Dispatch
HBO tackles storied lore, unique lure of The Game
Thursday, November 1, 2007 4:11 AM
By
Nick Chordas
The Columbus Dispatch
Kirk Irwin | dispatch
Former
OSU player Tom Skladany, left, with ex-coach Earle Bruce at the premiere screening of an HBO documentary about The Game
Former
OSU players Dick Ellwood, left, and Jim Stillwagon
An hour before the premiere screening of
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry on Tuesday night, former Buckeyes Dick Ellwood and Jim Stillwagon huddled near a table of hors d'oeuvres in the Wexner Center for the Arts. The topic of discussion: Ohio State's 50-14 win over the Wolverines in 1968, Stillwagon's sophomore year.
"We get home, it's about 9 o'clock, and everybody is celebrating," explained Ellwood, a letter winner in 1949 and 1950.
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