Associated Press
Deal with it -- some more.
The phrase that launched a thousand hand towels last season applies as much as ever to the multisport Ohio State-Wisconsin rivalry, which once again this week revolved around words as much as results on the field or the court.
No. 3 Ohio State (19-3, 7-2 Big Ten) and No. 19 Wisconsin (18-5, 7-3) play a major basketball game today with first place in the conference on the line, and there was a major verbal dustup in football that seemed to be momentarily settled Friday.
That included OSU football coach Urban Meyer and Athletic Director Gene Smith, in an unusual step that showed how much they wanted to make their point, issuing statements after Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio both questioned...
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This was Big Ten football at its best and worst, low-scoring and run-heavy and chippy, with every yard, much less every point, a minor victory. Urban Meyer took it, and gave it a big victory hug. After the Buckeyes' 17-16 win... more »
To Ohio State sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller, last year’s Michigan State game is a blur. That probably is a good thing. If every play from that game remained a fresh memory, Miller might be scarred for life. Last year’s... more »
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