The Buckeye Battle Cry: Ohio State News and Commentary » Zach Dumas http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com An Ohio State blog for the Buckeye fan in all of us. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:56:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The hardest hit I have ever seen http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2009/08/the-hardest-hit-i-have-ever-seen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hardest-hit-i-have-ever-seen http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2009/08/the-hardest-hit-i-have-ever-seen/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:28:48 +0000 Jeff http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=1584 In 1989, I gathered with my best friend and his extended family to watch Ohio State play in the Hall Of Fame Bowl against Auburn. Bob and I had been friends for about four years, and we were inseparable when it came to Ohio state games.

The Buckeyes had a rough season, getting spanked three times by USC, Illinois, and since John Cooper was the head coach, Michigan.  In between they had managed to put together a six-game win streak and their 8-3 record was enough to get them into a coveted New Year’s Day bowl game (at the time, bowl games didn’t stretch into the second week of January).

Facing a better Auburn squad, we had high hopes but low expectations (which were accurate, as we lost 31-14), but midway into the second quarter we saw the hardest hit anyone will ever witness in college football.

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