawling phrases like “Melt-aphysical” and “Awesomely Yum” scribed boldly across the walls.

Cheesy, yes, but tolerably so, the place felt lively and upbeat, fueled by ubiquitous stimuli: the clatter of an open kitchen, the flashing of mounted TVs, Elton John belting in the background.

That said, patrons waited in a fast-moving line as they perused and picked their poison from the expansive yet specialized menu.

Despite the decent selection of tomato soups and salads, the menu is overwhelmingly, albeit expectedly, dominated by grilled cheese.

Myriad “Fancy Grilled Cheese” sandwiches — including the “Swiss+Shroom” ($4.95) and the bacon-and-pickle-packed “Flying Pig” ($6.95) — are poised alongside various eccentricities, namely an array of “Fancy Grilled Cheese Donuts.” A “Build Your Own” section allows

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Above: The Tom + Chee is a sandwich consisting of sourdough, cheddar, mozzarella, tomatoes and garlic seasoning shown here with tomato soup.

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Right: The SMore is a grilled-cheese donut from Tom + Chee that consists of marshmallow mascarpone, chocolate and graham cracker between a grilled glazed donut.

for more creativity, and with 11 different cheeses, six breads and seven meat options — not to mention various veggies and extras like blueberry compote and fried onions — you can mix-and-match your little heart out.

And vegans/gluten-free eaters, never fear: The menu has options for your tastebuds.

I ordered the “The Tom + Chee” ($4.95), a relatively simple sandwich made with tomatoes, garlic seasoning, melted cheddar

and mozzarella, all smashed between two slices of sourdough bread. My taste-buds were titillated, that’s for sure, enraptured by the lava-like cheese and crisp, buttery bread.

However, an intrusive thought — I could’ve totally made this at home — festered away.

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Redshirt-freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) carries the ball during a game against Illinois on Nov. 1 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 55-14.

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Then-redshirt-senior quarterback Troy Smith (10) escapes a pack of Michigan defenders during a game on Nov. 18, 2006, at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 42-39.

Barrett following in Smith’s footsteps

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Asst. sports editor grega.9@osu.edu In 2004, a redshirt-sophomore quarterback from Cleveland made just his fifth career start against the No. 7 Michigan Wolverines in Ohio Stadium.

Before that game, not many people knew who Troy Smith was, but after defeating the highly ranked Wolverines, 37-21, in The Game, Smith became a legend in Columbus.

Smith, who is set to have his No. 10 honored at halftime of Saturday’s Ohio StateMichigan matchup, said he did not know right away what that game in 2004 meant to him or the OSU faithful.

“You don’t really understand the magnitude of the game until years and years after,” Smith said Monday. “Until you hit the field, and you feel that there are really hundreds of

5 things to watch in The Game james grega, jr. and tim moody Asst. sports editor and Sports editor grega.9@osu.edu and moody.178@osu.edu It’s that time of year. It’s time for The Game.

With OSU coming off of a 42-27 win over Indiana, the Wolverines limp into The Game with a 5-6, 3-4 record, as a loss would keep them out of postseason play for the first time since the 2009-10 season.

As the Buckeyes and Wolverines prepare for the 111th meeting in the rivalry, The Lantern sports editors are prepared to give you five things to look for as the two teams are set to square off at noon Saturday in Ohio Stadium.

1. J.T. Barrett will need to eliminate turnovers in order to win/stay in the Heisman race The redshirt-freshman quarterback has thrown three interceptions in his last two games, and if that trend continues, the Buckeyes could be in for a rough game against Michigan.

While the Wolverines have won just five games this season, they boast the ninth best total defense in the country.

The Michigan defense is led by an Ohio native, redshirt-senior linebacker Jake Ryan, who is second in the Big Ten in total tackles and is set to play his final game against the Buckeyes.

Players such as Troy Smith, Charles Woodson and Desmond Howard have locked down the Heisman Trophy because of big days in The Game, and if Barrett wants to have a chance at the most coveted individual award in college football, he will need to play the game of his life on Saturday.

2. The Buckeyes will have to lock down Devin Funchess The junior tight end turned wide receiver has

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thousands of people watching you, watching your every single move, you really don’t have an understanding. It is a feeling I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.”

Smith went on to defeat Michigan in 2005 and 2006, the latter being arguably the biggest game in the rivalry’s history as the Buckeyes and Wolverines met in Ohio Stadium as No. 1 and No. 2 in the country, respectively.

OSU won that 2006 game, 42-39, making Smith just the second OSU quarterback ever to go 3-0 against Michigan, joining Tippy Dye who completed the feat from 1934-36.

Fast forward to 2014. Another OSU quarterback is set to make his first start against the Michigan Wolverines, albeit on a slightly different scale.

When Smith defeated the Wolverines in 2004, OSU was unranked and had already suffered four losses. Now, redshirt-freshman J.T. Barrett is leading a Buckeye team that

sits at 10-1, 7-0 on the season with a shot at the first-ever College Football Playoff still in reach.

Despite Barrett’s inexperience, Smith said he believes the young quarterback will perform admirably against the Wolverines.

“The first advice is to stick to the game plan. Don’t try to be someone that he is not,” Smith said. “Obviously we have gotten a chance to see the transformation and the growth behind J.T. Barrett this whole season and I am pretty much blown away ‘cause as a freshman, he is doing some things that it took me an ample amount of years to grasp and have an understanding about.

“We as Buckeye fans, we should be privileged to see his growth and it will do nothing but rise.”

Barrett, a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, admitted after a 42-27 win over the Indiana Hoosiers that he had to be educated on the rivalry with Michigan.

“I knew it was big, but coming from Texas, it was Texas and Oklahoma. I went to that game being recruited. I really didn’t have anything on the team up north and Ohio State,” Barrett said. “It was a lot to learn.

It’s a deep hate for those guys. Not just the players, but more the fans.”

OSU coach Urban Meyer said he makes a point of making sure guys like Barrett, who might not know about the rivalry, get acclimated once they arrive at OSU. “We just make a huge deal out of rivalry games. I want the players to take ownership in the program, part ownership in the game,” Meyer said Monday. “This is not another game. This is The Game.”

Smith on the other hand, knew exactly what the rivalry meant.

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Senior class legacy on the line tim moody Sports editor moody.178@osu.edu In the span of four seasons, the Ohio State senior class has experienced a 24-game winning streak, a 23-game Big Ten winning streak and a crushing loss in the 2013 Big Ten Championship Game.

While the success the seniors have had is significant, there’s still something missing.

OSU is already set to play in the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 6 in Indianapolis, but 24 seniors will be honored this week when the Buckeyes take on Michigan on Saturday at Ohio Stadium.

Starting with the Wolverines, coach Urban Meyer said the seniors’ legacy will be decided over the next two weeks.

“This book’s not written yet,” Meyer said Monday. “So I’m pleased with it. But these next couple are going to … be their legacy, our legacy, I should say.”

Senior wide receiver Evan Spencer said finding a way to win against the Wolverines is what makes a Buckeye’s legacy.

“Whatever you do in this game is immortalized forever,” Spencer said Monday. “If you go for three touchdowns or you have however many tackles or you have however many sacks, everybody’s gonna remember this, really, forever. This game is just, it means a lot to us. And it means even more to us seniors.”

As a senior set to play in his fourth Michigan game, Spencer — whose father, Tim, is a former Buckeye running back and assistant coach — said he has negative feelings every time he lays his eyes on the Wolverines.

“I’ve … grown to not like them very much ever since birth,” the younger Spencer said.

“So every time I see it, every time I hear that fight song, every time I see those damn helmets, I just, not great feelings come up.”

When the players donning Michigan’s maize and blue uniforms are sitting in Ohio Stadium this weekend — by Spencer or anyone else — they will have a chance to derail OSU’s national championship hopes.

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Senior wide receiver Evan Spencer sings ‘Carmen Ohio’ after a game against Indiana on Nov. 22 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 42-27, in Spencer’s second-to-last game at the Horseshoe.

At No. 6 in the College Football Playoff Standings, the Buckeyes would likely miss out on the top four come season’s end if they take a second loss.

But even with so much on the line, senior tight end Jeff Heuerman said he’s simply looking forward to a good game in his last time taking the field in Columbus.

“I just hope it’s a good game. It’s my last game in the Horseshoe,” Heuerman said Monday. “Obviously we’re just gonna go out and play as hard as we can, and we’ll see.

Hopefully it’ll turn out in our favor.”

While he mentioned the game will be his last at Ohio Stadium, Heuerman said he didn’t “even want to think about that.” He stressed how much the school has meant to him, but added he’s looking forward to the next step.

“I just loved it so much and I just don’t want

it to end. I love college, man, I love Ohio State,” he said. “I honestly just don’t want it to end, but it’s been a good ride, and all good things come to an end and move on to the next chapter.”

As the seniors’ time in Columbus winds down, senior defensive lineman Michael Bennett said he’s proud of the leadership his class has provided.

“I think our leadership on this team and in this senior class is very good, at least that’s my personal opinion because I’m part of it,” he said Monday.

But Bennett added there’s still unfinished business, meaning there’s still time for his class to leave its mark on the younger players and the program in general.

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sports Barrett from 7A biased towards having an understanding to which game was the best game of the year,” Smith said. “It is a different feel.”

While Barrett might not know as much about the rivalry, he has shown a knowledge of the OSU playbook as his 42 total touchdowns are not only tied for the best in the country, but have helped him set multiple school records.

One of those records used to belong to Smith, as Barrett passed the Heisman winner’s school record for passing touchdowns in a season (30) with four scoring tosses against the Hoosiers to give him 33 on the year.

Barrett’s play has gotten the attention of many people including Heisman analysts, as last week Barrett was given 15/1 odds to win the award by online gambling site Bovada.com.

Smith, who has a vote as a Heisman winner, said that while he hasn’t filled out his ballot just yet, he has a soft spot for OSU candidates.

“I usually like to wait until the last second. I have a tremendous amount of respect for that process and having an understanding of too what it takes to win the Heisman Trophy and I think it shouldn’t be awarded until the last game of whoever is in the standings because you never know who is going to have a breakout moment,” Smith

5 things from 7A been Michigan’s lone bright spot on a mostly inept offense.

The Wolverines are averaging just 20.3 points per game, a number that ranks last in the Big Ten conference.

Funchess, however, has shined for the Wolverines, ranking seventh in the Big Ten in receiving yards per game (62.5) which is far and away the best on the Michigan roster. Funchess has 55 receptions on the year, giving him 23 more than the next closest receiver for the Maize and Blue.

Last year against the Buckeyes, Funchess caught four passes for 41 yards and a score in Ann Arbor, Mich. His touchdown would have been the gametying score, however Michigan’s two-point conversion attempt failed as OSU escaped with a 42-41 victory.

3. Ohio Stadium will need to be loud OSU coach Urban Meyer said after a 42-27 win that the Buckeyes responded as much as the fans responded during the game.

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said. “We have got great talent across the nation and (I am) definitely biased towards some of the guys who are going to be wearing the Scarlet and Gray if they are up there.”

Smith added that not only is Barrett on his short list of candidates, but said the redshirt-freshman should be on other voters’ lists as well.

“I think he should be in everybody’s mind. Statistically the things that he is doing, obviously numbers don’t lie,” Smith said. “Tom Herman and our offensive staff are putting him and are putting other guys in positions to make plays and J.T. is doing nothing but capitalizing on every single chance and opportunity.”

Barrett said following the game against Indiana that he does not let the Heisman talk affect his game on the field.

“When I think of that, Heisman and all that, I can’t control that,” Barrett said. “I try to handle things that I can control, and one of those things was so the offense could go out there and play well today.”

As Barrett and the Buckeyes turn their focus to their hated rival, Smith said he believes he knows how Barrett will feel when he takes the field for the first time against Michigan.

“I know J.T. is going to be on cloud nine,” Smith said.

Barrett and the Buckeye are set to take on the Wolverines Saturday at noon from Ohio Stadium.

OSU faithful will need to be in full force if they want their Buckeyes to defeat the Wolverines.

Ohio Stadium was quiet for much of the game against the Hoosiers and did not even come close to reaching capacity as only 101,426 were officially in attendance.

If OSU fans want their Buckeyes to perform well in The Game, they will need to pack Ohio Stadium.

4. OSU should be on the lookout for Devin Gardner of 2013 Gardner is a redshirt-senior quarterback for the Wolverines, and as a redshirt-junior, he nearly derailed the Buckeyes’ season.

He posted 451 passing yards and five total touchdowns against OSU last year, but threw a pick on a two-point try at the end of the game as the Buckeyes held on for a 42-41 win. Heading into that game, Gardner had probably never played so well in his life, and he certainly hasn’t replicated that performance since.

So far this season, Gardner has thrown just eight touchdowns to 14 interceptions, and hasn’t thrown for a score on the road, where the Wolverines are 1-3.

If his poor play continues, OSU should win. But if Gardner of 2013 returns — and the Buckeyes always expect Michigan to step up its game against them — then it could be another long day for the defense.

5. Senior defensive lineman Michael Bennett is primed for a huge game On Monday, Meyer said Bennett has been “outstanding” for the past month.

That outstanding play came after a slower-than-expected start to the season, but with Bennett playing in his last game at Ohio Stadium, he could be ready to dominate.

The Centerville, Ohio, native isn’t a Lombardi Award finalist like sophomore defensive lineman Joey Bosa, but he’s arguably just as important to the Buckeyes’ success on defense. Bennett has 7.5 tackles for loss and just three sacks this season, but almost always wins his one-on-one battles and rarely puts a foot wrong.

If he goes for a big game on Saturday, he has a chance to go down as the best player in this senior class.

Legacy from 7A “At the same time, nobody here has ever won a Big Ten championship or anything like that,” he said. “So it would be very important as the leaders to rally a lot of these young players that have been contributing.”

Senior cornerback Doran Grant said the class got together and discussed what they needed to do before moving on to the next step in life.

“We just sat back and really talked to each other, a lot of guys in our class, like, ‘We haven’t won anything since we’ve been here,’” Grant said. “We won a couple (division) championships, but we haven’t won a Big Ten title or anything bigger than that.

So that’s our main goal is to win the Big Ten championship and, of course, beat the team up north.”

Wolverines from 1A Wolverines step up their game against OSU, and stressed that they showed that higher intensity last season.

“Their personnel will play their very best against us and that happened, that was as obvious as you can be last year,” he said.

The Buckeyes escaped that matchup when then-redshirt-freshman safety Tyvis Powell intercepted Michigan’s then-redshirtjunior quarterback Devin Gardner on a two-point try at the end of the game.

Bennett said the Buckeyes have to be ready to go to avoid a similarly close game.

“You can’t mess around with them like we did last year,” he said. “You have to go out there and prove your point.”

Gardner threw for 451 yards and four touchdowns in the game and rushed for another score, prompting Bennett to say it was the best he’d seen the Michigan signal caller play.

But a season later, Gardner has struggled to the tune of 14 interceptions and just eight touchdown passes. In the Wolverines’ first four road games of the season — three of which were losses — Gardner hasn’t thrown a touchdown. But he has accumulated eight of his interceptions away from home.

Regardless of how Gardner or his teammates have played this season, Bennett said he’s seen signs that Michigan is much better than it has played so far.

Like many OSU players before him, Grant grouped beating Michigan in with winning championships. And while the Buckeye seniors haven’t picked up a championship of their own, a win on Saturday would give them a career winning record against the Wolverines.

Spencer said he’s glad to be playing his last Michigan game in Columbus instead of Ann Arbor, Mich., and stressed he’ll do anything he must to come away with a win.

“I’m glad I don’t have to go back to Ann Arbor and I don’t plan on ever going back,” Spencer said. “And I’m gonna do whatever I can to beat ‘em up pretty good this week and go out 3-1 against them.”

Kickoff between OSU and Michigan is set for noon.

“They got a big O-line , just some big guys that’ll play hard,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of talent across the board at their skill positions.”

Bennett added that the Wolverines have all the tools to be a top program this season, but they’ve still struggled, and he couldn’t pinpoint the reason.

“I don’t know what has made them lose, I don’t know if their defense is something different because I don’t get to watch film on them,” he said. “But they have all of the makings of a great team, but for some reason they’ve lost a lot.

“And when you see that kind of stuff, it takes you back to years like last year … where they don’t have the best record, but they have all the talent to be a great team when they choose to be,” Bennett added. “And they always choose to be a great team when they play us.”

If the Wolverines do find a way to beat OSU, it’ll snap a 23-game Big Ten regular season winning streak, which is a conference record. But for Bennett, the regular season is already over, and when the Buckeyes and Michigan kick off at noon on Saturday, the slate will be clean.

“At least for me, our regular season ended after Indiana,” he said. “This is a huge game for us every year, it makes or breaks our season, regardless of what you’ve done before it.”

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