Podcast: Michigan 'not up to task and not prepared' in lopsided loss to Ohio State
ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines closed out the 2025 regular season with a 27-9 loss to the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at home, dropping to 9-3 on the season in humbling fashion.
TheWolverine.com’s Anthony Broome and former Michigan defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen break down a humbling 27-9 loss to Ohio State to close out the regular season.
“This team, I don’t think, was up for the task today,” Van Bergen said. “This team was not up to task and was not prepared to play in this game. And I think you have to humbly give Ohio State a lot of credit and Ryan Day, a lot of credit. It’s not something I’m gonna try to make a habit of, but they came in and they took a punch right in the mouth. And that’s something we talk about on this podcast, is how are they going to respond, because they’ve had such an easy schedule. They come into the Big House and we get a good drive going. Then they come out and they air one out and miss. Then they throw a pick on the second play of the game, the stadium’s rocking. Michigan’s has to come out and put something into the end zone from there.
“And then you get to give Ohio State a lot of credit. They stick with their game plan. They took some shots. Ryan Day went for it on fourth down early and often. They came to play and they came to win. And you have to give them a lot of credit. They executed their game plan well; we didn’t execute ours. And we had opportunities. I think this game may have been closer than what the final score indicated. I think there are a lot of things that could have made this game even tighter as you go play-by-play.
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“But in general, Ohio State’s a better team than us this year. And it was bound to happen at some point.”
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