The Game: A Michigan & Ohio State Podcast

Send us a textAndy and Reggie discuss Ohio State's thrilling victories over Texas and Notre Dame that culminated in a National Championship run for the ages. The 2024 college football season is complete, with the Buckeyes bringing several trophies, including the biggest one, back to the Woody.

Send us a textLife circumstances got in the way of podcasting throughout the playoff, but Andy and Reggie finally get to discuss Ohio State's epic run through the CFP. In Part I, they discuss the first home playoff game at Ohio Stadium, the Rose Bowl, and Michigan's victory over Alabama in the Reliaquest Bowl.

Send us a textFor the fourth year in a row, Ohio State lost The Game, this time to a vastly inferior Michigan team, which just makes it all the funnier to Andy. Andy and Reggie discuss the 2024 installment of the greatest rivalry in sports. The good news for Buckeye fans is that OSU is in the CFP, and Andy and Reggie look forward to the first round of the playoff and in particular the first playoff game ever to be held in the 'Shoe.

Send us a textThe 2024 installment of The Game is just days away. Ohio State has a lot more on the line than Michigan does this year, but the pride of the teams, the fans, the programs and the states are always on the line. Andy and Reggie discuss the last two weeks and preview another exciting showdown. Go Bucks! Go Blue!

Send us a textOhio State won a huge game at Penn State then stomped lowly Purdue. Michigan went 0-2 the last two games as both Andy and Reggie predicted. Ohio State plays Northwestern at Wrigley Field before their third top-5 showdown of the season against the surprising Indiana Hoosiers, while Michigan enjoys an off-week before playing the Wildcats. These games are all that are left between our favorite teams and The Game!

Send us a textOhio State's margin of error was eliminated at Oregon, which makes Saturday's game at Penn State a must-win to remain in Big Ten title contention. Michigan faces currently unbeaten teams the next two weeks with Oregon at home and Indiana on the road. While The Game looms just over four weeks away, the 2024 season will be largely defined for both our teams in the next two weeks.

Send us a textAt the midpoint of the 2024 college football season, Ohio State stands at 5-1 while Michigan is 4-2. Both teams lost in the last two weeks. Andy and Reggie both had a blast at Husky Stadium where Michigan lost, and Reggie and his boys still had a great time at Autzen Stadium despite the close loss. We break it all down.

Send us a textIt's been an eventful two weeks for Michigan in particular, with close wins against USC and Minnesota. OSU will finally be tested with a home game against Iowa and a road contest in Eugene, Oregon. The season is heating up. Andy and Reggie dive into how the teams have looked so far and what they expect to happen as we reach mid-season.

Send us a textA quarter of Michigan's season is over after a loss to Texas and a 10-point home win over Arkansas State. Ohio State dismantled Western Michigan but hasn't been tested yet. Andy and Reggie assess the early results of the 2024 season and look forward to the next two games.

Send us a textOSU and Michigan both sit at 1-0 to start the 2024 season. OSU should cruise to another win against WMU in Week 2, while Michigan faces one of its toughest tests of the season with the Texas Longhorns coming to Ann Arbor. Andy and Reggie break down Week 1 and preview Weeks 2 and 3.

Send us a Text Message.The 2024 college football season is three weeks away. Andy and Reggie offer their predictions for the Wolverines and the Buckeyes. Who wins The Game? The Big Ten? The Natty? Which players will perform best? We break it all down while having some fun along the way. Join us for what should be a fantastic 2024 college football season!

The 2023 college football season is behind us. Andy and Reggie take an early peek at the rosters and position groups of Michigan and Ohio State for the 2024 season. With 12 weeks to go until kickoff, optimism is high for both our teams, with both expected to enter 2024 in the top ten. Let's get this thing started!

Andy and Reggie put a cap on the 2023 college football season. A year filled with numerous exciting games for both teams and an unprecedented scandal for Michigan ended with maize and blue confetti falling in Houston as Michigan claimed their first national championship in 26 years.

Andy and Reggie discuss the bowls and Michigan's shot at a national title. Andy will be there in person to cheer on the Wolverines, while Reggie is rooting for his second favorite team, the Washington Huskies. One will be wearing a "National Champions" T-shirt while sailgating at Husky Stadium in early October. The 2023 season is down to one game.

Michigan won its third straight Big Ten title and is playing Alabama in the CFP. Ohio State seems to be getting over its defeat in The Game and is gearing up for the Cotton Bowl against Missouri. Andy and Reggie discuss the end of the Big Ten season and preview the bowls. Happy Holidays to everyone out there listening who roots for the Buckeyes or Wolverines!

Andy gleefully breaks down Michigan's third straight in The Game while Reggie just breaks down. We recap a great game and what it means for both programs as we rest the countdown clock to 365 days until the 2024 matchup.

Andy and Reggie dive into what they see happening on November 25th, or more accurately, what they each hope to see. More than anything else, pride is once again on the line in the 2023 version of The Game.

The week we wait for all year is here. The Game will be played in just a few days. Bragging rights, a Big Ten East title, a likely trip to the CFP, and a whole lot more is at stake. Andy and Reggie start to get into it in Part I, discussing some background of the rivalry and the impact of Connor Stalions on the greatest rivalry in sports.

Ohio State survived Penn State and a road trip to Camp Randall at night and sits at 8-0. Michigan stomped the Spartans and also sits at 8-0, though off-the-field issues have taken over the Wolverine headlines. Andy and Reggie reflect on the last two weeks and anticipate the next two as we march toward another gigantic showdown on November 25th!

After a great weekend of college football taking our teams to and past the halfway point of the 2023 season, one of the best weekends of the year is upon us. Ohio State takes on the Nittany Lions in Columbus while Michigan plays their second biggest rivals in East Lansing. Andy and Reggie discuss the next two weeks as we thunder down the tracks toward another massive showdown in The Game.

Ohio State beat Notre Dame in a thrilling finish that everyone but Lou Holtz loved. Michigan dominated Rutgers and Nebraska. Next up, Michigan travels to Minnesota then plays Indiana at home, while Ohio State plays the turtles of Maryland and travels to the state of Indiana for the third time this season to take on Purdue. The 2023 CFB season is heating up!

A quarter of the 2023 college football season is behind us. Andy and Reggie break down how the Wolverines and Buckeyes have looked in their tune-ups before the meat of the schedule. For Ohio State, that starts at Notre Dame on Saturday, while Michigan begins its Big Ten slate. Only 8 games separate our teams from The Game!

The 2023 college football season is nearly upon us! Once again The Game will mean everything. With Michigan and Ohio State both in the top 4 of the preseason polls, our teams enter 2023 with sky-high expectations. Andy and Reggie discuss whether the teams will live up to them, who will win The Game in 2023, and discuss our programs as we prepare for the best time of the year.

With the 2023 college football season less than 100 days away, Andy and Reggie couldn't wait until August to discuss their outlook on the Buckeyes and Wolverines. Bring on the 2023 season, when The Game figures to be as important as it has ever been!

The 2022 college football season is over. Michigan reigns as back-to-back Big Ten Champions and, more importantly, winners of The Game. Andy and Reggie console each other... well, not really... but discuss the two heartbreaking losses on New Year's Eve. The 2022 season was one for the ages, but as fans of the Buckeyes and Wolverines tend to believe, hope springs eternal for 2023. After all, November 25th is just a little over 10 months away.

Life and mother nature got in the way of the podcast immediately after The Game, but Andy and Reggie make up for lost time by discussing Michigan's beatdown of Ohio State followed by their back-to-back Big Ten Championships and a preview of the College Football Playoff semifinals. Could the next version of The Game be only a few weeks away, with the stakes even higher?

Michigan and Ohio State have both successfully navigated their 2022 schedules to arrive at The Game at 11-0 for the first time since 2006. Who wins The Game? Andy and Reggie have no idea, but break down what they hope to see (and not see) on Saturday. Buckeyes and Wolverines wait all year for this magical week. Not much is on the line in this one, other than the Division Championship, a potential Big Ten Championship, a College Football Playoff berth, a possible Heisman Trophy, and most importantly, bragging rights for 364 days.

7 games down, 5 to go. This weekend is the second most exciting weekend of the college football season, with Michigan hosting the Spartans in the Big House, and Ohio State traveling to Happy Valley to take on Penn State. With each team facing our second biggest rivals, this Saturday should be a feast for Wolverines, Buckeyes, and anyone who loves the most intense rivalries in college football.

Michigan and Ohio State both sit at 5-0 as they enter the meat of the schedule. Michigan dispatched Maryland and won at Iowa, a rarity for a top-5 team in recent history. Ohio State dominated Wisconsin and Rutgers. Next up, Michigan plays the Hoosiers on the road followed by a tough test at home against Penn State. Ohio State plays at Sparty this weekend followed by the Hawkeyes at home. Will the season continue building toward a monster matchup on November 26th? Andy and Reggie think so.

The nonconference schedule is over. Michigan and Ohio State embark on the Big Ten slate that will determine how big The Game is this year. Andy and Reggie give their overall assessments after the first quarter of the season and preview Michigan's games against Maryland and Iowa and Ohio State's game against Wisconsin. Oh, and don't forget Rutgers.

Ohio State won a top-5 matchup to start the 100th anniversary of Ohio Stadium while Michigan dominated Colorado State in encouraging starts to both teams' 2022 seasons. Andy and Reggie talk about what went right in week 1, and their only disappointment is that there are only 11 more regular season games to go.

Andy and Reggie preview what should be an exciting 2022 season for two highly talented, preseason top ten teams. Both expect the Big Ten East, Big Ten Championship, and a spot in the College Football Playoff to once again come down to The Game. Andy and Reggie start with an honest discussion of the toll the pandemic and their jobs have taken on their mental health, and even their enthusiasm for the game and teams they love. By the end of the episode, however, the Wolverines and Buckeyes provide a much-needed boost, just as they have for decades.

Yes, it's May of 2022, and kickoff is less than 14 weeks away, yet Andy and Reggie have unfinished business from the 2021 season. When two ER doctors try to navigate the delta and omicron waves as part of their day/night/weekend/holiday jobs, sometimes even college football gets pushed to the back burner. Still, if you're looking for a way to fill the void of the offseason, listen to the only season-ending podcast that got Harbaugh's job status right! The 2021 season is history. Michigan won The Game, which is really the only thing that matters to both sides.

Michigan won their first Big Ten Championship since GWB's first term. Reggie isn't happy about it. Andy is delighted. There are some big games left to be played, though, with Michigan facing off against Georgia in the CFP on New Year's Eve, while Ohio State heads to Pasadena to play Utah on New Year's Day. Regardless of which team you root for, 2021 has been undeniably fun, entertaining, and a great distraction from the pandemic. Andy and Reggie discuss a little bit of everything as the end of the season approaches.

The Game is in the books. Bragging rights have been restored in the state of Michigan, while Ohio State fans are reminded of the pain that accompanies losing The Game. With so much on the line, Michigan manhandled the Buckeyes. Andy is thrilled to taste victory for the first time in a decade, while Reggie is marginally coping with defeat at the hands of the Wolverines. The 2021 edition of The Game only intensifies the rivalry. Is this the start of a new Ten Year War between Ryan Day and Jim Harbaugh? One of them will take the lead in their series on November 26, 2022.

The past eleven weeks are now meaningless. The Game is all that matters. As has been true so many times in the past, everything is one the line Saturday. The winner wins the Big Ten East and heads to Indianapolis to play for the Big Ten Championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff. More importantly, one team will deny all of those things to the other. The stakes couldn't be higher. Legacies are on the line. Andy and Reggie discuss.

The penultimate regular season contests are upon us. Ohio State has a monstrous top 10 matchup with Michigan State, while Michigan tries to avoid looking ahead against Maryland. Andy and Reggie take a look back at the last two games for each team, but the anticipation of The Game on November 27th is impossible to ignore. Should both teams survive this weekend, The Game will once again be for all the marbles, restoring balance to the universe.

Week 9 of the college football season saw OSU beat Penn State while Michigan fell to the Spartans of Michigan State. Andy and Reggie recap the games and look forward to Michigan's next two games against Indiana and at Penn State, while OSU ventures into Lincoln to face Nebraska then returns home to take on Purdue. The season is two-thirds over, but the biggest games are yet to come as we head toward the season finale, The Game.

This weekend is the type of weekend we all live for as college football fans. We'll start the day with Michigan traveling to East Lansing for their in-state rivalry game against the Spartans of Michigan State, while Ohio State hosts the Nittany Lions of Penn State in a prime-time matchup. The stakes go up significantly this weekend, and seasons start to become defined as successful or failures based on these results. Andy and Reggie are stoked to talk about and watch the games this weekend!

Two more games are in the books and the off week is behind us for both the Wolverines and the Buckeyes. The next 6 weeks include the round robin in the Big Ten East that will determine who might play their 7th game in a row in Indianapolis. Before that starts, however, Michigan hosts Northwestern and Ohio State travels to Indiana to play a night game. Andy and Reggie welcome their good friend, fellow ER doctor and Northwestern alumnus Justin to talk some college football.

A third of the 2021 season is in the books. The meat of the Big Ten schedule lies ahead, when the men will be separated from the boys. Michigan goes on the road for the first time this season to play at Camp Randall, followed by a trip to Nebraska. Ohio State travels to New Jersey to play Rutgers, then tries to slow Maryland down in the 'Shoe. The Big Ten race is heating up. Andy and Reggie are amped up to talk about it.

Andy and Reggie both predicted the teams to be 2-0 and 1-1 after the first two weeks of the season, but they both reversed the teams. They break down the first two games for Michigan and Ohio State, which included Ohio State's first regular season loss in three years. Andy and Reggie preview weeks 3 and 4. The competition isn't as stiff, but there is always reason to be excited when watching the Wolverines and the Buckeyes!

Michigan and Ohio State kick off their 2021 seasons in just a few days, and Andy and Reggie couldn't be more excited. We discuss the Buckeyes and Wolverines and make our predictions. As the pandemic rages on, we want a full, "normal" college football season as the distraction we all need right now. Whether you root for the Maize & Blue or the Scarlet & Gray, let's have some fun together this season!

The 2020 college football season is in the books. Ohio State won the Big Ten, beat Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and lost in the NC game. Michigan signed Jim Harbaugh to an extension. The pandemic wreaked havoc on college football and everything else in society, but overall Andy and Reggie are glad the limited college football season was played. While we missed out on it in 2020, the countdown is on until November 27, 2021, when once again the hopes of Buckeyes and Wolverines will rise and fall based on the outcome of The Game.

The Game, the entire reason for this podcast, thus the title "The Game", was canceled. For hardcore Buckeye and Wolverine fans, The Game is a day we look forward to all year. As Andy and Reggie discuss, The Game was not the only loss they experienced this season. Andy and Reggie discuss the Big Ten's failure, whether Michigan waved the white flag, and the eternal optimism that National Signing Day brings, with each school scoring top-ten classes.

Half of the 2020 Big Ten regular season is in the books. In week 5 Ohio State plays Indiana for the inside track to win the East while Michigan tries to stop the bleeding. Neither Reggie nor Andy thinks Covid is done wreaking havoc on the 2020 college football season, and implore all Buckeyes and Wolverines to line up once a safe, effective vaccine is available so we can end this nightmare and enjoy a normal 2021 football season. In the meantime, The Game is just around the corner. 

The first two games of the abbreviated 2020 Big Ten season are in the books. Michigan stands at 1-1 while OSU is 2-0. Andy and Reggie review the first two games and preview Michigan's games against Indiana and (maybe) Wisconsin as well as OSU's matchups with Rutgers and Maryland. With a pandemic and national unrest over a closely contested election dominating the news cycle, we escape by focusing on the Buckeyes and Wolverines. Join us!

It's been a long wait, Michigan and Ohio State fans, but the Covid version of the 2020 Big Ten football season is upon us! Andy and Reggie discuss the upcoming season, preview the teams and the first two games in the context of the pandemic. Let's hope for a healthy season for all players, coaches and fans. 2020 has been a lousy year, and December 12th will deliver one more kick in the nether region to one of us, but we both agree that we'll take the pain of losing over the agony of not watching the Buckeyes and Wolverines battle for Big Ten supremacy again this year.

The 2019 season is over. Andy and Reggie mourn their respective bowl losses while expressing schadenfreude over the other's failures in the postseason. It's what the rivalry is all about. We recap the season that was and express early optimism for 2020. After all, The Game is just over ten months away, when Ohio State and Michigan will once again settle it on the field on November 28th.

The Game has come and gone. Andy and Reggie break it down and discuss the results and ramifications. Autumn will soon turn to winter, and the calendar will flip into 2020, with a shot at redemption for Michigan just 352 days away, and the Buckeyes trying to win a Big Ten Championship and secure a College Football Playoff spot this Saturday. As is the case every year, however, both teams just played their biggest game- THE GAME.

We've talked about 2019. We've previewed the game. In this episode we talk about the rivalry, some of its history, its traditions, and the best wins and most painful losses we've experienced. Voted the best sports rivalry of the 20th century, the respect and animosity between Michigan and Ohio State run deeply.