Former Wolverine wide receiver Nico Collins spent four seasons at Michigan where his teams went 0-3 against Ohio State, losing by an average of 21 points per game.
But according to Collins, those losses had nothing to do with a talent disparity. In a Wednesday press conference, Collins denied any talent gap with Ohio State, even going as far as to suggest that Michigan could have more talent than the Buckeyes.
“It’s way closer,” Collins said of the perceived talent gap. “I’d say the talent is the same type of talent. I would say there’s not a difference between the two. Every time we play O-State, we know what kind of game it’s gonna be – it’s gonna be all four quarters. With the athletes they got and we got, I’d say we match up. They don’t have more athletes than we got. I feel like it’s pretty much equal or we pretty much have more than them. That’s all. That's it, man. Talent-wise, I’d say it’s pretty much equal. There wasn’t no advantage with them – none at all.”
If Ohio State had no talent advantage, it's unclear what Collins believes caused Michigan to lose by more than three touchdowns in each of the two games in which he recorded stats.
