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Will be TV for me. Went to Bloomington twice and the traffic situation was atrocious, not even close to ready for Buckeye traffic. First time was worth it though when I learned that IU would post their overhead calendar shot from when Ohio State visited because it looked like a full home game crowd
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ScriptOhio
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Did Lee Corso Stop A Game To Take A Scoreboard Picture? | The-Ozone
The legend says Indiana coach Lee Corso was so excited to be ahead of the Buckeyes, 7-6, that had his players pose for a picture in front of the scoreboard.
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Did Lee Corso Stop A Game To Take A Scoreboard Picture?
But in the first minute of the second quarter, according to a 1977 Sports Illustrated article by John Underwood, something bizarre happened.
That’s one version of the story. However, there are some immediate red flags.
For instance, Indiana led the Buckeyes 10-7 at halftime of the 1965 game, just 11 years earlier. Not even close to the 25 years Corso claimed.
A bigger issue is that Indiana University’s official archives have not been able to locate the supposed photo.
The photo at the top of this article is from the IU Archives file on the 1976 OSU/IU game, but they don’t have the scoreboard photo.
According to their records, “there is no mention or photo of such an event in the following Monday’s (Nov. 1, 1976) Indiana Daily Student.”
They also cite an anonymous player from that team who says it didn’t happen.
Ohio State’s archives don’t include photos from the game because it was on the road.
Additionally, neither The Indianapolis Star, nor The Columbus Dispatch, nor The Lantern recap of that game mention the scoreboard picture.
The official play-by-play of the game didn’t track timeouts, so it’s impossible to know if Corso called a timeout after the score (top of page 6).
It’s the kind of amusing and self-deprecating story Corso has been known for telling over the years. It might have just been a joke he told Underwood that then became “fact” over the years.
You can find video of the 1978 OSU/IU game online, but not the 1976 matchup.
Without that, and without a photo or game recap from that day that mentioned what obviously would have been a memorable event, this is just a great story for now.
Just sayin': Is it an "urban legend" or did it actually happened?
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A long ass time a go there was some sort of event wherein residents were getting their doors knocked on and they’d yell “who’s there” and it sounded like Hoosier
A Hoosier isn’t actually a thing, it’s an indictment of how fucking stupid people sounded trying to ask a question throughout Indiana.
I’m going to spare you details as I respect you as a person.
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ScriptOhio
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The Buckeyes have beaten the Hoosiers by at least 20 points in six of their last seven matches, including a dominant 56-14 win in Columbus last season and a 54-7 thrashing the last time OSU traveled west to Bloomington in 2021. Ohio State has defeated Indiana in 27 straight matchups, with its last loss to the Hoosiers taking place all the way back in 1988, when the Buckeyes lost back-to-back games to the Hoosiers.
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calibuck
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Get a kick out of the fact that Penix transferred to Washington, and now is a top five candidate for the Heisman. Didn't think UW was anything but a second tier team in Pac10, but must have missed something. #3 behind Oregon and USC. Hope we see something from our QBs, but expect we'll see Treyveon left, Treyveon right, and the rest of the rbs gashing the DL. Looking at two, possibly three 100 yard games from the RB room.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Hate to say it, but Day might 'copy' Hairball's technique, of playing QB1 for a half, and QB2 for a half. Rinse and repeat until one appears (methinks before ND), to be the most efficient at: moving offense; minimizing turnovers; and hitting this wonderful stable of receivers in stride for TDs. Seems too close to tell, both are intelligent, strong arms, with varying degrees of charisma and coolness (in the huddle). Since Day played CJ last year, dunno, trying to build stats for Heisman (?), etc. tOSU had little chance to build experience into these two. Kyle started one game while CJ was injured, and did pretty well. Recollect that Haskins came in during Xichigan game, led them to a TD, and probably assured himself of starting role the next year (against Joe B). But as the stock guys say, "prior performance is no guarantee of future performance"......Go Bucks!
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