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Favorite OSU Football moment? (Merged)

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I’m 48. Been watching games since I was 7. I was there when Eddie ran wild. I was at the Hineygate for The Game in 02 and 06. I was at the 05 Texas game mentioned above. I remember my dad in total disbelief when Woody threw the punch.
All memorable moments. None of them affected me like ‘85 yards through the heart of the south.’
That’s my all time moment.
 
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bukIpower said:
What do you guys recall about the Texas game in 05??

I remember the noise when Hawk had that INT and unfortunately I remember the Lima Sweed Touchdown since it was in my corner of the stadium
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i remember thinking if Troy Smith hadn't been suspended for game 1 of the season and was maybe a little sharper when he came in the outcome might have been different. Hamby's drop happened at our end of the stadium. Wife and I had good seats in B Deck on the 10 yard line (Texas side). I also believe that was the loudest environment I had ever been in.
of course, I also remember Tejas fans acting like total jackasses after the game but recall zero incidents of bad behavior by Buckeye fans as they so famously claimed after.
 
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My first Michigan game was the 1954 classic. Bucks stopped wolverines 4 times inside the five, then Cassidy broke loose for 40 yards off tackle and the winning drive was on. Skip to 74 (?) and I'm on the sidelines as a stringer for the Dayton Daily News photo department, Bucks again stop a Michigan drive despite a first and goal inside the five, same end of the field, and go on to win. Then skip to 2004, pretty well lit on Glenmorangie when Dorsey is being spun around by Cie Grant and his pass flutters to the ground. Then onto 2014 and "85 yards through the heart of the South." Finish with JT's perfect 4th quarter passing to bring the Bucks back and steal one from Sasquatch, McSorehead and whiney Franklin. So many great moments to choose from, but those really stick out. Oh, wait I forgot Bob White's one-man drive to break open a game against Evaschvski's best-ever Iowa team.
 
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buckeyebri said:
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The Bucks were down by 24 or 28 at some point in that game and yet they managed to come back and this run was part of it.


If, if, if. If Byars doesn't break his foot, if they get the game against USC and he breaks out for a long run he scores and doesn't get caught from behind. Happened early in the Rose Bowl game and the Bucks had to settle for three. He was never the same athlete after that injury and yet was good enough to be in Canton. One amazing athlete.
 
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bukIpower said:
What do you guys recall about the Texas game in 05??

I remember the noise when Hawk had that INT and unfortunately I remember the Lima Sweed Touchdown since it was in my corner of the stadium
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That's one of my favorite games. Obviously was crushed by the loss. But still. From all the buildup to the game to the competitiveness on the field between 2 great teams, just a great game. Hawk---who is my favorite Buckeye---played one of the best defensive games I've seen in that one.
 
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If it's just a single moment and not the result of an entire game then it's even easier for me.

I have never personally had a single moment of pure joy like The Holy Buckeye play in my 40 some odd years of fandom.

That game, and that play, started off as the embodiment of the same old shit that always happened to us for my entire life up to that point. In one play everything changed.

 
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Jaxbuck said:
If it's just a single moment and not the result of an entire game then it's even easier for me.

I have never personally had a single moment of pure joy like The Holy Buckeye play in my 40 some odd years of fandom.

That game, and that play, started off as the embodiment of the same old shit that always happened to us for my entire life up to that point. In one play everything changed.

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I was at that game.

Both of my calves were black and blue from ankle to knee from jumping up and down and my calves scraping against the metal bleachers.
 
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bukIpower said:
What do you guys recall about the Texas game in 05??

I remember the noise when Hawk had that INT and unfortunately I remember the Lima Sweed Touchdown since it was in my corner of the stadium
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I was in the corner of the endzone too, 11 rows up, and could hear the simultaneous thud of Sweed hitting the ground and the shoe becoming eerily silent. Settled for too many FG's. Great game, poor result.

The 02 title game was such a surprise. That Miami team was so talented and OSU had snuck out so many close wins against sub-par opponents that year. I just didn't see how we were going to match up. The fact that it went to Double OT to settle it still is the best NC game I have ever seen.
 
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buckeyeintn said:
November 23, 1974
:18 seconds remaining
Mike Lantry kicks wide left
The 4 field goals by Tom Klaban hold up for a 12-10 victory
Sitting behind the goal post watching Lantry's kick sail wide left is a moment I will never forget.
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I love that play. Not because I remember it - I was 2 years away from being born. But I love hearing the whining about it. Michigan fans insist that the kick as good. They insist that the whole stadium know it was good, and that everyone knew that the refs gave us that game. Just like 1972, and now 2016.

By the way, their "proof" is a youtube video that is really bad quality. (1974 standards vs. high definition = bad quality.) The video is taken from the opposite end zone, probably from the scoreboard. The kick is from the right hashmark - there isn't a "dead-on" shot of the kick toward the field goal. (Remember, back then, the hashmarks were wider than they are today. I think the field was cut into thirds, so the ball was only about 53 feet from the sideline.) The ball gets kicked way left - but with no depth perception, there is no way that video can be used as "proof", one way or the other.

I think I've read a couple of people here say they were there and it was clearly missed.
 
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Zurp said:
I love that play. Not because I remember it - I was 2 years away from being born. But I love hearing the whining about it. Michigan fans insist that the kick as good. They insist that the whole stadium know it was good, and that everyone knew that the refs gave us that game. Just like 1972, and now 2016.

By the way, their "proof" is a youtube video that is really bad quality. (1974 standards vs. high definition = bad quality.) The video is taken from the opposite end zone, probably from the scoreboard. The kick is from the right hashmark - there isn't a "dead-on" shot of the kick toward the field goal. (Remember, back then, the hashmarks were wider than they are today. I think the field was cut into thirds, so the ball was only about 53 feet from the sideline.) The ball gets kicked way left - but with no depth perception, there is no way that video can be used as "proof", one way or the other.

I think I've read a couple of people here say they were there and it was clearly missed.
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I was almost directly behind the left upright. It was clearly wide. Like you, I love tsun that fans insist the kick was good. Simple response - scoreboard (or in this case the official under the goal post signalling wide).
 
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