The Big Ten is among the conferences with a long list of storied rivalries.
Battling for the Land Grant Trophy or the Little Brown Jug or Floyd of Rosedale are beloved and familiar touchstones to the past. And Ohio State vs. Michigan, well, that’s on the Mount Rushmore of college football rivalry games.
You know what’s not on that list? Indiana vs. Ohio State.
We get it: It’s hard to have a rivalry when the series history is 31-1-1 in favor of the Buckeyes and the first win in the series for the Hoosiers came 10 months ago.
Still, there is potential here. Indiana won its first national championship (in football) last season and seems to be settling in as one of the Big Ten's bullies.
Could Indiana's outspoken Curt Cignetti and the quieter Ryan Day of Ohio State become some version of Woody vs. Bo, Saban vs. Jimbo, Osborne vs. Switzer?
We can only hope. It's early. But if the fifth-ranked Hoosiers beat the fourth-ranked Buckeyes on Saturday it will help.
Read the full story here. And since this rivalry doesn't have a cheeky name yet, email us what you think it should be called! Your answers might be shared in next week's edition.