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I'd still be celebrating the 1985 world series

Ohio State would still be without a national title since 1968


I would still have faith in humanity and justice

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Explain #2. He DID grab the receiver. The flag was late and that was dumb, either throw it when it happens or don't, don't wait to see what happens first. But it was still a penalty. Plus wasn't there some bad call the series before, on a punt or something, or a Michael Jenkins third down catch that was ruled incomplete? I know a Buckeye poster will enlighten us. And since you know I'm a Michigan fan, I wouldn't defend the Buckeyes lightly.

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2002 Buckeyes...national chumpions

let's begin with the nat'l title game
-the last play of regulation was not a penalty at all given the way the game had been officiated. He made contact within the first 5 yards and never got a handful of jersey or anything. This is much less than the standard operating procedure for Buckeye corner's that season.
-more importantly, Ward had possession. People drone on and on and on about the Clarett strip. The only problem is that he only took possession away after Ward's knee hit the ground. Ward had the ball and was running it out. It doesn't matter who had more of the ball. What matters is Ward had not lost it when his knee it. It wasn't even close! This was the key play of the game and caused tOSU to re-emerge.

Michigan game
-false start on the right side of the Buckeye line on the last td of the game went uncalled. It was this quick jump that allowed the right side to finally open a hole up for the Hall scamper.

Penn State game
-two viciously blown pass interferences, one called and one not that both went against Penn St and made the key difference in the game. Just another instance of JoePa getting screwed over, which was the tipping point for big10 instant replay.

Illinois game
-Walter Young catches the ball in the back of the endzone to set up a tie (xp pending). Ruled incomplete, but no explanation was ever given. At the end of the season, ESPN's studio show gave worst player of the year in college football to Big10 officials (I think their blown calls in the ND-FSU game sealed it) with Mark May specifically saying "Walter Young, catch!"

Northwestern game
-Early in the season and the game was still quite competitive when the officials missed not one, not two, but three missed sideline out of bounds calls at key moments.


the NC state fiasco didn't happen until the next season.



This was the worst champion of college football that I can remember, including the teams that lost a game. Every call, for some reason or another, went their way. It's a shame, because there are a handful of tOSU teams that were better than the 2002 version, yet were not quite as fortunate.