LOOK: Reporter, Michigan alum, has rivalry moment with Ohio governor

Amid a coronavirus press conference in Ohio, a Michigan alumna and the state governor try to best each other in terms of the rivalry.

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The Michigan – Ohio State rivalry takes very few off days.

We must admit, we’ve been big fans of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s handling of the novel coronavirus, and The Buckeye State’s COVID-19 numbers reflect his solid leadership in the matter.

With Wednesday being Earth Day, DeWine announced to the Ohio press corps in Columbus that he would be giving away his personal buckeye tree at random to one the media members in attendance.

But we’re not quite so sure it ended up being random.

One of the media members who has been covering DeWine and his handling of coronavirus-related matters is Dayton Daily News political reporter Laura Bischoff, a Michigan native and 1987 graduate of the University of Michigan. Perhaps knowing of DeWine’s giveaway, Bischoff chose a certain PPE item that would assuredly get attention from anyone in the capital city of Columbus.

And it turns out, she was the ‘winner’ of said buckeye tree, but DeWine had to throw a little rivalry-related barb to the matter on Twitter.

Given the circumstances, however, this is a rivalry-related item we can certainly get behind.