The Game always matters. That's what ESPN's Adam Rittenberg writes today about the Ohio State at Michigan football rivalry, giving six reasons he's excited about Saturday's game at Michigan Stadium (noon, ABC). Among them: The throwback jerseys Ohio State will wear.

There is plenty of other news about Saturday's noon game at Michigan Stadium. We have links for that and plenty more.

• Columbus Dispatch reporter Rob Oller isn't as impressed with the rivalry this year, although he enjoys the differences between the coaches, Ohio State's Jim Tressel and Michigan's Rich Rodriguez. "Where Tressel's news conference posture is prim and proper, Rodriguez was slightly slumping, his left foot twitching behind the lectern. One is spit and polish, the other is spit on the floor."
• Stefanie Spielman, the wife of former Ohio State and Detroit Lions star Chris Spielman, died Thursday at age 42 after a long fight with breast cancer, the Associated Press reports.
• One game shouldn't determine a career, Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom writes about Rich Rodriguez.
• Freshman quarterbacks Tate Forcier and Denard Robinson present interesting problems for Ohio State, The Toledo Blade reports.
• Toledo Blade columnist Dave Hackenberg says that a Michigan victory on Saturday would be an upset, but not the biggest in series history.
• Brandon Minor, Michigan's leading rusher this season, won't play against Ohio State because of injuries, AnnArbor.com reports.
• Don't let the lack of buzz be a buzzkill, ESPN's Rece Davis says about the Michigan-Ohio State game.
• Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis really needs a victory against UConn on Saturday, the Hartford Courant reports.

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