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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1672200" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>This particular opponent has special meaning for me, as I have reminded my childhood friends consistently over the years that in the '80s we did indeed best the Buckeyes in football, barely. From '83 through '91 we finished ahead of them in the BT 5 of nine seasons, and beat them six of those nine meetings, including twice in Columbus. I'll grant you that our subsequent wins have been few but they've been notable: '07, of course, but also '99 and '01 come to mind, and all three of those in Columbus.</p><p></p><p>BTW, the 45-38 loss in Columbus in '84 was one of the great conference games of the past 50 years. We had a 24-0 lead 15 secs into the 2nd quarter on national TV. OSU's Keith Byars racked up 275 yards; he ran 70 yards for a TD having lost a shoe at the line of scrimmage. We ended up finishing one game behind them that season, in second place in the BT. That still smarts 37 years later.</p><p></p><p>[EDIT: Ah, the era of gigantic shoulder pads...]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]WQxq8bOOnq0[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1672200, member: 2886"] This particular opponent has special meaning for me, as I have reminded my childhood friends consistently over the years that in the '80s we did indeed best the Buckeyes in football, barely. From '83 through '91 we finished ahead of them in the BT 5 of nine seasons, and beat them six of those nine meetings, including twice in Columbus. I'll grant you that our subsequent wins have been few but they've been notable: '07, of course, but also '99 and '01 come to mind, and all three of those in Columbus. BTW, the 45-38 loss in Columbus in '84 was one of the great conference games of the past 50 years. We had a 24-0 lead 15 secs into the 2nd quarter on national TV. OSU's Keith Byars racked up 275 yards; he ran 70 yards for a TD having lost a shoe at the line of scrimmage. We ended up finishing one game behind them that season, in second place in the BT. That still smarts 37 years later. [EDIT: Ah, the era of gigantic shoulder pads...] [MEDIA=youtube]WQxq8bOOnq0[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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