What a difference a year makes. Flashback to the last day of November 2024. Michigan beats Ohio State, 13-10, at Ohio Stadium. The then-No. 2 team in the country suffered one of the most demoralizing losses in the program’s history.

OSU lost to an unranked Wolverine team that needed the win to turn in a 5-4 Big Ten record and a trip to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it beat Alabama, 19-13.

The program was at a psychological low. Thanks to the expanded Bowl Championship Series, OSU would become the eighth seed in the tournament and receive a rare December home playoff game – its first ever.

No amount of melatonin would help OSU head coach Ryan Day or anyone around OSU sleep on the night of Nov. 30, 2024.

They needed to dig deep to turn around the program’s fortunes and save the head coach’s

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