I have the sports illustrated with Uwe Von Schamann on the cover with the winning field goal. This is awesome; I would have loved to have seen when Uwe was orchestrating to the crowd when they were yelling block that kick. An all time great game!
I was at this game. It was less than a month prior to my 17th birthday. 20+ mile an hour wind coming from the open end of the stadium. Sloppy game by both teams but still a great game. One of the biggest heartbreaks of my young life to that point. Belated congrats to Switzer & the Sooners for the opportunitistic victory.
No One called them like Keith Jackson...the best in the business..and yep....OSU plays OU this weekend..and as KJ would say: "Gonna be a barn burner folx!"......I miss that guy....wish he was still behind the mic...
I was in the stadium on that day in 1977 & it was the most excitimg sporting event I had ever seen! I still have the ticket stub for that game. Fantastic!
Really, wow both great fight songs ; ❤️ Oklahoma & Billy Sim & wishbone offense; ❤️ woody Hayes & Barry Switzer & Billy sim& wishbone offense ; ❤️ 1970s college football
thank you for posting this whoever you are, I was born on this day...my dad made my mom wait till the game was over to go to the hospitol- I was born at 8:52pm ~ technology is amazing
We got ahead 20-0 in no time, so me and my friends went outside to have a snowball fight and when we came back in it was early 3rd quarter and Ohio State was ahead 21-20. Then the miraculous kick by von Schamman. Great times.
Switzer's record was undefeated against legendary coaches (4-0), Woody Hayes, Joe Paterno, and Bo Schembechler. 3 of those wins claimed National Titles. Switzer also dominated, and eventually retired Darrel Royal, and absolutely routed Tom Osborne. Literally, almost sent Osborne on his way to Colorado in 1978 (if i recall the date right) as Osborne could barely take the heat of NU not beating OU (Switzer won, like 12 outa 16 vs NU/Osborne). Incredible! Ahhh, The King.
Sooner magic is a wonderful and powerful thing. I don't think we'll ever see a kicker taunt a crowd like that again in a pressure situation. How good was Uwe? Mr. Automatic. Literally good enough to be able to taunt an opposing crowd in a clutch situation. Great Pro kicker as well.
Thanks for posting. Buckeye fan here. Can't wait for the big game this fall. Both teams in this video were very good. I don't expect anything else this fall.
Certain games are classics, when both teams meet, and have national title type talent. The game lives up to the billing. This game was one of them. Primarily on OU's side, as they dominated the 1970s. Even moreso then the 1980s. Only the 1950s were more dominant for OU. Like a 47 game winning streak, a record yet to be broken. Granted the players were different, but imagine going to school for four years and NEVER losing. Amazing. OU football is a Superpower.
This game brings up memories and goosebumps. I almost get tears of joy watching Sooner Magic in full force. Despite previous moronic posts, as an OU fan, this game sets up like some sort of movie/work of football art. "A great lead, two lost key all america starters in the game while leading cause key turnovers creating a deficit, instead of an easy win. With backups at key positions, A failed two pointer creates the perfect onside kick, followed by -the kick-" Historical win. Boomer Sooner!!
one of the most exciting games I have ever seen. wish more teams would run a wishbone or the option play, Very exiting and would throw the defense off guard, wish whole game had Benn downloaded!
I remember that OSU seemed to lose their intensity in the second half of this game. I remember OSU played Oklahoma in Norman around the 1982-83 years, can’t remember the exact year, but OSU won and Oklahoma had this great running back that later left the Oklahoma team, but I can’t remember his name either.
I remember Uve von Schamann leading the Buckeyes in cheering "BLOCK THAT KICK" .. haha.. then winning the game. The Buckeyes even put him on ice a couple of times if I remember correctly. I had just moved to Columbus that year from Oklahoma and I was the only OU fan in a room full of Buckeye fans. OU plays them again in 2010 I believe.
That OU wishbone was freaking incredible! You could watch a play, it looked like there was no gain, then the dust would clear & they had gained five yards! And in the rare times they failed, they had von Schaumann to bail them out. Flippin' awesome. J.C. WATTS FOR PRESIDENT!!
Another tidbit from this game. OU was leading 20-0 with it's starters and blowing the game wide open, when OU lost it's starting QB and starting Heisman RB (Simms). Everything went downhill until the end. OU's backup QB, Bleavins was awful until the final pass of the game. Under his lead, OU had something like 5 turnovers, combined with losing their starting QB and RB, on the road in a hostile environment. And OU STILL WON!! With their starters, score likely 55-14.
This game is a thing of beauty. Relegated to a 3rd string QB, 5 turnovers, (virtually all caused by the backups, freshman Jimmerson and Blevins),and losing 2 awesome RBs all in the late first quarter to early 2nd quarter and OU still wins!!! With the starters in, and a 20-0 lead, Friggin ABC cut out of the game and went to Regional coverage. Buckeyes can thank their lucky stars they played a "patchwork" OU offense, or this game was on route to being 50-0 by halftime. Boomer!!!!
I had just moved to Norman when I was 8 years old. Wasn't really a football fan and had no idea what madness OU football was. This was the first college football game I ever watched. I got to see Sooner Magic and I was hooked.
Notice that neither team had an effective passing game. One of the big differences from the current era. Lott must have been injured in the second quarter. Gerald was moved to flanker to make way for Art Scheichter the next season.
Great game, remember watching this as a high schooler. Man, that Sooner wishbone was something to behold.Thomas Lott, Billy Sims......so much fun to watch. Sooners stole one that day though.
It doesn't bother me or probably any other Sooner fan that we have a lot of Texans on the team. That just proves that many of Texas best athletes are smart enough and honored enough to play for the Mighty Sooners. It made Mac Brown sick when he lost Adrian to OU.
I miss 1970's era football. GREAT era in college football. OU ran that wishbone better than Bama. I have to say that begrudgingly. But I admit OU looked sleek and fast.
To correct the earlier dates posted regarding the renewal of this series. Everyone was wrong. The actual dates the series resumes (as of today) will be 09/17/2016 in Norman, Oklahoma, and 09/16/2017 in Columbus, Ohio.
You always had to admire the Big 8 for going on a home and home series with the big names of college football. Florida State did the same thing with Bobby Bowden. Oklahoma and Florida State never played cupcake football teams to ascend to the college football throne.
@@Nastyfinger1444 .....That's not what I said. You're putting words on my keyboard. And I'd rather play Clemson every year than Alabama, LSU, and Florida every year.
2 things a lot of people forget about this game. One is that Thomas Lott got hurt in the first half. Neither Dean Blevins nor Jay Jimerson really covered themselves with glory replacing him. The other is that the wind was blowing about 35mph out of the south (from right to left in this video). That (plus all the turnovers) is why almost all the action was at the north end of the field.
It doesn't get any bigger than OU/Texas. They're usually playing for the Big 12 South and all the goals you mentioned. The Big 12 & SEC are the only conferences that have to play the extra championship game.The OU/Nebraska rivarly isn't what it was during the Big 8. It's not an annual game any more.
Keep in mind, if you don't want to include PSU (which we're always a big 10 type team anyway) OU would still be 9-3 vs that crap conference. One loss to NW (which I can still remember) was in the 1990s under the John Blake tenure (OU was lucky to beat Tulsa during that timeframe). What's more amazing In OU's success vs the Big 10: 3 of they're wins vs Big 10 were for National Titles. This posted video 1977 classic was another great one. With backups to boot. BOOMER FRIGGIN SOONER!!!!
And Steeler's Super Bowl winning QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay, Ohio-close to my hometown. He didn't play QB in high school until his senior year then played college ball at Miami, Ohio. Won Super Bowl, something Vince Young hasn't done and might never even play in a Super Bowl.
I don't think that OU has played Iowa since the late 70's. I could be wrong but I know it's been a lot longer than 4 years ago. I don't recall them ever playing Wisconsin. If so many many years ago.
Yeah I'm in Dallas, as are thousands of other native Buckeyes. Buckeyes had over 30,000 at a pep rally in Austin before the Ohio St.-Texas game in 06. When I stopped at gas station by my place before going to my sister's to watch Texas-Ohio St. both years there were 4 or 5 guys with Ohio St. shirts there. Texas fan said, "Am I in Texas or Ohio?" Huge Buckeye and other Big10 teams fan base in Texas. Hardly any Texas or Big 12 fans in Ohio, Michigan. Texas-USC good close game but bad defenses.
I'm definitely going to bring up OU/Texas. Pure blood. Half/Half slit. Awesome and unique. Best rivalry in college football. OU football tradition, 2nd to none. Uwe, best OU kicker ever (tee or not). Literally mocked the Buckeye crowd before sealing they're fate.
OU has beat a Big 10 team early in the season in years when OU won a National Championship but never beat them in last game where both teams were playing for a championship, there's a difference. And Ohio St. is the team that scheduled games against other teams from power conferences. It was well documented in Dallas that it was Buckeyes called Texas in late 90's to play in 05-06 because Buckeyes were having hard time getting people to play them, Mack Brown was trying to get out of playing Ohio
OU's RB's for the game: Kenny King, Billy Sims, David Overstreet... Not too mention, Thomas Lott. How friggin good was that backfield? These guys followed Greg Pruitt and Joe Washington. The Wishbone, man. For all it's knocks, it was a terror to stop, and with RBs like that, almost impossible. There's almost no excuses to not complete every pass attempted (like 3-5 atempts per game), as WR's should be wide open with RB stables like that. Unreal.
LET me list some more Buckeyes of recent years who are good NFL players-Mike Doss, Dan Wilkinson, Shawn Springs, Nick Mangold, Mike Nugent, Chris Gamble, deceased lineman for Vikings Lecharles Bentley, etc. Also great Buckeyes of past I haven't mentioned are Chris Spielman-the 1st high school athlete on Wheaties box who played HS ball at Ohio power Massillon in early 80's, Tom Cousineau, Keith Byars, Chris Carter, Ron Springs, Doug Donnely. There are just so many of them to remember.
Discussing this 1977 classic. How awesome was it to watch the Wishbone. Like football poetry in motion. If not for Miami of the mid to late 1980s, OU may still be running it. One thing about the Wishbone, it finished off lesser opponents quickly. No "upsets" usually occcured, unless they played an incredibly talented team, or faced a superstar Qb at the wrong time (aka, john elway). Nebraska dominated the 1990s with the Option. I'm still not sure it wouldn't win. Just isnt the "vogue" Off.
Ya, this game will always stand out. Movies couldn't come up with better/wilder plots then what occurred in this football game. It creates nightmares for the losers, and unabashed bliss for the victors.
It was Texas' 25-22 win over Ohio St. in 05 that leaves many who doubt who was better team that year. Remember Ohio State's starting QB was playing his 1st game since November of the previous year- a 10 month layoff. Ohio St. coaches switched QB's and wouldn't turn him loose, weren't sure what they had. Buckeye offense struggled few weeks later in 17-10 loss at Penn St. then their offense clicked rest of season after that. Beat ND, who really beat USC if refs call deserved penalty on late USC TD
Also, Bob Stoops is anything but a Buckeye. He grew up (ironically) a Sooners fan. This according to Mike Stoops. Bob Stoops went as far to paint his shoes silver, in honor of his favorite player, Joe Washington. Stoops is an Iowa Product, Hawkeye player/coach, KSU Coach, Florida Coach. There's nothing remotely about him affiliated with the the buckeyes. Hir early to HS life was at cardinal mooney HS in ohio. Thats it. He left, and never returned. Welcome home to the Southern Plains.
I do think OU has hard time in cold weather. But OU is a traditional running superpower. Maybe the best producers of college RBs historically, certainly arguably. Running works in the cold. And OU's defenses have always been stellar (minus the mid to late 1990s). OU historically did great in Nebraska, where most team's don't. I'm not sure, but what I do know is OU will kick the Longhorns around again. That's always a certainty. BCS games in present day under Stoops, I'll keep my eyes closed.
And for the size of the state's, with all the people leaving Ohio in last 20-25 years, Ohio still turns out a lot of top high school talent, many that play for other teams. Lots of Michigan's top players came from Ohio-Manningham, Desmond Howard, QB Elvis Grabac, too many to list. Also running back for Florida last 2 years from Ohio. And USC's All-America TE from Toledo. S. Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn St., Illinois, etc. all have taken top 50 players out of Ohio recently and Bucks still thrive.
Ohio St. has turned out a few good running backs too. Eddie George, Robert Smith-who also left Buckeyes early for pros and had over 10,000 yard for Vikings in late 90's-2005, Keith Byars, of course Archie Griffin. Lately though Buckeyes churning out a lot of NFL caliber receivers and linebackers more than RB's-Although Beanie Wells will leave early after this season and be a top 10 pick at RB. But key word you used was college. I think Buckeyes recruit too many NFL ready players.
Great post soonerscott. I know it's not always relevant to do the "we beat the team that beat you, so we're better" logic. But the Buckeyes were a disgrace this past yr. College football had no great teams. Everyone knew, that even a two loss LSU team would thump them.
Again Ohio St. does good against SEC, southern and western teams in regular season games in those locations because they worked out in summer heat and are in game shape when they played them. It's the long layoff between last game and bowls where I believe the southern teams and USC enjoy advantage playing at home or in conditions they're more accustomed to. Big 10, some Big 12 north and Big East schools practice in cold or are not used to heat like they are early in season, really might matter.
Been to HS football in Dallas and big time suburb programs of Plano and Southlake Carroll, atmosphere no different than at smaller town football games in Ohio. In fact some of the smaller division northwest Ohio schools have more size and just as good as what I witnessed at Southlake Carroll, supposedly 1 of top HS teams in country. They finally played an out of state team this yr. and lost at home. When Cincinnati Moeller was top HS team in USA they beat top teams in Texas, CA. and NY.
I just saw "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29", a great football movie by the way, and this is the miracle game that I remember! The players in the movie described a sort of alternate universe/shift in the space-time continuum thing during the closing seconds of the game and I remember feeling that watching this game. So glad to see it on youtube, but it doesn't really convey the drama all that well. Oh well. Check out Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 at your local video store. It's well worth the $3.
Ohio St. has 5 National Championships and 7 Heisman Trophies. Reason I brought up if Wisconsin and Iowa were in old SWC was that Texas and Arkansas benifitted from being 2 large state schools playing with a bunch of small schools. If Texas and Arkansas were in Big 10 back then they wouldn't have won so much. Wisconsin, Purdue, Iowa and Michigan St. had some talented teams that would have won also if playing Rice, Baylor, TCU, SMU, Houston. Instead they played little guys to Ohio St. and Michign
It took a coach born and raised in Ohio to bring OU back to national prominence-Stoops. Anyone notice four of the coaches who won BCS champioships this decade were born and raised in Ohio? LSU's Les Miles, Florida's Urban Meyer, Ohio State's Jim Tressel and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops all great coaches from Ohio. And Nebraska,s new coach, LSU's defensive coordinator last year Pellini also from Ohio. Reminds me of 60,s and 70,s-Shula Hayes, Paul Brown, Lou Holtz etc. all Ohio natives. Hire a Buck 2 win
I go home to Ohio and the kids in my small town and surrounding towns look huge compared to what I see in Dallas and north Texas. Seen some big kids in Texas but not overall team size of even smallest division teams in Ohio. And both about same in speed at skill positions. texas probably has more college level QB prospects because of weather, they can run those offenses where you throw 40+ times. Those offenses usually don't work in cold, rainy or snowy late November playoff games in north.
To further any discussion vs.OU's domination of college football historically.OU has a winning record vs ALL major conferences. And we're not talking about beating only the duds of every conference. It's a mix of teams from the conferences, usually mid to high end winning teams. TRANSLATED: Historically, OU takes on all comers, and usually beats them. And of course OU vs NU decided more title game shots. DUH? If the game were mid-season, like OU/TX, one team would be almost "eliminated" by Nov.
Even with Ohio St. having only 3 players drafted this yr.-I said 2 before, it was actually 3, Buckeyes have had 70 players drafted in last 10 years. Longhorns have had less than 40 players drafted in last 10 yrs. And like I said the total of players who played HS or college ball in TX. that were drafted this yr. was almost equal to #of players drafted that played HS or college ball in Ohio. Bowling Green, Toledo, Cincinnatti all had multiple picks. Even div. 3 power Mt. Union, OH had player.
Another fun fact: OU's all time record vs. the Big 10. Yet to confirm, but it's something like 16-2. Split w/Ohio State, Undefeated vs. Michigan, undefeated vs. PSU, undefeated vs Minnesota, etc. etc.. Oklahoma Football is bigger then any one conference. They should be an entity unto themselves. The amount of money OU keeps generating for the Big 12 is unreal and unmatched. This 1977 game was a classic. "Oklahoma Football". Boomer
Just learned a top HS offensive lineman Michigan stole from Ohio has transferred to Ohio St. Will be eligible in 2009 to join the 3 top 10 HS offensive lineman Buckeyes will have as freshmen backups this year. also have top 50 recruits at TE, WR, and defensive line coming in this year. and don't forget Buckeyes also signed the top rated HS QB in the nation this year. So look for 10+ win seasons next 4-5 yrs. Mack Brown would really try to avoid playing Buckeyes in next 5 years.
Also what has happened to the blocking fullback in last 10 yrs? Buckeyes used to churn out lots of solid fullbacks, now they rarely use a fullback. They play a lot of 4 and 5 receiver formations, need to mix it up and occasionally play 2 or 3 receiver set with tight end and fullback and go back to pounding people. Again Buckeyes have speed at some positions but are not fast overall. Got to go watch Mavericks. Another Texas team that chokes but I still watch them anyway.
School I went to now also football power. Holds record for longest football winning streak in Ohio history-57 games from 1997-2000. Team they lost to at state by 4 in 2000 was team from their own league who also has won 4 state titles in football in last 8 yrs. That league considered top small school league in US by many. Has 4 teams that have won multiple titles in football, and girls and boys basketball in last 10yrs. 7 of the 10 teams won at least 1 state title in big 3 sport in last 5 yrs.
Ok I was wrong about USC game. Not having wells affects not only offense but how defense played the game also. Defense didn't take as many chances as they would have. Loss only helped accelerate the Pryor experience and will make him better next year. And if you look at the last 3 years even with the 3 bad losses to USC, LSU, and Florida, Ohio St. is only team in nation who can say they only lost to teams that played in BCS bowls. Actually they can say that last 4 yrs-lost to UT and Penn St in05
True. That's one reason fans don't think highly of Ohio St. They see Ohio St. won only31-10 or 28-13 but don't take into account Tressell plays very conservative after getting lead while Stoops, Mack Brown Urban Meyer and others keep starters in longer and run up score against inferior competition. Notice in coaches poll Ohio St. does better, other coaches respect Tressell even though I and other Buckeye fans wish he would pour it on more. This is 3rd straight year both BCS coaches from Ohio.
I think most would agree, the Oklahoma's, Ohio State's, Notre Dame's, Alabama's, and USC's of the world don't have to worry about history or "who has more tradition" battles. I will concur, i've heard nothing but great things regarding Ohio State's band. I heard the only one close was Texas A&M's (military oriented), which i've seen countless times and is impressive. As for mascots, can't even say I know where to begin. I'll concede to Brutus, now that Boomer and Sooner are retired.
Here is Ohio State's all-time records against teams that make up the Big 12-28 wins and 4 losses. 2 of the losses OU's lucky last second win in 77 and Texas lucky 3 point win in 2005. Buckeyes record vs big 12 teams:Baylor-2-0, Colorado-3-1, Kansas St.-1-0,Missouri-10-1, Nebraska-2-0, OU-1-1, Oklahoma St.-2-0, Texas-1-1, Texas A&M-4-0, Texas Tech-2-0. Buckeyes also 7-1 vs SMU and undefeated against other former SWC members Rice and Houston.
We can debate who is the better program. We can debate who was the better team a certain year. We can debate the best conference. We can debate the best rivalry. But you can not debate that Ohio St. has "The best damn band" and the best and most fearsome and handsome mascot in the land, Brutus the Buckeye.
Ugh, how could I forget Greg Pruitt, another very good NFL player and Joe Washington, solid N FL player. OU was loaded with RB's. Biggest dissapointment was probably the highest recruited Player in the history of HS football. Marcus Dupree. A book written about his recruitment. A quack mentally. I'll still take all these superstar recruits OU keeps loading up on, but something needs to be done about defections, before college football turns into college hoops.
Soonerscott, I agree somewhat. I think the SEC and Big 12 are usually the two best. From the formation of the Big 12 (1996) on, the Big 12 has won 3 National Titles, SEC 5 national titles, Big 10 has 2. The Big 12 South in particular can get brutal, other then Baylor. Pac 10 specifically relies on USC. Another "entity unto itself" school. Too big for a conference. OU should go independent, USC should go independent and join ND. I hate conference comparison jargon.
I remember this game and they actually broke away from coverage because OU was in command of the game. Then OSU turned it on and ABC came back to the game late in the third quarter. What a finish! That was back when college football was at its peak. I feel sorry for the kids now growing up seeing the theatrics and bs after every play. The term scholar-athlete isn't relevant anymore. Wonder how well all these SEC teams would fare if they had mandatory testing? Go Bucks
Yeah but Alabama has been down last 10 years or so, they occasionally get rated but by end of season drop out of polls. Most of OU's wins were before OU was in Big 12 and SEC wasn't as powerful as it is now. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska should join my call for some bowls and occasional BCS champ game to be played in cold climate. Maybe OU's conditioning played a factor in their losses to Miami in the Orange Bowl's like Ohio St. has done playing SEC in warm weather recently.
I do count OU's wins against PSU, 2 of which were for the National Title. They beat UM for the National Title (however, i'm not sure if UM would have beaten OU that they would have won the National Title, like the BCS, as no system like that was in place.) OU did beat Iowa in the late 1970s, when Iowa was good (Bob Stoops, was a player for Iowa under Hayden in the loss). Of course all games OU played vs Big 10 teams would be early. Again, DUH? They have to be, other then bowl games.
How incredible was Uwe? Still holds the NFL record for most consecutive PATs (Marino). In comparison, Garrett Hartley, OU's most recent and solid kicker, missed six extra points in one season. It's not making the kick that was fun vs the Buckeyes, it's mocking the fans, then making the kick. More or less giving every opposing fan the middle finger before making the kick, then making the kick dead center. Always will be known as "The Kick".
Ohio St. was not at their peak offensively when Texas beat them in 05. That was the 1st game their QB Troy Smith had played Since November of the previous season. He did not play in bowl and Ohio State's 1st game of 05. That's why Tressel was rotating him and the other QB-Zwick. Ohio State's offense didn't click that year until midseason. Even former ESPN announcer and Dallas sports talk icon Norm Hitzges said if Texas and Ohio St. and Texas would have played later in season Buckeyes would win.
And to re-iterate this game's beauty: OU destroying Ohio State 20-0 until OU loses it's starting QB and RB (both all conference and all americans). OU subsequently turns the ball over 5 times or more? AND STILL WINS!!! Switzer bent Hayes over like a dog, with backups at key positions, and a great finish. Who knew Uwe would be OU's greatest kicker ever?
How good was Uwe? Dig his 70s long stringy hair and mustache. Looks like he's 30, kicked like a 30 yr old as well, not a young College kicker. Crushing loss for buckeyes. In Ohio State's defense, Uwe (as history has proved), was OU's best kicker ever. Can you imagine a kicker mocking an opposing crowd in today's game, right before he makes a game deciding kick. Not too mention, his perfect onside kick attempt a few plays before, to set up the game winning drive for OU leading to "The Kick".
And 1 last fact for now. Ohio State trails only USC all-time in NFL 1st round picks 71-67. And that's because USC had 4 1st rounders in 08, next year Buckeyes will have at least 2 and maybe as many as 5 or 6 1st round picks. That's 1st round picks not players taken in whole draft. Buckeyes have record or at least they did(they may still have) with 14 Buckeyes drafted in 1 year-2003.
I admit OU was good back in 70's and 80,s. OU-Nebraska 2nd best rivalry in college football behind Ohio St.-Michigan. And don't even mention Texas-OU. that game played early in season, usually after bye week for 1 or both teams. Ohio State-Michigan always last game of a long grueling season, almost always for league championship or berth for 1 or both teams to major bowl. That's what makes a great rivalry, not that half the crowd wears orange, other half red like Texas-OU. UT-OU rarely nationTV
The speed and power Oklahoma had....just awesome. That backfield....hard to beat.
I have the sports illustrated with Uwe Von Schamann on the cover with the winning field goal. This is awesome; I would have loved to have seen when Uwe was orchestrating to the crowd when they were yelling block that kick.
An all time great game!
❤️ Billy Sim & wishbone offense & Barry Switzer against woody Hayes & ohio state 🏈. ❤️ 1970s/ 1980s college football
Barry Switzer against woody Hayes
I was at this game. It was less than a month prior to my 17th birthday. 20+ mile an hour wind coming from the open end of the stadium. Sloppy game by both teams but still a great game. One of the biggest heartbreaks of my young life to that point. Belated congrats to Switzer & the Sooners for the opportunitistic victory.
Lucky: ❤️ woody Hayes& ohio state football& Barry Switzer & Billy Sim & Oklahoma 1970s 🏈
No One called them like Keith Jackson...the best in the business..and yep....OSU plays OU this weekend..and as KJ would say: "Gonna be a barn burner folx!"......I miss that guy....wish he was still behind the mic...
He was and is the best keith Jackson
I was in the stadium on that day in 1977 & it was the most excitimg sporting event I had ever seen! I still have the ticket stub for that game. Fantastic!
Really, wow both great fight songs ; ❤️ Oklahoma & Billy Sim & wishbone offense; ❤️ woody Hayes & Barry Switzer & Billy sim& wishbone offense ; ❤️ 1970s college football
thank you for posting this whoever you are, I was born on this day...my dad made my mom wait till the game was over to go to the hospitol- I was born at 8:52pm ~ technology is amazing
We got ahead 20-0 in no time, so me and my friends went outside to have a snowball fight and when we came back in it was early 3rd quarter and Ohio State was ahead 21-20. Then the miraculous kick by von Schamman. Great times.
jobu88 Yep... "The Kick".. another HOF on that great team!
A snowball fight in September?
Hahaaaaa yeah that can't be right. Maybe I have it mixed up with another game we almost blew. I'm old and I forget shit.
Hahaha, all good. We have crazy weather in Ohio but it's usually in the Spring. See you week 3! Good luck!
my first game at OSU, One hell of a game! Elvis Peacock! What a name! Aaron Brown jumping offside on 4th down. The onside kick.
Switzer's record was undefeated against legendary coaches (4-0), Woody Hayes, Joe Paterno, and Bo Schembechler. 3 of those wins claimed National Titles. Switzer also dominated, and eventually retired Darrel Royal, and absolutely routed Tom Osborne. Literally, almost sent Osborne on his way to Colorado in 1978 (if i recall the date right) as Osborne could barely take the heat of NU not beating OU (Switzer won, like 12 outa 16 vs NU/Osborne). Incredible! Ahhh, The King.
Sooner magic is a wonderful and powerful thing. I don't think we'll ever see a kicker taunt a crowd like that again in a pressure situation. How good was Uwe? Mr. Automatic. Literally good enough to be able to taunt an opposing crowd in a clutch situation. Great Pro kicker as well.
It is one of the greatest football games I've ever watched.
I saw Elvis Peacock play when I was young in Miami. What a great talent.
it didnt show Uwe Von Schamman directing the band before the kick. saw this game on tv. Sooner Majic baby!
Thanks for posting. Buckeye fan here. Can't wait for the big game this fall. Both teams in this video were very good. I don't expect anything else this fall.
Certain games are classics, when both teams meet, and have national title type talent. The game lives up to the billing. This game was one of them. Primarily on OU's side, as they dominated the 1970s. Even moreso then the 1980s. Only the 1950s were more dominant for OU. Like a 47 game winning streak, a record yet to be broken. Granted the players were different, but imagine going to school for four years and NEVER losing. Amazing. OU football is a Superpower.
Today we got Georgia 🏈 going for three straight national college football national championship; but it too easy to an non A football game
This game brings up memories and goosebumps. I almost get tears of joy watching Sooner Magic in full force. Despite previous moronic posts, as an OU fan, this game sets up like some sort of movie/work of football art. "A great lead, two lost key all america starters in the game while leading cause key turnovers creating a deficit, instead of an easy win. With backups at key positions, A failed two pointer creates the perfect onside kick, followed by -the kick-" Historical win. Boomer Sooner!!
one of the most exciting games I have ever seen. wish more teams would run a wishbone or the option play, Very exiting and would throw the defense off guard, wish whole game had Benn downloaded!
I remember that OSU seemed to lose their intensity in the second half of this game. I remember OSU played Oklahoma in Norman around the 1982-83 years, can’t remember the exact year, but OSU won and Oklahoma had this great running back that later left the Oklahoma team, but I can’t remember his name either.
I remember Uve von Schamann leading the Buckeyes in cheering "BLOCK THAT KICK" .. haha.. then winning the game. The Buckeyes even put him on ice a couple of times if I remember correctly. I had just moved to Columbus that year from Oklahoma and I was the only OU fan in a room full of Buckeye fans. OU plays them again in 2010 I believe.
Liked watching Elvis Peacock (#4) for the Sooners. At 212 pounds he could run a 9.4 hundred (and a 4.3 40).
Wow super fast 🏃♀️ running back
Great editing! A summary of an outstanding game in just under 7 minutes. Well done!
That OU wishbone was freaking incredible! You could watch a play, it looked like there was no gain, then the dust would clear & they had gained five yards! And in the rare times they failed, they had von Schaumann to bail them out. Flippin' awesome.
J.C. WATTS FOR PRESIDENT!!
Another tidbit from this game. OU was leading 20-0 with it's starters and blowing the game wide open, when OU lost it's starting QB and starting Heisman RB (Simms). Everything went downhill until the end. OU's backup QB, Bleavins was awful until the final pass of the game. Under his lead, OU had something like 5 turnovers, combined with losing their starting QB and RB, on the road in a hostile environment. And OU STILL WON!! With their starters, score likely 55-14.
Great field goal kicking by both teams. Great fumbling, too!
Ha! My uncle forced the fumble at the 2:30 mark. I see you Aaron Brown! Even though OSU lost this was one hell of a football game!
I was at the 1983 rematch game in Norman and celebrated jubilantly with the Buckeyes that day. Two great programs.
This game is a thing of beauty. Relegated to a 3rd string QB, 5 turnovers, (virtually all caused by the backups, freshman Jimmerson and Blevins),and losing 2 awesome RBs all in the late first quarter to early 2nd quarter and OU still wins!!! With the starters in, and a 20-0 lead, Friggin ABC cut out of the game and went to Regional coverage. Buckeyes can thank their lucky stars they played a "patchwork" OU offense, or this game was on route to being 50-0 by halftime. Boomer!!!!
I had just moved to Norman when I was 8 years old. Wasn't really a football fan and had no idea what madness OU football was. This was the first college football game I ever watched. I got to see Sooner Magic and I was hooked.
❤️ 1970s college 🏈 : ❤️ Oklahoma & ohio state fight songs 🎵
Notice that neither team had an effective passing game. One of the big differences from the current era. Lott must have been injured in the second quarter. Gerald was moved to flanker to make way for Art Scheichter the next season.
Two great college teams, its a shame that they haven't played each other recently.
Great game, remember watching this as a high schooler. Man, that Sooner wishbone was something to behold.Thomas Lott, Billy Sims......so much fun to watch. Sooners stole one that day though.
It doesn't bother me or probably any other Sooner fan that we have a lot of Texans on the team. That just proves that many of Texas best athletes are smart enough and honored enough to play for the Mighty Sooners. It made Mac Brown sick when he lost Adrian to OU.
A Seminal moment in my Childhood....And I am Still an OU Fan to this day!
❤️ Barry Switzer & wishbone offense & Billy Sim
I miss 1970's era football. GREAT era in college football.
OU ran that wishbone better than Bama. I have to say that begrudgingly. But I admit OU looked sleek and fast.
My first game at OSU. Freshman year! Hell of a game by two really good teams!
To correct the earlier dates posted regarding the renewal of this series. Everyone was wrong. The actual dates the series resumes (as of today) will be 09/17/2016 in Norman, Oklahoma, and 09/16/2017 in Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus Day September 24th 1977 the day Woody Hayes discovered the Sooners
Thanks..muchly needed after K State debacle
I always remember this game because they played four days after I started at Ohio State.
You always had to admire the Big 8 for going on a home and home series with the big names of college football. Florida State did the same thing with Bobby Bowden. Oklahoma and Florida State never played cupcake football teams to ascend to the college football throne.
In 1990 Florida St. chose to join the ACC instead of the SEC. They took the easy way out.
@@chuckwest7045 I do not believe electing to play Clemson is attempting to avoid playing anyone.
@@Nastyfinger1444 .....That's not what I said. You're putting words on my keyboard. And I'd rather play Clemson every year than Alabama, LSU, and Florida every year.
@@chuckwest7045 Be sure and drink your Ovaltine.
@@Nastyfinger1444 ......In other words, you've got nothing to come back with.
2 things a lot of people forget about this game. One is that Thomas Lott got hurt in the first half. Neither Dean Blevins nor Jay Jimerson really covered themselves with glory replacing him. The other is that the wind was blowing about 35mph out of the south (from right to left in this video). That (plus all the turnovers) is why almost all the action was at the north end of the field.
I don't know if it's available on DVD. I just VHS'd it from a local ABC channel that re-aired it about 4 or 5 years ago.
It's a fact that there is between 11 & 12 min. of action in 1 NFL game. Just read that article yesterday or the day before.
Woody was never the same
It doesn't get any bigger than OU/Texas. They're usually playing for the Big 12 South and all the goals you mentioned. The Big 12 & SEC are the only conferences that have to play the extra championship game.The OU/Nebraska rivarly isn't what it was during the Big 8. It's not an annual game any more.
I miss the Sooner wishbone!!
Me too. Nebraska coach Tom Osbourne, too, it college football, it saved bear Bryant career coaching career
Keep in mind, if you don't want to include PSU (which we're always a big 10 type team anyway) OU would still be 9-3 vs that crap conference. One loss to NW (which I can still remember) was in the 1990s under the John Blake tenure (OU was lucky to beat Tulsa during that timeframe). What's more amazing In OU's success vs the Big 10: 3 of they're wins vs Big 10 were for National Titles. This posted video 1977 classic was another great one. With backups to boot. BOOMER FRIGGIN SOONER!!!!
And Steeler's Super Bowl winning QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay, Ohio-close to my hometown. He didn't play QB in high school until his senior year then played college ball at Miami, Ohio. Won Super Bowl, something Vince Young hasn't done and might never even play in a Super Bowl.
I don't think that OU has played Iowa since the late 70's. I could be wrong but I know it's been a lot longer than 4 years ago. I don't recall them ever playing Wisconsin. If so many many years ago.
Yeah I'm in Dallas, as are thousands of other native Buckeyes. Buckeyes had over 30,000 at a pep rally in Austin before the Ohio St.-Texas game in 06. When I stopped at gas station by my place before going to my sister's to watch Texas-Ohio St. both years there were 4 or 5 guys with Ohio St. shirts there. Texas fan said, "Am I in Texas or Ohio?" Huge Buckeye and other Big10 teams fan base in Texas. Hardly any Texas or Big 12 fans in Ohio, Michigan. Texas-USC good close game but bad defenses.
I'm definitely going to bring up OU/Texas. Pure blood. Half/Half slit. Awesome and unique. Best rivalry in college football. OU football tradition, 2nd to none. Uwe, best OU kicker ever (tee or not). Literally mocked the Buckeye crowd before sealing they're fate.
No, this was an early non-conference scheduled game from Sept. 1977
OU has beat a Big 10 team early in the season in years when OU won a National Championship but never beat them in last game where both teams were playing for a championship, there's a difference. And Ohio St. is the team that scheduled games against other teams from power conferences. It was well documented in Dallas that it was Buckeyes called Texas in late 90's to play in 05-06 because Buckeyes were having hard time getting people to play them, Mack Brown was trying to get out of playing Ohio
OU's RB's for the game: Kenny King, Billy Sims, David Overstreet... Not too mention, Thomas Lott. How friggin good was that backfield? These guys followed Greg Pruitt and Joe Washington. The Wishbone, man. For all it's knocks, it was a terror to stop, and with RBs like that, almost impossible. There's almost no excuses to not complete every pass attempted (like 3-5 atempts per game), as WR's should be wide open with RB stables like that. Unreal.
LET me list some more Buckeyes of recent years who are good NFL players-Mike Doss, Dan Wilkinson, Shawn Springs, Nick Mangold, Mike Nugent, Chris Gamble, deceased lineman for Vikings Lecharles Bentley, etc. Also great Buckeyes of past I haven't mentioned are Chris Spielman-the 1st high school athlete on Wheaties box who played HS ball at Ohio power Massillon in early 80's, Tom Cousineau, Keith Byars, Chris Carter, Ron Springs, Doug Donnely. There are just so many of them to remember.
Discussing this 1977 classic. How awesome was it to watch the Wishbone. Like football poetry in motion. If not for Miami of the mid to late 1980s, OU may still be running it. One thing about the Wishbone, it finished off lesser opponents quickly. No "upsets" usually occcured, unless they played an incredibly talented team, or faced a superstar Qb at the wrong time (aka, john elway). Nebraska dominated the 1990s with the Option. I'm still not sure it wouldn't win. Just isnt the "vogue" Off.
Lots of things are better. Being a Sooner fan for one.
Ya, this game will always stand out. Movies couldn't come up with better/wilder plots then what occurred in this football game. It creates nightmares for the losers, and unabashed bliss for the victors.
And the game in question was the one posted, not 6 years later. Focus! :)
It was Texas' 25-22 win over Ohio St. in 05 that leaves many who doubt who was better team that year. Remember Ohio State's starting QB was playing his 1st game since November of the previous year- a 10 month layoff. Ohio St. coaches switched QB's and wouldn't turn him loose, weren't sure what they had. Buckeye offense struggled few weeks later in 17-10 loss at Penn St. then their offense clicked rest of season after that. Beat ND, who really beat USC if refs call deserved penalty on late USC TD
Also, Bob Stoops is anything but a Buckeye. He grew up (ironically) a Sooners fan. This according to Mike Stoops. Bob Stoops went as far to paint his shoes silver, in honor of his favorite player, Joe Washington. Stoops is an Iowa Product, Hawkeye player/coach, KSU Coach, Florida Coach. There's nothing remotely about him affiliated with the the buckeyes. Hir early to HS life was at cardinal mooney HS in ohio. Thats it. He left, and never returned. Welcome home to the Southern Plains.
I do think OU has hard time in cold weather. But OU is a traditional running superpower. Maybe the best producers of college RBs historically, certainly arguably. Running works in the cold. And OU's defenses have always been stellar (minus the mid to late 1990s). OU historically did great in Nebraska, where most team's don't. I'm not sure, but what I do know is OU will kick the Longhorns around again. That's always a certainty. BCS games in present day under Stoops, I'll keep my eyes closed.
OU had Chris Sims' number every game. I wish he was still a Shorthorn.
And for the size of the state's, with all the people leaving Ohio in last 20-25 years, Ohio still turns out a lot of top high school talent, many that play for other teams. Lots of Michigan's top players came from Ohio-Manningham, Desmond Howard, QB Elvis Grabac, too many to list. Also running back for Florida last 2 years from Ohio. And USC's All-America TE from Toledo. S. Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn St., Illinois, etc. all have taken top 50 players out of Ohio recently and Bucks still thrive.
Ohio St. has turned out a few good running backs too. Eddie George, Robert Smith-who also left Buckeyes early for pros and had over 10,000 yard for Vikings in late 90's-2005, Keith Byars, of course Archie Griffin. Lately though Buckeyes churning out a lot of NFL caliber receivers and linebackers more than RB's-Although Beanie Wells will leave early after this season and be a top 10 pick at RB. But key word you used was college. I think Buckeyes recruit too many NFL ready players.
Great post soonerscott. I know it's not always relevant to do the "we beat the team that beat you, so we're better" logic. But the Buckeyes were a disgrace this past yr. College football had no great teams. Everyone knew, that even a two loss LSU team would thump them.
Again Ohio St. does good against SEC, southern and western teams in regular season games in those locations because they worked out in summer heat and are in game shape when they played them. It's the long layoff between last game and bowls where I believe the southern teams and USC enjoy advantage playing at home or in conditions they're more accustomed to. Big 10, some Big 12 north and Big East schools practice in cold or are not used to heat like they are early in season, really might matter.
Been to HS football in Dallas and big time suburb programs of Plano and Southlake Carroll, atmosphere no different than at smaller town football games in Ohio. In fact some of the smaller division northwest Ohio schools have more size and just as good as what I witnessed at Southlake Carroll, supposedly 1 of top HS teams in country. They finally played an out of state team this yr. and lost at home. When Cincinnati Moeller was top HS team in USA they beat top teams in Texas, CA. and NY.
I just saw "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29", a great football movie by the way, and this is the miracle game that I remember! The players in the movie described a sort of alternate universe/shift in the space-time continuum thing during the closing seconds of the game and I remember feeling that watching this game. So glad to see it on youtube, but it doesn't really convey the drama all that well. Oh well. Check out Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 at your local video store. It's well worth the $3.
Ohio St. has 5 National Championships and 7 Heisman Trophies. Reason I brought up if Wisconsin and Iowa were in old SWC was that Texas and Arkansas benifitted from being 2 large state schools playing with a bunch of small schools. If Texas and Arkansas were in Big 10 back then they wouldn't have won so much. Wisconsin, Purdue, Iowa and Michigan St. had some talented teams that would have won also if playing Rice, Baylor, TCU, SMU, Houston. Instead they played little guys to Ohio St. and Michign
It took a coach born and raised in Ohio to bring OU back to national prominence-Stoops. Anyone notice four of the coaches who won BCS champioships this decade were born and raised in Ohio? LSU's Les Miles, Florida's Urban Meyer, Ohio State's Jim Tressel and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops all great coaches from Ohio. And Nebraska,s new coach, LSU's defensive coordinator last year Pellini also from Ohio. Reminds me of 60,s and 70,s-Shula Hayes, Paul Brown, Lou Holtz etc. all Ohio natives. Hire a Buck 2 win
I go home to Ohio and the kids in my small town and surrounding towns look huge compared to what I see in Dallas and north Texas. Seen some big kids in Texas but not overall team size of even smallest division teams in Ohio. And both about same in speed at skill positions. texas probably has more college level QB prospects because of weather, they can run those offenses where you throw 40+ times. Those offenses usually don't work in cold, rainy or snowy late November playoff games in north.
To further any discussion vs.OU's domination of college football historically.OU has a winning record vs ALL major conferences. And we're not talking about beating only the duds of every conference. It's a mix of teams from the conferences, usually mid to high end winning teams. TRANSLATED: Historically, OU takes on all comers, and usually beats them. And of course OU vs NU decided more title game shots. DUH? If the game were mid-season, like OU/TX, one team would be almost "eliminated" by Nov.
Even with Ohio St. having only 3 players drafted this yr.-I said 2 before, it was actually 3, Buckeyes have had 70 players drafted in last 10 years. Longhorns have had less than 40 players drafted in last 10 yrs. And like I said the total of players who played HS or college ball in TX. that were drafted this yr. was almost equal to #of players drafted that played HS or college ball in Ohio. Bowling Green, Toledo, Cincinnatti all had multiple picks. Even div. 3 power Mt. Union, OH had player.
Another fun fact: OU's all time record vs. the Big 10. Yet to confirm, but it's something like 16-2. Split w/Ohio State, Undefeated vs. Michigan, undefeated vs. PSU, undefeated vs Minnesota, etc. etc.. Oklahoma Football is bigger then any one conference. They should be an entity unto themselves. The amount of money OU keeps generating for the Big 12 is unreal and unmatched.
This 1977 game was a classic. "Oklahoma Football". Boomer
Just learned a top HS offensive lineman Michigan stole from Ohio has transferred to Ohio St. Will be eligible in 2009 to join the 3 top 10 HS offensive lineman Buckeyes will have as freshmen backups this year. also have top 50 recruits at TE, WR, and defensive line coming in this year. and don't forget Buckeyes also signed the top rated HS QB in the nation this year. So look for 10+ win seasons next 4-5 yrs. Mack Brown would really try to avoid playing Buckeyes in next 5 years.
Also what has happened to the blocking fullback in last 10 yrs? Buckeyes used to churn out lots of solid fullbacks, now they rarely use a fullback. They play a lot of 4 and 5 receiver formations, need to mix it up and occasionally play 2 or 3 receiver set with tight end and fullback and go back to pounding people. Again Buckeyes have speed at some positions but are not fast overall. Got to go watch Mavericks. Another Texas team that chokes but I still watch them anyway.
School I went to now also football power. Holds record for longest football winning streak in Ohio history-57 games from 1997-2000. Team they lost to at state by 4 in 2000 was team from their own league who also has won 4 state titles in football in last 8 yrs. That league considered top small school league in US by many. Has 4 teams that have won multiple titles in football, and girls and boys basketball in last 10yrs. 7 of the 10 teams won at least 1 state title in big 3 sport in last 5 yrs.
Senior year, most of the team was hanging around the weight room watching this game.
Ok I was wrong about USC game. Not having wells affects not only offense but how defense played the game also. Defense didn't take as many chances as they would have. Loss only helped accelerate the Pryor experience and will make him better next year. And if you look at the last 3 years even with the 3 bad losses to USC, LSU, and Florida, Ohio St. is only team in nation who can say they only lost to teams that played in BCS bowls. Actually they can say that last 4 yrs-lost to UT and Penn St in05
If Lott didn’t get hurt then we would’ve needed the field goal. But it was a good game. The following week we lost to longhorns.
True. That's one reason fans don't think highly of Ohio St. They see Ohio St. won only31-10 or 28-13 but don't take into account Tressell plays very conservative after getting lead while Stoops, Mack Brown Urban Meyer and others keep starters in longer and run up score against inferior competition. Notice in coaches poll Ohio St. does better, other coaches respect Tressell even though I and other Buckeye fans wish he would pour it on more. This is 3rd straight year both BCS coaches from Ohio.
I think most would agree, the Oklahoma's, Ohio State's, Notre Dame's, Alabama's, and USC's of the world don't have to worry about history or "who has more tradition" battles. I will concur, i've heard nothing but great things regarding Ohio State's band. I heard the only one close was Texas A&M's (military oriented), which i've seen countless times and is impressive. As for mascots, can't even say I know where to begin. I'll concede to Brutus, now that Boomer and Sooner are retired.
I don't know if he was stoned or not but he brought OU 3 of their 7 national championships. BOOMER SOONER!
I guess they just don't care 8 times out of 10 when playing the mighty Sooners, huh?
One thing I wish OU would do is retire jersey numbers. No one should ever have worn 24 after Joe Washington.
I have said the same thing a million times.
Here is Ohio State's all-time records against teams that make up the Big 12-28 wins and 4 losses. 2 of the losses OU's lucky last second win in 77 and Texas lucky 3 point win in 2005. Buckeyes record vs big 12 teams:Baylor-2-0, Colorado-3-1, Kansas St.-1-0,Missouri-10-1, Nebraska-2-0, OU-1-1, Oklahoma St.-2-0, Texas-1-1, Texas A&M-4-0, Texas Tech-2-0. Buckeyes also 7-1 vs SMU and undefeated against other former SWC members Rice and Houston.
We can debate who is the better program. We can debate who was the better team a certain year. We can debate the best conference. We can debate the best rivalry. But you can not debate that Ohio St. has "The best damn band" and the best and most fearsome and handsome mascot in the land, Brutus the Buckeye.
❤ watching Billy sim & Ohio state football! & woody Hayes
The damage OU has inflicted on Mack and The Shorthorns (including Vince Young) is priceless. Beat-downs of epic proportions. Boomer
45-12 is a beat down.. Just sayin’..
Ugh, how could I forget Greg Pruitt, another very good NFL player and Joe Washington, solid N FL player. OU was loaded with RB's. Biggest dissapointment was probably the highest recruited Player in the history of HS football. Marcus Dupree. A book written about his recruitment. A quack mentally. I'll still take all these superstar recruits OU keeps loading up on, but something needs to be done about defections, before college football turns into college hoops.
Soonerscott, I agree somewhat. I think the SEC and Big 12 are usually the two best. From the formation of the Big 12 (1996) on, the Big 12 has won 3 National Titles, SEC 5 national titles, Big 10 has 2. The Big 12 South in particular can get brutal, other then Baylor. Pac 10 specifically relies on USC. Another "entity unto itself" school. Too big for a conference. OU should go independent, USC should go independent and join ND. I hate conference comparison jargon.
I remember this game and they actually broke away from coverage because OU was in command of the game. Then OSU turned it on and ABC came back to the game late in the third quarter. What a finish! That was back when college football was at its peak. I feel sorry for the kids now growing up seeing the theatrics and bs after every play. The term scholar-athlete isn't relevant anymore. Wonder how well all these SEC teams would fare if they had mandatory testing? Go Bucks
Yeah but Alabama has been down last 10 years or so, they occasionally get rated but by end of season drop out of polls. Most of OU's wins were before OU was in Big 12 and SEC wasn't as powerful as it is now. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska should join my call for some bowls and occasional BCS champ game to be played in cold climate. Maybe OU's conditioning played a factor in their losses to Miami in the Orange Bowl's like Ohio St. has done playing SEC in warm weather recently.
I do count OU's wins against PSU, 2 of which were for the National Title. They beat UM for the National Title (however, i'm not sure if UM would have beaten OU that they would have won the National Title, like the BCS, as no system like that was in place.) OU did beat Iowa in the late 1970s, when Iowa was good (Bob Stoops, was a player for Iowa under Hayden in the loss). Of course all games OU played vs Big 10 teams would be early. Again, DUH? They have to be, other then bowl games.
How incredible was Uwe? Still holds the NFL record for most consecutive PATs (Marino). In comparison, Garrett Hartley, OU's most recent and solid kicker, missed six extra points in one season.
It's not making the kick that was fun vs the Buckeyes, it's mocking the fans, then making the kick. More or less giving every opposing fan the middle finger before making the kick, then making the kick dead center. Always will be known as "The Kick".
Ohio St. was not at their peak offensively when Texas beat them in 05. That was the 1st game their QB Troy Smith had played Since November of the previous season. He did not play in bowl and Ohio State's 1st game of 05. That's why Tressel was rotating him and the other QB-Zwick. Ohio State's offense didn't click that year until midseason. Even former ESPN announcer and Dallas sports talk icon Norm Hitzges said if Texas and Ohio St. and Texas would have played later in season Buckeyes would win.
And to re-iterate this game's beauty: OU destroying Ohio State 20-0 until OU loses it's starting QB and RB (both all conference and all americans). OU subsequently turns the ball over 5 times or more? AND STILL WINS!!! Switzer bent Hayes over like a dog, with backups at key positions, and a great finish. Who knew Uwe would be OU's greatest kicker ever?
How good was Uwe? Dig his 70s long stringy hair and mustache. Looks like he's 30, kicked like a 30 yr old as well, not a young College kicker. Crushing loss for buckeyes. In Ohio State's defense, Uwe (as history has proved), was OU's best kicker ever. Can you imagine a kicker mocking an opposing crowd in today's game, right before he makes a game deciding kick. Not too mention, his perfect onside kick attempt a few plays before, to set up the game winning drive for OU leading to "The Kick".
And 1 last fact for now. Ohio State trails only USC all-time in NFL 1st round picks 71-67. And that's because USC had 4 1st rounders in 08, next year Buckeyes will have at least 2 and maybe as many as 5 or 6 1st round picks. That's 1st round picks not players taken in whole draft. Buckeyes have record or at least they did(they may still have) with 14 Buckeyes drafted in 1 year-2003.
I admit OU was good back in 70's and 80,s. OU-Nebraska 2nd best rivalry in college football behind Ohio St.-Michigan. And don't even mention Texas-OU. that game played early in season, usually after bye week for 1 or both teams. Ohio State-Michigan always last game of a long grueling season, almost always for league championship or berth for 1 or both teams to major bowl. That's what makes a great rivalry, not that half the crowd wears orange, other half red like Texas-OU. UT-OU rarely nationTV