(From the Article):
Jul. 19—Maybe we asked the wrong question.Last week, in grieving the decline of the greatest rivalry in sports, this space wondered: Can Michigan catch Ohio State?
Upon further review, here's what it should have said: Can anyone in the Big Ten?
To be clear, this is not to let Michigan off the hook. Not even close....
Ohio State is pulling away in its 2,000-horsepower Bugatti, its success begetting success at a rate we haven't seen in modern Big Ten history. The Buckeyes have won four straight outright Big Ten titles — the first program ever to do so — and no one will be surprised if they win the next four, too...
In the last four classes, Ohio State has signed more top-100 recruits (37) and five-star prospects (15) than the rest of the Big Ten has combined, per 247Sports. And, already, it has five top-50 prospects in the fold in its best-in-the-country 2022 class, including Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, the top recruit in the nation...
You might counter that Ohio State's always been good, and, to an extent, that's true. Take away the scandal-marred 2011 season, and the Buckeyes haven't lost more than one Big Ten game in a year since 2004.
Still, this degree of consistent league dominance — and separation — is something else, with Ohio State all but dotting the "i's" in fait accompli...
This is Ohio State's neighborhood and everyone else is living in it.
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