>>
>> WELCOME BACK. THE MEANING OF THESE TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS.
23RD TIME THEY HAVE BEEN TOP 10
WHEN THEY PLAY.
THE BUCKEYES HELD THEM OFF IN
COLUMBUS.
42-39.
COLUMBUS. 42-39. A GREAT RIVALRY OVER THE YEARS.
TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE ORIGIN
OF HOW WE GOT THIS FAR.
>> Reporter: A BIG-TIME BATTLE
GOING ON.
THIS GRIDIRON COLLISION, EVERY
YEAR ON GOING NONSTOP FOR ABOUT
A CENTURY.
ARRIVAL THAT BEGAN AS A
SHOWDOWN BACK IN 1918.
LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A
HORSESHOE IN COLUMBUS OR A BIG
HOUSE IN ANN ARBOR BUT THE
FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO
PLAYED IN 87.
GREAT BATTLE OF THE BORDER
BETWEEN OHIO AND MICHIGAN.
THE SEEDS OF THIS RIVALRY
BETWEEN THE TEAMS COULD BE
TRACED BACK TO 1835 ONE
MICHIGAN AND OHIO READY TO
SPILL REAL BLOOD OVER WHO OWNED
THE REAL ESTATE OF TOLEDO.
>> THE TERRITORY AS TO WHETHER
THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN, TO
TOLEDO OR OHIO TO TOLEDO.
>> AT THE CENTER OF THE DISPUTE
WITH THIS LAND, THE TOLEDO
STRIP.
LANDSCAPE ABOUT FIVE MILES
WIDE.
NO MAN'S TERRITORY BECAUSE OF
OLD TREATIES, BAD MAP MAKING
AND TOO MANY SURVEYS.
>> SAID WE ARE GOING TO RUN A
LINE DUE EAST FROM THE TIP OF
LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THE
TERRITORIES.
>> IT TURNED OUT THAT LAKE
MICHIGAN MUCH FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH THAN THESE MAPS DEPICTED.
SO THE NEW LINES, THE BOTTOM
LINE PUT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN
INCLUDING THE BAY AND RIVER.
WHICH BACK THEN AND NOW AN
ECONOMIC PLUMB FOR SHIPPING AND
TRANSPORTATION.
SOMETHING WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
MICHIGAN'S BOY GOVERNOR, THE
19-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN READY TO DO
THAT.
DECLARING TOLEDO BELONGED TO
MICHIGAN.
EVEN SENDING A DEPUTY.
BENJAMIN AND HIS HOME LOCATED
WHERE RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL
BILLED.
>> OF COURSE THE FAMOUS
INCIDENT OF THE STEMMING WHERE
THE DEPUTY OF MICHIGAN COMES
DOWN, BENJAMIN'S SECOND SON.
AND HE HAS A CONFRONTATION IN A
BAR OF ALL PLACES.
ENDS UP STABBING HIM.
>> MANAGED TO ESCAPE, THE
DEPUTY MANAGED TO SURVIVE.
BUT THE YOUNG GOVERNOR MASON
NOT PLEASED AND BY SEPTEMBER
HEADED FOR TOLEDO WITH AN ARMED
MILITIA TO TAKE IT BY FORCE.
GOVERNOR ROBERT OF OHIO WASN'T
POLICE, HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE
NONE OF THIS NONSENSE AND
PRESIDENT AND REJECTION THAT
THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN GONE
TOO FAR.
>> MICHIGAN TURNS OUT TO BE THE
OBJECTOR.
THERE IS A POLITICAL SOLUTION.
>> THE BUCKEYES WERE AWARDED
THE COVETED TOLEDO STRIP AND
THE WOLVERINES WON THE PRIZE OF
THE UPPER PENINSULA AND THE
STATEHOOD.
WE'LL HAVE WAR WAS AVERTED.
>> BUT BETTER FEELINGS LINGERED
AND DISPLAYED THESE DAYS ON THE
FOOTBALL FIELD BETWEEN THE
BUCKEYES OF OHIO AND THE
WOLVERINES OF MICHIGAN.
>> A RIVALRY WITH THE NO
ARRIVAL.
PRODUCING MANY MEMORABLE GAMES
AND PLAYERS.
ONE OF THEM OHIO STATE'S
RUNNING BACK WHO BROUGHT
NATIONAL ATTENTION TO OHIO
STATE FROM 1916 TO 1919.
NOT ONLY SCORED A TOUCHDOWN'S
BODY BROUGHT IN FRANCE BY THE
THOUSANDS.
SO MANY THAT OHIO STATE HAD TO
BUILD A NEW STADIUM.
CALLED THE HOUSE THAT HARLEY
BUILT.FOR MICHIGAN, TOM,
ANOTHER RUNNING BACK WHO JUST
COULDN'T BE STOPPED.
HIS SPEED AND PERFORMANCE SET
RECORDS AND WON CHAMPIONSHIPS.
IN THE ROSE BOWL AGAINST OHIO
STATE, SEEN HERE WITH HIS FINAL
TOUCHDOWN.
LEFT MANY TEAMS FRUSTRATED.
IN ONE GAME AGAINST CALIFORNIA
A FAN SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO
LET CARMEN GO A DAY WITHOUT
SOMEBODY TACKLING HIM SO HE
BOLTED ONTO THE FIELD.
ANOTHER MEMORABLE GAME IN 1950,
THE DAY THAT MOTHER NATURE WON
DELIVERING A BLIZZARD IN
COLUMBUS.
FIVE INCHES OF SNOW.
THAT DID NOT STOP THE FANS FROM
SHOWING UP TO WITNESS THE
SNOWBALL.
IMITATION OF A FOOTBALL GAME,
FUMBLED THE BALL, SERIES OF
SPILLS, SLIDES AND 45 PUNKS.
>> I DON'T WANT YOU ON THE
FOOTBALL FIELD, IF YOU WERE
GOING TO SHOW ANY SIGNS OF
APATHY.
>> NO WAR EVER FOUGHT WITHOUT
IT GENERALS FROM THE 10 YEAR
WAR FROM 1969 TO 1978, TWO OF
THE BEST.
WOODY IN COLUMBUS AND ANN
ARBOR.
>> NO MAN MORE IMPORTANT, NO
COACH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
TEAM.
>> THE WAR BETWEEN THEM.
IT WAS A RIVALRY THAT WAS
ALWAYS WITH HIGH DRAMA AND HIGH
HEAT.
WOODY ON HIS TRIPS TO ANN ARBOR
STOP WITH THE TEAM IN TOLEDO
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND
A CENT IN THAT STATE UP NORTH.
THE RIVALRY IN THE GAME
CONTINUES WITH NO END IN SIGHT.
SYMBOLS OF A RIVALRY LIKELY
STARTED 182 YEARS AGO WHEN THE
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED
WOLVERINES AND BUCKEYES READY
IN 1835 TO GET ON THE