| No rappers or wrestlers here just quite possibly the biggest game in the history of the best rivalry in college football. Tickets for this contest are going for as high as $2500 for a pair of seats on EBay.
Without a doubt these two teams look like the class of college football this year. Ohio State has mostly blown through their competition barring an off game against Illinois this year. Michigan has been no less impressive when fielding their full compliment of talent as the lack of WR Mario Manningham for several games did reveal their offense as unimpressive without Manningham to stretch the field. Both teams are putting up absolutely insane stats. Side by side comparisons listed below with national rank in parenthesis.
Scoring Offense: OSU 35.82 PPG (8) vs. Michigan 29.36 PPG (26)
Total Offense: OSU 401.27 YPG (19) vs. Michigan 372.91 (34)
Run Offense: Michigan 194.55 YPG (12) vs. OSU 179.45 YPG (20)
Pass Offense: OSU 221.82 YPG (37) vs. Michigan 178.36 YPG (82)
Scoring Defense: OSU 7.82 PPG (1) vs. Michigan 12.09 PPG (5)
Total Defense: Michigan 231.45 YPG (3) vs. OSU 261.73 YPG (8)
Run Defense: Michigan 29.91 YPG (1) vs. OSU 90.18 YPG (11)
Pass Defense: OSU 171.55 YPG (23) vs. Michigan 201.55 YPG (65)
Turnover Margin: OSU 1.27 (3) vs. Michigan 1.09 (8)
FG Kicking: Rivas (UM) 15/18 vs. Pettrey (OSU) 8/11 |