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.
2 seconds
I was looking for that graphic Saturday!
Nice tackling OSU.
This blows. LSU will win by 30, maybe more.
OSU should be banned from Championship games.
Yeah, those refs do have in for the buckeyes...but they should have called them for illegaly poor tackling just now.
I never thought State would be manhandled like this...that run to the left a few minutes ago was awesome. Great stiff-arm.
Yup - another crappy bowl game. BCS needs to go. Ohio State will be much better in the next year or so as their hot QB recruit gets going - I had a feeling this was going to be one of those games where overachieving alone wasn’t going to do it.
And the blowout is on. UGH... I really thought this was gonna be a 60 minute knockdown dragout.
The Buffalo Bills of college sports.
Great minds...
Oh well...........
What is the score????GO TIGERS
Well that didn’t take long. Game OVER
LSU 63
OSU pathetic
OSU will be back again, I think. But LSU aint going away either. The flow of talent into the school just isn’t fair.
The winner of the LSU-Florida game next year may decide who gets back to the BCS game, of course Georgia may have something to say about that.
The SEC is going to be brutal next year.
The funniest part of that game is that Mike Dubose is the coach at Millsaps. Why did Bama hire him way back when?
On another note, our daughter was born a few blocks away from Millsaps.
Oh come off the OSU hate.
Georgia should have played LSU and Ohio should have played Hawaii.
Georgia could have played LSU, if they beat Tennessee.
He'd sure look good with the star on his helmet.
I wish Moreno would turn pro. ;)
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