. It doesn't matter if you were born and raised in the great state of Ohio, "That State Up North," or anywhere else in U.S. (or even the world)—for college football fans, the annual Ohio State-Michigan showdown transcends geography and has become known simply as "The Game." Ranked as the greatest North American sports rivalry by ESPN in 2000, the two schools have been meeting at the end of the season for over a century, and have decided the Big Ten championship between themselves on 22 different occasions.
