Our Honor Defend

I’ve amassed quite a collection of Ohio State DVDs through the ages.  Now that we’re in conference play, I’ll try to upload a YouTube relevant to the Buckeyes’ opponent for the week.  With this week being Minnesota, I uploaded a Drive-Thru of the 1991 matchup with the Gophers.  The matchup marked Ohio State’s return to the Metrodome following the epic 1989 encounter.  Therein, the Buckeyes rallied from a 31-0 deficit to win 41-37 in the final seconds.  The 1991 game was billed as a revenge game, but the Buckeyes ran over the Gophers in the second and third quarters (35 unanswered, 21 of those in the second quarter) for an easy 35-6 win.  No, I don’t have the 1989 game or else I would’ve uploaded that.  The 1991 game, though far less interesting, does include Kirk Herbstreit’s somewhat famous Tommie Frazier-ish romp to the end zone.

Of course, I can’t promise I can do this every week.  I don’t have any relevant games for Wisconsin or Michigan State and I don’t care to upload last year’s encounters to get by.  I’ve been looking high and low for the 2002 Wisconsin game but can’t find it.

Fun fact: I think the Buckeyes have only lost to the Gophers 3 times since Woody Hayes (1966, 1981 and 2000 that I can recall off the top of my head).  I would have to fact check that since I’m unaware how often the Buckeyes even played the Gophers in the 1950s, but I expect those numbers to hold for the most part.  The 2000 game sucked noodles, though.

That said, Minnesota fans are optimistic about this game, even though it’s in Columbus.  Rightly so.  They’re 4-0 and have shown significant improvments with each week.  The secondary looks strong and that Eric Decker fellow is quickly becoming a favorite target of second year starter QB Adam Weber.  More thoughts to follow later in the week, of course.