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Jake TrotterJul 24, 2025, 07:05 PM ET
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LAS VEGAS - Michigan antiaircraft extremity Derrick Moore joked Thursday that Ohio State's nationalist rubric was not a "real win" due to the fact that the Buckeyes didn't decision the Wolverines on the way.
In the regular-season finale past season, Michigan stunned the heavy favored Buckeyes successful Columbus 13-10 for its 4th consecutive triumph successful the rivalry.
As an eighth seed, Ohio State roared backmost successful the inaugural 12-team expanded playoff, reeling disconnected 4 consecutive wins to seizure the program's archetypal nationalist title successful a decade.
Michigan won the nationalist rubric successful 2023, the last twelvemonth of the four-team playoff.
"First, I'd similar to congratulate them connected the win," Moore said during Big Ten media days, noting helium was "hoping" the Buckeyes would suffer successful the playoff. "But you cognize it's not nary existent triumph if y'all ain't bushed us."
He added: "If the playoff enlargement wasn't around, [Ohio State] wouldn't person won the nationalist championship. So we beauteous overmuch look astatine it like, y'all had a bully little, casual run. But we helped y'all on the way. We beauteous overmuch helped y'all physique backmost up. But aft that [loss], they dominated everybody that came successful beforehand of them. So gotta springiness each the recognition to them."
Moore had a walk deflection successful the Wolverines' triumph astatine the Horseshoe, arsenic Ohio State's high-powered discourtesy failed to people aft halftime. Afterward, a brawl betwixt the 2 teams broke retired erstwhile Michigan players gathered connected the Block O logo astatine midfield and planted their flag. Police yet utilized capsicum spray to quash the scuffle, which lasted astir 5 minutes and near players and coaches from some sides bloodied.
"I consciousness similar I could person [done] a amended occupation arsenic a person of not letting that get retired [of control] similar that," Moore said. "But astatine the aforesaid clip ... I consciousness similar that close determination is beauteous overmuch wherefore radical travel to Michigan oregon Ohio State. ... The rivalry, the atmosphere."
On Thursday, Moore besides mocked Ohio authorities Rep. Josh Williams, who past December introduced a measure that would've classified emblem planting astatine Ohio Stadium astir Buckeyes shot games arsenic a felony.
"That was really crazy," Moore said. "But each I gotta accidental is, that's Ohio for you."
The Buckeyes look Michigan connected Nov. 29 successful Ann Arbor.
