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Only Ohio State TD vs. Michigan football in the first half is a result of offensive pass interference

Michigan football has to battle Ohio State and the refs, which always seems to be the case in Columbus.

By Chris Peterson

Nov 30, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith (4) catches the touchdown pass during the second quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Ohio Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images
Nov 30, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith (4) catches the touchdown pass during the second quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Ohio Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images / Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images
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If you told any Michigan football fan before "The Game" that the score was going to be tied up, 10-10, at halftime they would have taken it immediately.

Michigan football isn't as good as Ohio State. But the Wolverines are playing well right now. They played well last week and they are giving the second-ranked Buckeyes all they can handle.

Will Howard threw an early interception after Michigan failed to convert a fourth-and-one. Then, Kalel Mullings powered his way into the end zone. Ohio State opened the game with a field goal on its first drive and also missed a field goal.

After a 56-yarder from Dominic Zvada, Michigan led 10-3. Ohio State drove the field in the last two minutes for a touchdown to tie the game but got a huge assist from the refs. First, Will Howard threw the ball so far to the right that Jyaire Hill got called for pass interference when Jeremiah Smith ran through him to try and get the ball.

On the very next play, more than five yards off the line of scrimmage, Smith plowed over Zeke Berry. It was worse than the offensive pass interference against Oregon earlier in the year but it wasn't called and Smith was wide open in the end zone because of it.

But as we have seen since "The Game" in 2016, Michigan football gets the short end of the stick in Ohio and will have to overcome that again, as well as the Buckeyes.

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