Remember when Ohio State throttled Tom Brady in 1998's much-needed rivalry win over the reigning national champion Wolverines?
No one could’ve guessed the game-managing Michigan quarterback would go on to become the consensus Gridiron GOAT, and Brady was still two years away from sneaking into the penultimate round of the 2000 NFL draft as the 199th overall pick. Hell, he wasn’t even TB12, as Brady donned a No. 10 jersey for the maize and blue.
With a roster headlined by returning All-Americans Andy Katzenmoyer, Antoine Winfield and Rob Murphy, record-setting wideout David Boston and prolific quarterback Joe Germaine, the Buckeyes were well on their way to winning that title through eight games. But two weeks before The Game, top-ranked Ohio State tumbled at home against unranked Michigan State, conceding a late multi-score lead to suffer a 28-24 defeat that threatened to derail the Buckeyes’ promising season.
Despite Ohio State’s recent woes in the rivalry, the Buckeyes were a 10-point favorite in the matchup – not that it did them any favors in the previous tilt in Columbus when they was favored by 17 before coming up short.Before the midway mark of the first quarter, the Buckeyes had already mounted a 14-point lead. A 53-yard touchdown run by Michael Wiley broke the ice early, and a 16-yard pass from Germaine to Dee Miller put Ohio State in control before six minutes ticked off the clock.
Katzenmoyer, Damon Moore and Brent Johnson led a defensive effort that saw Brady get sacked seven times on the day. Michigan’s QB1 finished with 375 yards passing, but it took him 56 attempts to do so as Ahmed Plummer and Jerry Rudzinski picked off two of them. Germaine outdueled Brady on an efficient 16-for-28 passing day in which he threw for 330 yards and three scores.
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