Comments on: Drive-Thru: Ohio State v. Oklahoma (1983)

By: BK

BK — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:39 +0000

Nice find, Vico, always wanted to see this one.

Re: 1979 Michigan, that USED to be shown on ESPN Classic regularly… not sure if they still have it/show it.

Agreed that losses, while informative, are too painful to relive. What about ties…? LSU in 1987 is one I’d be curious to see.

By: Vico

Vico — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:53:50 +0000

I have that 1989 game, and it’ll come during Minnesota week during the regular season. With the exception of New Mexico State and USC, I have an opponent specific YouTube lined up for everyone during the 2009 season.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:43:31 +0000

I’m waiting for the 1989 Minnesota game, where Greg Frey led us back from down 31-0 to win 41-38. That was the first college football game I ever watched and it made me a Buckeye fan for life. I had no idea it was one of the best comebacks of all time until USA Today published their story a few years ago about Michigan State’s huge 35-point comeback against Notre Dame that became the new “best” comeback.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:23:08 +0000

Thanks Vico! Can’t wait for that 1982 SCum game!

By: HeadThief

HeadThief — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:41:10 +0000

Nice post. I was at that game in 1983. I recall getting our heads handed to us by a dominant Buckeye team. In looking back at the final score vs my memories, I’m surprised it was just a 24-14 Ohio State victory.

By: Vico

Vico — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:54:10 +0000

MikeLew, that is a fantastic story. This is one of the reasons I like going through the vault and discussing the moldy oldies for precisely stories like that.

Chad, I hate watching the Buckeyes lose. For me, these old Buckeye games I have are like chick flicks. In the end, every thing works out well. The guy gets the girl, and some team we played gets kicked in the jimmy. As it is, that 1982 Michigan game is on my list of must haves. That, the 1979 game, and any one of the interesting interregional matchups we had in the Bruce era and early Cooper era, for example: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, Utah, Colorado in 1986, Syracuse, Baylor and Boston College. I was talking with my dad about that. I miss those days when playing a Toledo or a Cincinnati was seen as an insult to the Buckeye program.

I’d liken it to the triumph of good over evil, but sometimes I wonder if we’re evil. Per Dark Helmet, evil will always triumph because good is dumb. I believe that; I’m just waiting for it to happen in the end.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:27:24 +0000

Hey Vico, Since you are the master at finding these old games. How about getting the 1982 michigan game. I believe Anthony Carter fumbles in that game to turn the tide. Also, how about the losses to Purdue and Wisconsin in the 1984 season. Even though we lost those games are critical to the Buckeyes season in 1984.

By: MikeLew

MikeLew — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:03:40 +0000

I have a great John Frank story……my dad was working at Ohio State Medical Center at the same time that John Frank was in medical school. They were fairly close at that point, and my dad went with him one day to a card shop. They were looking at one of Frank’s rookie cards, and asked the guy at the counter how much it was worth, as a joke. The guy, who obviously didn’t recognize him, said, “Oh, that guy, not very much….he wasn’t that good.” Well, Frank whipped out a pen and signed the card right in front of the guy, and then they asked him again about how much the card was worth.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:58:37 +0000

SCum lost to Washington that same day?! What a bunch of dicks!!!

By: Michigan Man 1

Michigan Man 1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:45:57 +0000

That was a great game. You guys played well.