It’s The Game Week, which means the M’s are officially X’d out in Buckeye Country — welcome to Xonday with Xatt WilhelX. Matt joins Tim May and Clay Hall to break down what it truly takes to beat Michigan, drawing on his experience during the transition from the John Cooper era to the Jim Tressel breakthrough.

Ryan Day also speaks on the Buckeyes’ dominant 42-9 win over Rutgers without Jeremiah Smith or Carnell Tate, and why this team has been building toward Saturday in Ann Arbor all season. Newly blonde center Carson Hinzman adds his take on the Buckeyes’ yearlong crescendo, as Ohio State looks to snap a four-game skid to Michigan and reassert control of The Game.

Rivalry tension, playoff stakes, old-school Buckeye perspective, and a whole lot of X’s — this is the week Ohio State lives for. Get that turkey thawed.