There was plenty of hype leading up to this game, and frankly it was justified. While Michigan has been a miserable mess against Ohio State since Jim Tressel arrived at the beginning of this millennium, things were poised to become more interesting with the arrival of Jim Harbaugh.

Ohio State is the reigning national champ, and Urban Meyer is now the king of the hill in Columbus, but Harbaugh gave Michigan fans hope.

Many thought it might take a couple of years for Harbaugh to compete with the Buckeyes, but as this season progressed, attitudes started to change. The Buckeyes were sleepwalking through their schedule, while Michigan rolled off three straight shutouts. Suddenly, many of the talking heads started calling Michigan the best team in the Big Ten.

Then Michigan State spoiled some of the hype. They miraculously beat Michigan on a wild final play, and then stunned Ohio State last weekend with some serious defense and an assist from Ohio State’s coaching staff.

Still, this was shaping up to be an epic battle that would kick off a new phase in the iconic rivalry. Would we have another ten-year war reminiscent of Woody and Bo?

We might, but after this game it looks like Harbaugh will need some more time to make Michigan a real threat to the Buckeyes.

Ezekiel Elliott was complaining about touches last week, but this week he got the ball and rolled through the Michigan defense like a hot knife through butter. JT Barrett was brilliant with the read option, as often the TV cameraman didn’t know who had the ball, let alone the Michigan defense.

So Michigan fans will have to wait and suffer for another year and the Buckeyes and Urban Meyer savor this win.

Today an Ohio legend was born https://t.co/QHeqbFowtT

— Bottlegate (@Bottlegate) November 28, 2015