Rich Eisen reacts to Michigan football’s surprising win over Ohio State

This is too good! #GoBlue

Just about no one thought that Michigan football could beat Ohio State in 2024. And while that was the case each of the past four years, this win was even more surprising given that the Buckeyes were ranked No. 2 while the Wolverines entered The Game at 6-5. And the reactions have been coming in hot and heavy and, as you’d expect, no one is more excited on Sunday than Rich Eisen.

The NFL Network host and famed Michigan alum took a moment on Sunday morning to express his thoughts, which were a little less gleeful than four years ago. It’s not that Eisen isn’t happy — of course he is — but Michigan beating the Buckeyes is now becoming a little rote, Eisen notes.

“You know, I’m not going to be airing any grievances,” Eisen said. “I’m just going to grieve for people who need the help. I grieve for those who root for the scarlet and the gray. I grieve for you folks who are there in Columbus in the Horseshoe — four in a row, didn’t see it coming. Certainly, this past year when Michigan had all the house money and all you had was the NIL money, 12 million that you thought was going to be spent to make sure this didn’t happen again — and it did. And I also grieve for the rivalry, because how is it a rivalry when one team wins four in row? So I would like it if Ohio State got better, got better in this game, and caught up to whatever Michigan is cooking up.

“I grieve. I grieve for you. I grieve for this rivalry. And I’m also going to do what Michigan’s won four straight times — go take a knee. And I’m gonna say victory for that sort of rivalry days when there was one. It’s not one anymore, is there?”