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If you had to change the outcome of one game in Ohio State history, which would it be?

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2008 vs LSU: A chance for redemption after the 2007 debacle vs Florida turned into a double down vs the SEC. Besides, losing to Urban probably increased his odds of being our coach later but losing to Les Miles never helped anyone.

Now what the hell was I searching for when I stumbled over this thread? (Don't turn 50, folks)
 
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John Baranowski said:
The Game '69. That team would have gone down as maybe the greatest cfb team of all-time, back-to-back national champions.
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It would have resulted it BACK-to-BACK-to-BACK national championships, since that team would not have gone to a bowl in 1969, and when they finished the 1970 season undefeated would have claimed the final Coaches poll over Texas since the UPI didn't vote after the bowls that season, and the coaches would not have ranked Texas ahead of a Buckeye team that would have had 3 consecutive perfect seasons at that point.

That singular achievement, 3 straight #1 finishes in final polls, makes 1969 the easy answer for me.

But the bowls after the '70, '72, '74, '75, '79, and '06 seasons, along with the 10-10 tie in '73, and the '98 Sparty games are answers I can understand.

And the 1935 Notre Dame game, where ND got two TDs in C-bus in the last 2 minutes to win an early "Game-of-the-Century", is worth mentioning. No, Jaxbuck, I wasn't there.
 
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BB73 said:
It would have resulted it BACK-to-BACK-to-BACK national championships, since that team would not have gone to a bowl in 1969, and when they finished the 1970 season undefeated would have claimed the final Coaches poll over Texas since the UPI didn't vote after the bowls that season, and the coaches would not have ranked Texas ahead of a Buckeye team that would have had 3 consecutive perfect seasons at that point.

That singular achievement, 3 straight #1 finishes in final polls, makes 1969 the easy answer for me.
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What he said, and it's not even close...
 
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BB73 said:
It would have resulted it BACK-to-BACK-to-BACK national championships, since that team would not have gone to a bowl in 1969, and when they finished the 1970 season undefeated would have claimed the final Coaches poll over Texas since the UPI didn't vote after the bowls that season, and the coaches would not have ranked Texas ahead of a Buckeye team that would have had 3 consecutive perfect seasons at that point.

That singular achievement, 3 straight #1 finishes in final polls, makes 1969 the easy answer for me.

But the bowls after the '70, '72, '74, '75, '79, and '06 seasons, along with the 10-10 tie in '73, and the '98 Sparty games are answers I can understand.

And the 1935 Notre Dame game, where ND got two TDs in C-bus in the last 2 minutes to win an early "Game-of-the-Century", is worth mentioning. No, Jaxbuck, I wasn't there.
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Ditto
 
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I have trouble picking games that are flanked very closely by other titles. 69 is a strong choice because of how big of an upset that was, what it meant for Michigan, etc. But it feels a little bit like a Bama fan picking the kick six. Yes it was probably unmatched as a loss, but that was a pretty pleasant era despite that.


Cooper MSU would have transformed that era. The flipside is picking games like MSU 98 or UF/LSU might prevent the hire of a superior coach in Tressel/Meyer.


I'm sticking with the wrong forum answer of the Thad 5. No NCs in almost 60 years, and that was sandwiched between the two SEC losses in FB. That team was truly special, and there are no other NCs to dry the tears.
 
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TCU in 2018

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