Will Osu Michigan Ever Be on Abc Again
The history of Ohio Land-Michigan on goggle box
Earlier this month, Play a joke on announced it volition televise the Ohio State-Michigan game every bit part of its new Big Ten football television package.
This volition represent a new era in television coverage of higher football'south greatest rivalry. ABC had televised The Game for the last 30 years, dating to 1987.
The Ohio Country-Michigan game was selected as the greatest rivalry in all of sport by ESPN.com in 1999, Michigan and Ohio Country will meet for the 100th straight yr on the gridiron this season. The two programs take played every year since 1918, a streak that ranks eighth in Segmentation I-A for the longest uninterrupted series.
In 2016, the OSU-Michigan game was televised for the 50th consecutive year and 61st overall time. That was the 30th consecutive twelvemonth that ABC has televised the Michigan-Ohio Land game, with all merely the 1995 game being a national tv set broadcast; the 2005 game was a separate national circulate on ABC and ESPN.
Since 1967, every game in the series has been televised. That includes 30 national television appearances. The first game ever televised between the ii programs was a 21-0 win by the Wolverines in Ann Arbor during the 1947 national title season.
In this slideshow, we look at the colorful history of how television covered the Ohio Land-Michigan game with anecdotes and interesting details from the final seven decades.
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The first-always college football game on television came in 1939 every bit NBC televised a game between Waynesburg.
The tv set medium was slowly emerging throughout the 1940s and at that place were only three networks (ABC, CBS and NBC). The NCAA also controlled television set rights and restricted broadcasts to preserve the alive omnipresence at higher games.
Alive television coverage of the Ohio Country-Michigan game finally came in 1947 as WWJ-Tv set, the offset broadcast station in Detroit, obtained the rights to conduct that game. Information technology was only aired in Detroit.
Ohio State'south first live broadcast from Ohio Stadium came in the 1949 flavour opener against Missouri. The game, won by OSU 35-34, was televised in Columbus by WLWC-Goggle box (now WCMH-Boob tube, Ch. 4).
For the 1949 Michigan game, WBNS-Television receiver (Ch. ten) contracted with WWJ-TV in Detroit to show the game (a vii-7 necktie) from Ann Arbor. WWJ'due south Paul Williams chosen the action. On WTVN-Television receiver (now WSYX-TV, Ch. half dozen), ABC provided a broadcast of the Iowa-Notre Dame game the same day.
In 1950, the Large Ten declared a moratorium on live broadcasts … so there was no live coverage of the 1950 Snowfall Bowl (won by Michigan ix-3 in blizzard weather condition). There were some limited broadcasts in 1951, including the OSU-Michigan game on WLWC.
Hither is a look at the OSU-Michigan games from 1947-51 (game day rankings in parentheses):
Nov. 22, 1947, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (1) 21, Ohio State 0 … WWJ-TV in Detroit just
Nov. 20, 1948, at Columbus: Michigan (1) xiii, Ohio State (18) iii … no alive TV
Nov. 19, 1949, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (seven) 7, Michigan (5) 7 … WWJ-TV in Detroit, WBNS-Television receiver in Columbus
November. 25, 1950, at Columbus: Michigan 9, Ohio State (8) 3 … no alive TV for the Snow Basin
Nov. 24, 1951, at Ann Arbor: Michigan 7, Ohio State 0 … WLWC-TV
In January 1952, the NCAA membership voted 163-eight to establish membership-wide rights to college football. The initial contract allowed for 12 Sabbatum broadcasts with fellow member schools appearing no more than than in one case. NBC won the first annual contract for 1952 with a bid of $i.144 million. OSU's game at Northwestern was the merely one televised in 1952.
NBC first got effectually to Ohio State-Michigan in 1954 as meridian-ranked OSU defeated Michigan 21-vii on its way to the national championship.
By 1955, the rule was modified to allow schools to announced twice. The 1956 game was on NBC too equally on Ohio State's own television aqueduct, WOSU-TV (Ch. 34). The 1958 game was also on WOSU.
Here is a look at the OSU-Michigan games from 1952-59 (game day rankings in parentheses):
Nov. 22, 1952, at Columbus: Ohio Country 27, Michigan (12) seven … no live TV
Nov. 21, 1953, at Ann Arbor: Michigan 20, Ohio Country 0 … no live Television
Nov. xx, 1954, at Columbus: Ohio State (1) 21, Michigan (12) seven … NBC national
November. 19, 1955, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (nine) 17, Michigan (vi) 0 … no live TV
Nov. 24, 1956, at Columbus: Michigan 19, Ohio State (12) 0 … NBC, WOSU-Television set
Nov. 23, 1957, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (3) 31, Michigan (xix) 14 … no alive TV
November. 22, 1958, at Columbus: Ohio State (eleven) xx, Michigan xiv … WOSU-Boob tube
Nov. 21, 1959, at Ann Arbor: Michigan 23, Ohio State fourteen … no live TV
ABC finally got involved with college football coverage in 1960. In that first yr, ABC showed OSU's games with Michigan State and Iowa.
ABC's first OSU-Michigan broadcast came in 1961 as the Buckeyes rolled l-21 in Ann Arbor to finish 8-0-1, win the Large 10 and claim a share of the national championship.
CBS paid $3.125 meg per year for a two-year deal in 1962-63 before NBC took back over in 1964 with a $6.522 million bid. ABC so grabbed it in 1966 at $7.viii one thousand thousand per yr. ABC has continuously carried college football in one form or another ever since.
The Game bounced around with CBS conveying information technology in 1962 and 1963, WOSU showed information technology locally in 1964, NBC had it in 1965, ABC took information technology in 1967, WOSU showed information technology locally in 1968 and ABC took over again in 1969.
The 1963 game was actually delayed a week from Nov. 23 until Nov. 30 in Ann Arbor after the assassination of President Kennedy. OSU returned to Ann Arbor a week later and won the game 14-10.
The 1968 game is i of OSU'southward biggest wins ever every bit the Buckeyes rolled 50-14 over No. 4 Michigan to win the Large Ten on its way to the Rose Bowl and the national championship. ABC had the national package that flavour and showed a doubleheader with Nebraska-Oklahoma and USC-UCLA instead.
The OSU-Michigan game in 1968, which started at one:30 p.m., was broadcast on four radio stations in Columbus (WBNS, WMNI, WOSU and WRFD).
The 1969 game was won by rookie caput motorbus Bo Schembechler and Michigan 24-12 as 1 of the biggest upsets in Big Ten history.
"This has to be the upset of the century," ABC's Bill Flemming said as the clock wound down.
Analyst Lee Grosscup added, "I've never seen a team as emotionally upwardly equally this Michigan team today."
Hither is a look at the OSU-Michigan games from 1960-69 (game day rankings in parentheses):
Nov. xix, 1960, at Columbus: Ohio State (10) seven, Michigan 0 … no alive Television
Nov. 25, 1961, at Ann Arbor: Ohio Land (2) 50, Michigan 20 … ABC
Nov. 24, 1962, at Columbus: Ohio State 28, Michigan 0 … CBS
Nov. thirty, 1963, at Ann Arbor, Ohio Country 14, Michigan x … CBS
Nov. 21, 1964, at Columbus: Michigan (6) 10, Ohio State (vii) 0 … WOSU
Nov. 20, 1965, at Ann Arbor: Ohio Country ix, Michigan 7 … NBC
Nov. 19, 1966, at Columbus: Michigan 17, Ohio State 3 … no live Tv
November. 25, 1967, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State 24, Michigan 14 … ABC
Nov. 23, 1968, at Columbus: Ohio Country (2) 50, Michigan (4) 14 … WOSU
November. 22, 1969, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (12) 24, Ohio Land (ane) 12 … ABC (regional)
By 1970, ABC was now paying $12 million for rights to college football. That total went to $13.v million per season in 1972. Past 1978, that fee went to $30 million a year and schools were now immune to announced as many every bit three times.
The 1971 game, won by No. 3 Michigan 10-7 over an injury ravaged Ohio State team, was the last edition of The Game that was non televised live.
The Game was on ABC every year between 1972-81. All but the 1981 game were shown to a national audience.
The start of the 1977 game was delayed 10 minutes but ABC however missed the first 7 minutes of The Game as its news sectionalisation carried live coverage of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's historic peace-seeking visit to State of israel.
"Nosotros received thousands of telephone complaints for missing the get-go," an ABC official told The New York Times.
That 1977 game was also notable as a frustrated Woody Hayes punched an ABC cameraman who got too close on the sideline as Michigan was winning the game. That sequence came after OSU quarterback Rod Gerald was striking and fumbled on a pitch to Ron Springs. Michigan recovered it as the Wolverines preserved a 14-half-dozen win that denied OSU a Rose Bowl bid.
The feed from the sidelined captured an enraged Hayes charging at the camera before it went blank. According to witnesses, Hayes punched the cameraman, Mike Freedman, in the tum.
Asked nearly the incident afterwards the game, Hayes said, "Aw, become ahead and write virtually information technology. How would you like it if they stuck microphones in your face all the time."
Hayes abruptly ended his postgame press conference at that point. Merely he discussed it months after after a feast.
"I am tired of all the frivolous talk about what I did to the man out in that location," Hayes said. "We were going downwards the field in a great game for the championship. I've never been and then ill in my unabridged life. I was tired of having that camera stuck in my face.
"I am sorry for what I did. Do I make mistakes? Certain I do. I make lots of them."
The decade of the 1970s ended with ABC capturing the Buckeye Cake Party touchdown as the unbeaten Buckeyes (led past new coach Earle Bruce) won 18-fifteen in Ann Arbor in 1979.
"Looks like they're coming after it," ABC'due south Ara Parseghian noted just before the fateful Michigan punt.
"They are," added ABC's Keith Jackson. "They block it! They've got it! Todd Bell, touchdown. (Jim) Laughlin blocked it; Bell took it in."
Here is a expect at the OSU-Michigan games from 1970-79 (game day rankings in parentheses):
Nov. 21, 1970, at Columbus: Ohio State (5) xx, Michigan (4) nine … ABC
November. 20, 1971, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (3) 10, Ohio State 7 … no live Tv
Nov. 25, 1972, at Columbus: Ohio State (ix) 14, Michigan (3) 11 … ABC (national)
Nov. 24, 1973, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (1) 10, Michigan (iv) ten … ABC (national)
Nov. 23, 1974, at Columbus: Ohio State (4) 12, Michigan (3) x … ABC (national)
Nov. 22, 1975, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (1) 21, Michigan (four) 14 … ABC (national)
Nov. 20, 1976, at Columbus: Michigan (iv) 22, Ohio Country (8) 0 … ABC (national)
November. nineteen, 1977, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (5) 14, Ohio State (4) 6 … ABC (national)
Nov. 25, 1978, at Columbus: Michigan (vi) xiv, Ohio State (16) 3 … ABC (national)
Nov. 17, 1979, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (ii) 18, Michigan (xiii) fifteen … ABC (national)
The higher football landscape changed dramatically in the 1980s. In 1982, ABC and CBS received rights as part of a four-twelvemonth bargain valued at $66 meg a twelvemonth.
But ii years into the deal, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the NCAA contracts as an illegal restraint of trade. Oklahoma and Georgia had filed a lawsuit against the NCAA. That led to the creation of two network contracts, the Higher Football game Association packet on ABC and the Big Ten/Pac-10 bundle on CBS.
CBS aired The Game in 1982. But with both teams struggling in 1983, the networks took a pass on the game. That immune local broadcasters a chance to bid on the 1983 game. WBNS-TV (Ch. ten) won the behest.
But as function of NCAA policy, WBNS had to purchase up all of the available tickets at other college games in Ohio. Those were the Kent State-Bowling Dark-green and Cincinnati-Miami (Ohio) games. It was estimated the station had to spend between $50,000 and $100,000 to buy up those tickets.
WBNS sold the rights outside Columbus to SportsView, which put information technology on pay-per-view in Toledo and Detroit. Viewers paid $x to come across the game, which Michigan won 24-21.
WBNS was able to rent quondam coach Woody Hayes to provide color commentary with its sports crew of Lee Vlisides and Gary Radnich. Hayes was now 70 years one-time.
"I am excited about it," Hayes said prior to the game. "But you know, I'thou not every bit sharp as I used to be (on football game) and I have some work to do. I'll see as many films of them every bit I can this week."
During the game, Hayes was his typical cocky. When i of his broadcast partners lauded a Michigan thespian for making a "smashing play," Hayes told him to stow the praise for the Wolverines.
"This is an Ohio Country circulate," Hayes barked. "If you lot proceed doing that, I'grand leaving."
CBS showed the next three OSU-Michigan games. That included the 1984 game where OSU clinched the Rose Bowl and the iv-60 minutes classic in 1986 as Michigan (led by Jim Harbaugh guaranteeing a win) returned the favor past clinching its ain Rose Bowl win.
ABC returned to embrace the Big Ten solely in 1987. That started the cord of 30 straight years with ABC carrying The Game.
Here is a look at the OSU-Michigan games from 1980-89 (game day rankings in parentheses):
Nov. 22, 1980, at Columbus: Michigan (x) ix, Ohio State (5) iii … ABC (national)
Nov. 21, 1981, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State fourteen, Michigan (vii) nine … ABC (regional)
November. twenty, 1982, at Columbus: Ohio Land 24, Michigan (13) 14 … CBS (national)
Nov. 19, 1983, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (8) 24, Ohio State (10) 21 … WBNS-Tv (local)
Nov. 17, 1984, at Columbus: Ohio State (11) 21, Michigan 6 … CBS (national)
November. 23, 1985, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (half dozen) 27, Ohio Land (12) 17 … CBS (national)
November. 22, 1986, at Columbus: Michigan (vi) 26, Ohio State (7) 24 … CBS (national)
Nov. 21, 1987, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State 23, Michigan 20 … ABC (national)
Nov. 19, 1988, at Columbus: Michigan (12) 34, Ohio Country 31 … ABC (national)
November. 25, 1989, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (3) 28, Ohio State (20) eighteen … ABC (national)
ABC held a decease grip on the Big Ten television package throughout the 1990s. The network made The Game a prized piece of its higher football coverage.
The 1995 edition of The Game was actually circulate on a separate-national basis because the network had to show the Florida-Florida State game in the same circulate window at noon.
The 1997 game in Ann Arbor was 1 of the highest rated Big Ten regular season games in history every bit No. 1 Michigan held off Ohio Country 20-14 to finish an unbeaten regular flavour.
The 1998 game in Columbus was remarkable as longtime ABC icon Keith Jackson covered his final edition of The Game. Jackson remained with the network and covered primarily West Coast games. I of his concluding OSU broadcasts came in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl as the Buckeyes knocked off Miami (Fla.) to win the national title.
Here is a look at the OSU-Michigan games from 1990-99 (game day rankings in parentheses):
Nov. 24, 1990, at Columbus: Michigan (15) 16, Ohio Land (19) 13 … ABC
Nov. 23, 1991, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (4) 31, Ohio Country (18) 3 … ABC
Nov. 21, 1992, at Columbus: Ohio State (17) 13, Michigan (half-dozen) thirteen … ABC (national)
Nov. 20, 1993, at Ann Arbor: Michigan 28, Ohio State (five) 0 … ABC (national)
Nov. 19, 1994, at Columbus: Ohio State (22) 22, Michigan (15) 6 … ABC (national)
Nov. 25, 1995, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (12) 31, Ohio Country (2) 23 … ABC (split-national)
Nov. 23, 1996, at Columbus: Michigan (21) 13, Ohio State (2) 9 … ABC (national)
Nov. 22, 1997, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (i) 20, Ohio Land (4) 14 … ABC (national)
Nov. 21, 1998, at Columbus: Ohio Country (7) 31, Michigan 16 … ABC (national)
Nov. twenty, 1999, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (10) 24, Ohio State 17 … ABC
The landscape of sports television changed dramatically in the early 2000s. ABC and ESPN were both under the Disney buying umbrella. The 2 networks shared some resources for several years earlier Disney finally announced the end of ABC Sports and the commencement of ESPN on ABC.
That motility put all ABC sports events nether ESPN's purview in terms of scheduling, sponsorships, producers and commentators. ABC broadcasts began using ESPN's production and announcing staff, and incorporated elements such as ESPN-branded on-screen graphics, SportsCenter in-game updates, and the BottomLine ticker.
ESPN substantially became the sports provider for the separately-endemic ABC local affiliates. This has led for more events – such every bit the Basin Title Serial and now the College Football Playoff – to appear on ESPN instead of ABC.
Merely, for whatever reason, the Ohio State-Michigan game remained on ABC exclusively through the end of the network'southward run as the lead Large 10 television partner in 2016.
The first big highlight in the 2000s was coach Jim Tressel leading OSU to a 26-xx win at Michigan in his debut in the series in 2001. A year later, ABC had coverage every bit No. 2 Ohio State held off Michigan 14-9 to advance to the Fiesta Bowl national title game.
The 2003 game was the historic 100th edition of The Game (won past Michigan 35-21). The 2005 game was circulate on ABC except for on the Westward Coast, where ESPN carried the game.
All of this prepare the phase for the 2006 edition of The Game with No. 1 Ohio State hosting No. 2 Michigan in a battle of xi-0 teams. ABC convinced the Large 10 and the schools to move the start fourth dimension of this game to 3:30 p.m. to maximize the rating.
Information technology worked as the game drew ABC'southward largest regular season game ever with a 13.0 rating and 21 million viewers. Ohio Country pulled out the 42-39 win in the Game of the Century to move on to the BCS national title game.
The Game did not net x million viewers again for 9 years as Ohio State dominated the rivalry. Still, it was routinely among the highest ranked games in any given flavour.
That was not the case in 2015, though. The OSU-Michigan State game (won by MSU to knock OSU out of the Big Ten and national title chase) was seen past xi.05 million viewers. A week later on, OSU's 42-13 win at Michigan was seen past x.8 million viewers.
One more watershed moment came in 2022 as No. ii Ohio State hosted No. 3 Michigan. The 4-60 minutes marathon stretched to double overtime earlier OSU pulled out the thirty-27 victory. It drew a national rating of 9.4 and xvi.8 1000000 viewers. Information technology peaked at 20 million viewers for the climactic segment between iii:45-4 p.grand. It drew a 43.half-dozen rating in Columbus on WSYX.
Information technology prepare a new record as ABC's highest rated noon college football telecast since at least 1991.
Hither is a wait at the OSU-Michigan games from 2000-sixteen (game day rankings in parentheses; television receiver rating information available from 2006-16):
November. 18, 2000, at Columbus: Michigan (19) 38, Ohio State (12) 26 … ABC (national)
Nov. 24, 2001, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State 26, Michigan (11) 20 … ABC (national)
Nov. 23, 2002, at Columbus: Ohio Land (ii) 14, Michigan (12) 9 … ABC (national)
Nov. 22, 2003, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (5) 35, Ohio Country (4) 21 … ABC (national)
Nov. 20, 2004, at Columbus: Ohio State 37, Michigan (7) 21 … ABC (national)
November. 19, 2005, at Ann Arbor: Ohio Country (9) 25, Michigan (17) 21 … ABC; carried in some areas past ESPN
November. 18, 2006, at Columbus: Ohio State (1) 42, Michigan (two) 39 … ABC (national) … xiii.0 rating, 21.0 one thousand thousand viewers
November. 17, 2007, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (vii) 14, Michigan (21) iii … ABC (national) … 6.0 rating, nine.5 million viewers
Nov. 22, 2008, at Columbus: Ohio State (10) 42, Michigan 7 … ABC (national) … 4.3 rating, 6.6 million viewers
Nov. 21, 2009, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (ix) 21, Michigan 10 … ABC (national) … 4.two rating, 6.viii million viewers
Nov. 27, 2010, at Columbus: Ohio Country (viii) 37, Michigan seven … ABC (national) … 4.0 rating, 6.9 million viewers
Nov. 26, 2011, at Ann Arbor: Michigan (fifteen) 40, Ohio State 34 … ABC (national) … 5.1 rating, eight.0 million viewers
Nov. 24, 2012, at Columbus: Ohio Country (4) 26, Michigan (20) 21 … ABC (national) … five.8 rating, 9.5 million viewers
Nov. 30, 2013, at Ann Arbor: Ohio Country (3) 42, Michigan 41 … ABC (national) … 5.eight rating, ix.5 million viewers
Nov. 29, 2014, at Columbus: Ohio Land (6) 42, Michigan 28 … ABC (national) … 4.9 rating, 8.2 one thousand thousand viewers
Nov. 28, 2015, at Ann Arbor: Ohio State (9) 42, Michigan (ten) 13 … ABC (national) … six.four rating, ten.eight million viewers
Nov. 26, 2016, at Columbus: Ohio State (ii) xxx, Michigan (3) 27, 2 OT … ABC (national) … 9.4 rating, sixteen.8 1000000 viewers
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