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.
Well that’s it. LSU wins 38-24. Congrats Tigers.
It’s gonna be a war zone around here. LSU is now on our ‘list’; Wolverines, and Tigers, and Gators, OH MY!!
Phew, at first I thought he meant the Miami Hurricanes.
Well heck when I was at OSU if think we were 9-3 pretty much every year.
“In the SEC, every week is a playoff.”
EXACTLY
Snowbirds go home. Winter is over!!!!
“In the SEC, every week is a playoff.”
EXACTLY
Snowbirds go home. Winter is over!!!!
“Well what else are they gonna do in the south”
Host a bunch of OHIOians every winter that flee the north like it has RATS.
He’s not going to respond. He’s a coward.
Look out for Bama this year! Can’t wait to watch them all starting this coming Friday. I wish Georgia meets were free to watch. (I pay to watch Bama meets.)
In the SEC, every week is a playoff.
Counting the days till next year!
Johnston Hall is on the visitor’s side. I didn’t taunt or anything even though because of them we had to move our cars across campus the day of the game so they could park...heh
LSU vs. Georgia first, then USC vs. the unfortunate winner.
“Well heck when I was at OSU if think we were 9-3 pretty much every year.”
Because you did not play in the S-E-C!!!!
This “snowbird” has lived in Florida for over 7 years now. I thought I’d never hear the end of it after last year.
There is only one team that is not in the SEC that could make it here year in and year out and that is USC!!
The midwest teams are a joke.
“This “snowbird” has lived in Florida for over 7 years now”
We love immigrants from the north as long as they convert. never too late to be a gator fan.
Don't forget his shameful performance at the Clemson game. The guy was a professional bully. Surprising no one ever took him down a notch.
Richard: "You finally graduated. In just a shade under a decade. Alrigggght."
Tommy: "Lots of people go to school for 7 years."
Richard: "Yeah, they're called doctors."
MBA
I know, dead horse and all.
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