[NU Sports] FORTY DAYS OF FOOTBALL: Day 19

[Jim Bendat]

Well, it's easy to tell what SjT will have as his #1 game: the 2006 Ohio State-Michigan game. I'll have to disagree. Sure, the game featured #1 vs. #2. But let's face it: the game was never in doubt. The final score of 42-39 was deceiving. No one watching the game ever felt that Michigan had a chance to win it. 

This series of stories has been excellent, and SjT either takes incredibile notes, has an amazing memory, or simply has a fine collection of old newspapers! But I'd have to say that the 2000 NU-Michigan game had to be number 1 - it was one of the greatest games of all time, not just the last decade.

Jim B.

-----Original Message-----
>From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 13, 2010 3:50 AM
>
>> DAYS 11-20: The top games of the decade
>
>10) 2000: Purdue 32, Michigan 31
>09) 2001: Michigan State 26, Michigan 24
>08) 2005: Michigan 27, Penn State 25
>07) 2003: Minnesota 37, Wisconsin 34
>06) 2004: Northwestern 33, Ohio State 27 (OT)
>05) 2008: Penn State 13, Ohio State 6
>04) 2009: Ohio State 27, Iowa 24 (OT)
>03) 2002: Ohio State 10, Purdue 6
>02) Northwestern 54, Michigan 51

>
>Coming Saturday: Games don't get any bigger than this one.
>
>GO CATS!!!
>-SjT