Sideline Chatter: waiting for Michigan-Ohio State.

Byline: Dwight Perry

SEATTLE _ Hold off on World War III _ there's an Ohio State-Michigan game to play!

Kirk Herbstreit, the former Buckeyes quarterback turned TV analyst, says he had a different reason to fear Armageddon while growing up in Centerville, Ohio.

"In the middle of the Cold War, when nuclear bombs were a serious threat," Herbstreit said, "I used to go to bed praying to hold off on nuclear bombs until I got a chance to play in the Ohio State-Michigan game."

Grinding to a halt

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