Pregame observations, injury updates: Michigan football vs. Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Michigan Wolverines football is set to take on Ohio State with the Big Ten East Division title on the line. Follow along below for pregame updates.
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Pregame updates: Michigan football vs. Ohio State
• 11:45 a.m. — The Michigan team has entered the locker room for the final time before kickoff. Ohio State has done the same. The Buckeye marching band is on the field.
• 11:25 a.m. — Junior linebacker Kalel Mullings is warming up with the Michigan running backs. He played both ways in the spring but hasn’t taken game reps on offense.
• 11:10 a.m. – Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards have taken the field for warmups. Corum emerged from the tunnel with head coach Jim Harbaugh.
11:06 a.m. — Michigan players are beginning to take the field for warmups.
10:40 a.m. — A small group of Michigan players — mostly pass-catchers — are on the field getting some reps early on. They’re wearing hoodies and their white game pants. The rest of the team will take the field for full warmups soon, in full uniform.
• All of Michigan’s injured players who were questionable for today’s game made the trip to Columbus, including junior star running back Blake Corum, sophomore running back Donovan Edwards, graduate tight end Luke Schoonmaker, senior left guard Trevor Keegan and senior EDGE Mike Morris. They’re all expected to play. Corum may be limited in his effectiveness, but he will likely give it a go.
• 9:35 a.m. — Michigan has arrived at Ohio Stadium.
• 8:56 a.m. — Ohio State has released its injury report for today’s game.
Game information: Michigan football vs. Ohio State
Venue: Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)
Kickoff: 12:14 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
Stream: FoxSports.com or the Fox Sports App
On The Call: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color) and Tom Rinaldi (sideline)
Radio: LEARFIELD Michigan Sports Network, anchored by WWJ 950 AM in the Detroit area, with Doug Karsch (play-by-play), Jon Jansen (color) and Jason Avant (sideline) on the call. Karsch and Jansen are regular contributors to TheWolverine.com. Click here for the full list of radio affiliates to find the station in your area. The radio broadcast can also be streamed through MGoBlue.com.
Series Facts: This will be the 118th meeting between the teams, and Michigan leads the all-time series 59-52-6. The two teams first met in 1897, a 34-0 U-M win in Ann Arbor. Since 2003, Ohio State has won 15 of the last 18 meetings between the teams. The Wolverines won last year’s matchup 42-27, snapping an eight-game Buckeye winning streak in the series.
Betting line
Ohio State is an eight-point favorite with the over/under set at 55.5 total points.
Michigan is 17-7-1 against the spread in its last 25 games and 6-4-1 this season. The under has hit in eight of the Wolverines 11 games this year. Ohio State is 5-5-1 against the spread this season. The total has gone over in eight of its 11 contests, including eight of its last nine.
Weather report: Columbus, Ohio forecast
Weather.com projects it to be 47 degrees and sunny at kickoff, with a 1-percent chance of precipitation and 7 MPH winds out of the southwest. It’s expected to rise to 56 degrees and partly cloudy by 4 p.m. ET.
For tailgating purposes, it’ll be 30 degrees and sunny at 8 a.m. ET, before warming up to 44 degrees by 11 a.m.
