The Big Game has been the premier rivalry in the Midwest seemingly forever. The Wolverines and Buckeyes always seem to have highly ranked teams and be playing for a berth in the Rose Bowl. This year the winner will need some help, mainly a loss by Purdue, to get there. In recent years this has been a particularly sour experience for Ohio State. Under coach John Cooper, the Buckeyes are 2-9-1 against Michigan and have had multiple sterling seasons soiled by the Wolverines. This series long epitomized the phrase, "Three yards and a cloud of dust."