The Victors: The Eleventh Hour
Today's the day! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, welcome to the latest installment of the greatest rivalry in all of sports! A scant hour from now, the valiant University of Michigan Wolverines will host the hated THE Ohio State University Buckeyes in a contest that will determine the championship of the Big Ten Conference. All this is right and proper. The Big Ten may not have a de jure championship game, but Michigan-Ohio State has long served in a de facto capacity.

And now we pause in remembrance of a great Michigan man, Bo Schembechler, who died a year ago to the day. I miss you terribly, sir, but I am grateful for the timing that will evermore see you remembered in conjunction with The Game. 'Tis a fitting memento that will ensure you are not soon forgotten in the headlong rush to all our future yesterdays. Glenn "Bo" Schembechler (1929-2006), a Michigan man, who in his last act of service admonished the valiant Wolverines to remember, "the team, the team, the team!"

And now, to the business at hand, the dispatching of the ancient enemy. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more...!"

Go Blue!