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Here are my selections for the top ten most significant, interesting, and compelling football games in Ohio State history.
Remember: the Buckeyes didn’t have to win for the game to make the list.
10. Nov. 24, 1973 at Ann Arbor – #1 Ohio State 10 #4 Michigan 10
The Wolverines’ Mike Lantry was a powerful, left-footed, straight-on kicker whom Bo called on to break the late game tie. As Mike stood 44 yards from the goalposts, little did he know that this day would be the second worst day of his young life.
He would preserve that score, leaving us all to wonder if the bile that forms in the guts of Woody and Bo would have been cast in concrete created by a dreaded 10-10 knot.
9. Nov. 23, 1974 in Columbus – #4 Ohio State 12 #3 Michigan 10
Mike Lantry was back for one final kick for redemption. The Wolverines got him to the 33 yard line this time. The kick went up, sailing so high.
I watched this game on television, as the face-mask close-ups gave me enough clues that he of deer-in-the-headlights fame was going wide right. I was wrong. It was left, solidifying Mike’s mark in the annals of sports futility.
8. Sept. 9, 2006 in Austin – #1 Ohio State 24 #2 Texas 7
The Buckeyes completely dominated the Longhorns on the road that late summer evening, playing error-free offensive football as the punishing defense forced Texas to commit two costly turnovers in their own backyard. In other words: a butt kickin’.
7. Sept. 10, 2005 in Columbus – #2 Texas 25 #4 Ohio State 22
I attended this game as a guest of my good friend Ross, up high but close enough to
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