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Right now, Aidan Hutchinson doesn’t know what the future holds — whether or not he’ll get the opportunity to wear the winged helmet again.
With the fall football season on hold, Hutchinson isn’t confident that there will be a winter/spring season — or that COVID-19 will relent enough for the Big Ten to feel it’s safe enough to resume play next fall, given his skepticism over the current season postponement.
So when it comes to the specter of his rival, Ohio State, a team he’s lost two both times he’s gone up against them, he’s just begging for the opportunity to get another chance to prove he and his teammates are up to the task.
Appearing on ESPN personality Marty Smith’s podcast last week to discuss the state of the Big Ten given the coronavirus postponement, the Michigan football defensive end finished by saying there’s just one thing that he craves in his Ann Arbor football career: one more opportunity to prove his mettle against the Buckeyes — especially given all of the chirping that’s been going on down in Columbus.
“One more, one more,” Hutchinson said. “I just want one more shot at them. Ryan Day, Justin Fields – I saw all their quotes on Twitter about knocking the brakes off of us. You don’t know how much that riles me up. I need to play them one more time, man.
“It’s out of my hands whether I can or not. I’m hoping and praying that I get one more shot at them.”
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At the moment, it appears that the Big Ten is eyeing a winter season starting in January, which would be comprised of eight games before a March championship game.
However, no matter who wins that game, they will not be in the national championship conversation, as the College Football Playoff intends to move forward as planned with a championship game held on Jan. 11.
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