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Breaking news from the athletic.

This is Bill Landis and Ari Waspinton from the Athletic with Breaking News for you the first time since

1917.

The Ohio State Michigan game is not scheduled to happen. The Wolverines announced on Tuesday that they are canceling due to the

issues with COVID-19 in their program. Our colleague Bruce Feldman reporting that Michigan would

have to be without 45 players this week, a combination of injuries, contact tracing, and guys

who have tested positive.

So that's double the amount of players that Ohio State was out last week when it played

Michigan State.

Ohio State was missing 23 players, only 17 of them, scholarship players.

But Ari, the game is not happening.

There'll be a lot to sort through.

I think, like, you know, the tradition and all that stuff is worth talking about as well.

But I think the immediate reaction for people is like, well, does this mean now moving forward for Ohio State?

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