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No. 3 Michigan must win The Game to make it relevant again

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2015, file photo, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, left, greets Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer on the Michigan Stadium field before an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich. Harbaugh hopes to help Michigan upset Ohio State, a win that would put college football’s winningest program in the Big Ten title game with a shot to win its first conference championship since 2004 and to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File) FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2015, file photo, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, left, greets Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer on the Michigan Stadium field before an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich. Harbaugh hopes to help Michigan upset Ohio State, a win that would put college football’s winningest program in the Big Ten title game with a shot to win its first conference championship since 2004 and to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)

By Associated Press November 21, 2016 3 min read

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – The Game has lost its luster in recent years.

Ohio State has dominated Michigan, winning four straight and 11 of 12 to diminish intrigue in one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

The third-ranked Wolverines (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) have a chance to change the conversation Saturday against the second-ranked Buckeyes (10-1, 7-1) in the Horseshoe, where they haven’t won since 2000.

“This rivalry is going to be relevant,” Michigan tight end Jake Butt, who is from Pickerington, Ohio, said Monday. “It never won’t be relevant.”

Even if Michigan loses, dropping 12 of the last 13 meetings in the series?