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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1938269" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>I have a strong memory of that Oct. 15, 1983 win over OSU. I was a high-school senior in Columbus and was awaiting my acceptance letter to Illinois. I knew that's where I wanted to go to school. The game wasn't on TV in Columbus and I recall listening to it on the radio, glued to the broadcast as Rooks made his winning run. I was so excited that the Illini had won the game.</p><p></p><p>Anyone here who followed BT football in the '70s recalls it was all OSU-Michigan all the time. The Big Two and the Puny 8, with MSU and Purdue occasionally pulling close to the top. As a high school student to see Iowa and Illinois begin to challenge that duopoly was exciting. OSU football in Columbus was overwhelming. Just too much.</p><p></p><p>Later, around 6:30 I drove down High Street to the OSU campus to meet my girlfriend, who was a freshman there, at her dorm for a date. I had the radio on to the OSU postgame show. I recall the announcer detailing the postgame celebrations from Champaign and noting that OSU fans should congratulate the Illini. I remember exactly what he said: "It's their time." To an 18-year-old kid on the threshold of life hoping to head to C-U in the fall it was exhilarating. Will never forget that day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1938269, member: 2886"] I have a strong memory of that Oct. 15, 1983 win over OSU. I was a high-school senior in Columbus and was awaiting my acceptance letter to Illinois. I knew that's where I wanted to go to school. The game wasn't on TV in Columbus and I recall listening to it on the radio, glued to the broadcast as Rooks made his winning run. I was so excited that the Illini had won the game. Anyone here who followed BT football in the '70s recalls it was all OSU-Michigan all the time. The Big Two and the Puny 8, with MSU and Purdue occasionally pulling close to the top. As a high school student to see Iowa and Illinois begin to challenge that duopoly was exciting. OSU football in Columbus was overwhelming. Just too much. Later, around 6:30 I drove down High Street to the OSU campus to meet my girlfriend, who was a freshman there, at her dorm for a date. I had the radio on to the OSU postgame show. I recall the announcer detailing the postgame celebrations from Champaign and noting that OSU fans should congratulate the Illini. I remember exactly what he said: "It's their time." To an 18-year-old kid on the threshold of life hoping to head to C-U in the fall it was exhilarating. Will never forget that day. [/QUOTE]
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