PREVIEW | The Game
Who: No. 4/4 Ohio State (10-1, 6-1) at No. 5/5 Michigan (9-2, 6-1).
When: 12:10 p.m. Saturday
Where: Michigan Stadium (107,501), Ann Arbor.
TV: WYTV (33), WEWS (5), WTAE (4).
Radio: WKBN-AM (570).
The coaches: Ohio State -- Jim Tressel (31-6 in his third year at Ohio State, 166-63-2 in 18 years overall); Michigan -- Lloyd Carr (85-25 in his ninth season at Michigan).
The series: Michigan leads 56-37-6. In Ann Arbor, Michigan leads 29-17-4. Last year, Ohio State won 14-9 en route to the national championship and the Buckeyes have won the last two meetings.
DEPTH CHART
OHIO STATE OFFENSE
SE (12) Michael Jenkins, 6-5, 215, Sr.; (82) Roy Hall, 6-3, 228, Fr.LT (77) Rob Sims, 6-4, 305, So.; (72) T.J. Downing, 6-5, 300, Fr.LG (63) Adrien Clarke, 6-5, 330, Sr.; (64) Adam Olds, 6-4, 290, So.C (55) Nick Mangold, 6-4, 280, So.; (76) StepanovichRG (76) Alex Stepanovich, 6-4, 300, Sr.; (78) Bryce Bishop, 6-3, 312, Sr.RT (71) Shane Olivea, 6-5, 320, Sr.; (52) Mike Kne, 6-4, 300, Sr.TE (88) Ben Hartsock, 6-4, 264, Sr.; (80) Ryan Hamby, 6-5, 240, So.FL (4) Santonio Holmes, 5-11, 185, Fr.; (3) Bam Childress, 5-10, 185, Jr.QB (16) Craig Krenzel, 6-4, 225, Sr.; (15) Scott McMullen, 6-3, 215, Sr.TB (30) Lydell Ross, 6-1, 225, Jr.; (28) Maurice Hall, 5-10, 200, Jr.FB (38) Branden Joe, 6-0, 245, Jr.; (43) Brandon Schnittker, 6-1, 250, So.
OHIO STATE DEFENSE
DE (75) Simon Fraser, 6-6, 265, Jr.; (97) David Patterson, 6-3, 285, Fr.LT (56) Darrion Scott, 6-3, 280, Sr.; (94) Marcus Green, 6-3, 290, So.RT (54) Tim Anderson, 6-4, 289, Sr.; (90) Quinn Pitcock, 6-4, 285, Fr.DE (93) Will Smith, 6-4, 265, Sr.; (57) Mike Kudla, 6-3, 255, So.WLB (47) A.J. Hawk, 6-2, 230, So.; (41) Thomas Matthews, 6-2, 210, Jr.MLB (46) Fred Pagac, Jr., 6-1, 225, Sr.; (91) Jason Bond, 6-3, 240, Sr.SLB (44) Robert Reynolds, 6-3, 242, Sr.; (42) Bobby Carpenter, 6-3, 240, So.LCB (37) Dustin Fox, 6-0, 190, Jr.; (26) Ashton Youboty, 6-1, 185, Fr.RCB (7) Chris Gamble, 6-2, 200, Jr.; (13) Harlen Jacobs, 6-1, 197, Jr.FS (21) Nate Salley, 6-3, 205, So.; (6) Tyler Everett, 6-1, 185, So.SS (4) Will Allen, 6-2, 190, Sr.; (9) Donte Whitner, 5-11, 185, Fr.
OHIO STATE SPECIALISTS
PK (85) Mike Nugent, 5-10, 170, Jr.; (23) Josh Huston, 6-1, 195, Jr.KR (82) Roy Hall, 6-3, 228, Fr.; (10) Troy Smith, 6-1, 205, Fr.PR (12) Jenkins; (7) GambleP (21) B.J. Sander, 6-3, 212, Sr.; (23) Josh Huston, 6-1, 195, Jr.LS (60) Kyle Andrews, 5-11, 245, Jr.; (68) Drew Norman, 5-9, 190, Fr.H (21) Sander
MICHIGAN OFFENSE
WR (1) Braylon Edwards, 6-3, 210, Jr.; (15) Steve Breaston, 6-1, 177, So.LT (79) Adam Stenavich, 6-5, 310, Jr.; (76) Mike Kolodziej; 6-7, 306, So.LG (75) David Baas, 6-5, 323, Sr.; (62) Courtney Morgan, 6-3, 300, Sr.C (57) Dave Pearson, 6-3, 297, Sr.; (54) Mark Bihl, 6-4, 299, So.RG (67) Matt Lentz, 6-6, 304, Jr.; (65) Leo Henige, 6-4, 334, Jr.RT (77) Tony Pape, 6-6, 311, Sr.; (74) Demeterius Solomon, 6-6, 297, Sr.TE (14) Andy Mignery, 6-3, 256, Sr.; (88) Tim Massaquoi, 6-4, 236, Jr.WR (8) Jason Avant, 6-1, 203, So.; (17) Carl Tabb, 6-2, 192, So.QB (16) John Navarre, 6-6, 228, Sr.; (12) Matt Gutierrez, 6-4, 219, So.FB (32) Kevin Dudley, 6-1, 234, Sr.; (35) Brian Thompson, 6-2, 235, So.TB (23) Chris Perry, 6-1, 218, Sr.; (41) Tim Bracken, 5-9, 208, Sr.
MICHIGAN DEFENSE
LE (13) Larry Stevens, 6-3, 257, Sr.; (56) LaMarr Woodley, 6-2, 263, Fr.DT (90) Norman Heuer, 6-5, 288, Sr.; (96) Larry Harrison, 6-3, 304, So.DT (60) Grant Bowman, 6-1, 288, Sr.; (78) Gabe Watson, 6-4, 337, So.RE (94) Pat Massey, 6-8, 274, Jr.; (50) Jeremy Van Alstyne, 6-4, 255, So.OLB (99) Pierre Woods, 6-5, 232, Jr.; (58) Roy Manning, 6-2, 240, Sr.ILB (42) Lawrence Reid, 6-1, 219, Jr.; (37) Zach Kaufman, 6-1, 232, Sr.ILB (43) Carl Diggs, 6-1, 242, Sr.; (36) Scott McClintock, 6-2, 245, Jr.LCB (21) Jeremy LeSueur, 6-1, 200, Sr.; (29) Leon Hall, 5-11, 183, Fr.S (3) Marlin Jackson, 6-1, 194, Jr.; (19) Willis Barringer, 6-0, 196, So.S (25) Ernest Shazor, 6-4, 217, Jr.; (26) Ryan Mundy, 6-1, 192, Fr.RCB (30) Markus Curry, 5-11, 181, Jr.; (4) Darnell Hood, 5-11, 189, So.
MICHIGAN SPECIALISTS
PK (38) Garrett Rivas, 5-9, 204, Fr.; (10) Troy Nienberg, 6-2, 166, Sr.KO (10) Nienberg; (97) Luke Perl, 6-0, 205, Sr.S (52) Ross Mann, 6-1, 248, Sr.; (61) Turner Booth, 6-2, 286, So.H (12) Gutierrez; (16) NavarreP (39) Adam Finley, 6-4, 209, Sr.; (2) Mark Spencer, 6-0, 213, So.KOR (41) Bracken; (20) Pierre Rembert, 6-0, 216, So.PR (15) Breaston.; (30) Curry
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