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This is pretty much what every Michigan/Ohio State game has looked like for the past 6 years.

Ohio State extended its winning streak over Michigan in football yesterday, defeating the Wolverines 21-10. I tried my best to follow the entire game here in China, but at about 3:30 AM — when the Buckeyes got their third touchdown — I had to call it quits.

The last time Michigan defeated Ohio State was on November 22, 2003, when John Navarre was still quarterback (!) and I was just 16 years old. In the 2,192 days that have passed since then, the following newsworthy, sports and personal events have taken place…

NEWSWORTHY EVENTS

• Saddam Hussein was captured in Iraq (December 13, 2003)
• Facebook was founded (February 4, 2004)
• Lord of the Rings picked up a record-tying 11 awards at the Oscars (February 29, 2004)
• Terrorists attacked train stations in Madrid (March 11, 2004)
• Ronald Reagan passed away (June 5, 2004)
• George W. Bush was re-elected president (November 2, 2004)
• A tsunami devastated Southeast Asia (December 26, 2004)
• Pope John Paul II passed away (April 2, 2005)
• Terrorists attacked London (July 7, 2005)
• Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans (August 30, 2005)
• Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away (September 3, 2005)
• Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray (September 4, 2006)
• The Nintendo Wii was released (November 19, 2006)
• Gerald Ford passed away (December 26, 2006)
• Saddam Hussein was executed (December 30, 2006)
• The first generation iPhone was released (June 29, 2007)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released (July 21, 2007)
• Earthquakes in China’s Sichaun province killed thousands (May 12, 2008)
• Lehman Brothers collapsed (September 15, 2009)
• Obama was elected the first black President (November 4, 2008)
• Michael Jackson passed away (June 25, 2009)

SPORTS EVENTS

• USC defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl (January 1, 2004)
• The Pistons won the NBA Championship (June 15, 2004)
• The summer Olympics opened in Athens (August 13, 2004)
• The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918 (October 27, 2004)
• Two words: Triple Overtime (October 30, 2004)
• The infamous “Basketbrawl” between the Pistons and Pacers took place (November 19, 2004)
• The NHL began its lockout (February 16, 2005)
• Texas defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl by just 1 point (January 1, 2005)
• The Pistons lost to the Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA finals (June 23, 2005)
• Michigan lost to Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl (December 28, 2005)
• The XL Superbowl was held in Detroit (February 5, 2006)
• Hockey great Steve Yzerman retired (July 3, 2006)
• Legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler passed away (November 17, 2006)
• #1 Ohio State and #2 Michigan participated in one of the greatest regular season college football matchups of all time (November 18, 2006)
• The last time Michigan was in a Rose Bowl (January 1, 2007)
• Appalachian State upset Michigan (September 1, 2007)
• Coach Lloyd Carr announced his retirement (November 19, 2007)
• Rich Rodriguez was hired (December 17, 2007)
• The last time Michigan was in a bowl game (January 1, 2008)
• The summer Olympics opened in Beijing (August 8, 2008)

PERSONAL EVENTS

• My brother was born (December 9, 2003)
• I graduated from high school (June 2, 2005)
• I became a legal adult (June 21, 2005)
• I began my first day of college (September 6, 2005)
• I designed my first front page for The Michigan Daily (October 12, 2005)
• I posted my very first Tweet (April 12, 2007)
• I moved into my very first apartment (late August 2007)
• I won my internship at the New York Times through SNDBoston’s “The Intern” competition (October 13, 2007)
• I graduated from college (May 2, 2009)
• I came to China (August 3, 2009)

Saturday’s game added another 365 days to that streak, meaning these lists will only keep getting longer. How depressing.