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Newsstand: Michigan's 2021 win over Ohio State remembered by Joel Klatt

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The Michigan Wolverines head into the 2025 season with a four-game win streak over the Ohio State Buckeyes and are looking to extend it. Still, FOX analyst Joel Klatt took some time Tuesday to reminisce on the win that started it all.

Posting his top five performances in games he has called for the network this week, Klatt says Aidan Hutchinson‘s 4-sack showing in the 42-27 win over Ohio State in Ann Arbor in 2021 stands out as the fourth-best he has ever seen.

Here’s what Klatt had to say about the unforgettable day in Ann Arbor:

Understanding the context of this game and its implications is crucial. Michigan had lost its last eight games to Ohio State and even though the Wolverines had some good teams during that stretch, the Big House typically had nervous energy for “The Game.” That was just the energy from what had transpired in the rivalry in the few years leading up to the 2021 matchup. 

Ohio State was so good that year, too. Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud was on fire, and he was throwing to arguably the greatest wide receiver room in the history of the sport. Garrett Wilson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Chris Olave were leading that group at the time, and they’d all become first-round draft picks over the next two years.

Yet, Michigan fans in Ann Arbor that day never exuded the nervous energy they had in past years because of Aidan Hutchinson. Hutchinson gave the Michigan sideline belief. He gave that entire stadium belief. He also gave the state of Michigan the belief that the Wolverines could finally end their losing streak to their top rival.

Hutchinson was phenomenal. He recorded three sacks and 15 pressures that day. His 15 pressures were the most by a Big Ten player in the last 10 years – and he did it in the biggest game against the best team when he had to. Hutchinson needed to be great to stop that Ohio State offense.

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“Caris and I were really good friends in college and we’ve kept up that way pretty much across our entire careers. He’s an incredible player. One of the best people I’ve ever been around in terms of a teammate. I’m excited to be back with him. Outside of competing against him, I didn’t really know any of these guys too well and they’ve been super welcoming. It is nice to have somebody joining me who will also be new, who I do know really well. So that’ll be good.”

– Former Michigan basketball player Duncan Robinson on reuniting with Caris LeVert with the Detroit Pistons

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