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Ranking of all time OSU Football coaches

Curious to the answers on this one. On another site it is interesting how people will get almost violent if they feel you are not respecting their favorite properly.

If this is somewhere else just shut this down and direct me as I am curious.

I would need to do some research. But pure success I kind of feel Urban is first and Woody second with the Sweater man 3rd. But I could be skipping some old timer that many loved...ect.

Now one could say that Woody created that which is the modern OSU football powerhouse. So he sits on top forever and everyone must bow to him. And honestly, on pure stories alone he is one of my favorite coaches. He was part genius and part insane person. As my wife says all the time the line between genius and crazy is a very very very thin one.
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DB Sonny Gordon (1986 captain, R.I.P.)

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Didn't find a thread about Sonny but after learning he had passed I wanted to recognize him. Sonny played DB during my time at OSU. His biggest moment was blocking a punt for a safety in the Shoe as the Bucks upset #1 Iowa, 22-13 in 1985.

He spent a few years in the CFL after one year with the Bucs. He died last week after a three-year battle with ALS. Sonny Gordon was 57 years old.

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Rivalries That Once Were...

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With CFB changing so radically over the last decade, the sport no longer resembles what it once was. Intense local/regional rivalries have been snuffed out and that sucks. Post some of the rivalries from days of yore that no longer play or are a shell of what they once were.

For me:
Pitt-WVU: "The Backyard Brawl" was always pretty regional, but in it's heyday, it was intense. I remember it being a must watch in the 80's.

OU-Nebraska: There was a time this would be in the discussion for biggest rivalry in CFB. It was a huge game annually. It started to drop off in the 90s when OU fell into mediocrity. By the time OU rejoined the living, Corn began its descent into irrelevance. I remember the games from the 80's and they were nuts

Nebraska-Colorado: It's hard to believe now, but Colorado was indeed a national power for the better part of a decade from the late-80's to the mid-90's. Their annual tilt with Corn typically had conference and national title implications. Great rivalry for a short time.

Miami-FSU: this was annually a matchup of top-5 teams and a must watch from the late-80s til the mid-90's. Huge, huge game each year. Miami died in January 2003 and FSU has been up and (mostly) down for 20 years. This has become just another game, but for a while it was an amazing rivalry.
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