Posted on 01/07/2008 10:39:05 AM PST by gobucks
Well, in a few hours, a few LSU folks will recall with dread the name Greg Frey. Yep, the Buckeye quarterback no one remembers but die-hard Buckeye and LSU fans. The quarterback who led the team to one of the most spectacular comebacks ever witnessed at Ohio Stadium.
As Wikipedia puts it: On September 24, 1988, he rallied Ohio State from a 33-20 deficit in the final four minutes for a 36-33 victory over the ninth-ranked LSU Tigers.
I was at that game in the shoe, urging all the fans who were leaving early to stay put. It was gratifying to see them pour back in as the miracle comeback unfolded. When Bobby Olive made that flying catch in the end zone for the win, I distinctly remember sharing overwhelmingly jubilant joy with thousands of other Buckeyes around me.
The LSU fans who shuffled back to their cars were morose indeed .... it's a long long drive to Louisiana from Ohio. These same fans are now hoping for a dose of that gloom to be heaped upon the carloads of Bucknuts on their way back home from the Dome tonight.
I have some advice for Tiger fans: don't buy the extra beer for the party after the game. The spirit of Greg Frey is with us still.
OSU over Tigers, 24-21.
Thankfully she wasn’t using another kind of, um, “garden tool”...;)
Gee, Scott, I have outdated myself. Penn State athletics joined the Big ten in 1993.
In the SEC, every week is a playoff.
Penn State athletics joined the Big Ten in 1993. I owe you a beer.
I think you’ll like your new coach.
I think I will - Didn’t think much of the process by which he came over though.
LOL, that was a great ad campaign by ESPN...Oddly enough, I know a lot of married folk in Utah where the husband went to the U of Utah and the wife went to BYU (and vice versa).
Damn - Did it again!
You think Bill Parcells is licking his chops watching Dorsey?
Joining in late here....I’m a student at Ohio State, and I’ll have first-hand access to the noise and craziness if we win.....and the noise and craziness if we lose. Doesn’t look good so far, LSU’s up 31-17
Well it’s 31-17. Atleast if OSU can score a TD they can make it somewhat respectable. I actually just turned the tv off at halftime and caught the th qtr.
Oops, that’s that.
Another SEC Championship.
I was thinking the same thing. Second coming of LT.
BTW Thank you for running the thread this season.
Carr would have punted.
I’ve been sort of hoping Parcells would pass on him and he’s fall to the Silver and Black, but it’s not easy being optimistic these days...
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