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2011 TSUN shenanigans and arguments (off season)

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Bleed S & G;1948725; said:
If you would follow M*ch*g*n football as closely as you followed Ohio State..........
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Buckeye86;1952538; said:
Which Ohio born Michigan player supposedly said that "only the best" Ohio players go to Michigan... or something along those lines, back in the 70's and is there a link to the story somewhere?
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Dennis Franklin. I don't have a link, but I remember Archie talking about it on one of those Buckeye Classic series.
 
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For those who really don't remember Dennis Franklin he is an interesting story for another reason.

Used to be that you could not go to the Rose Bowl in back to back years. OSU went in 1972 just after they changed that rule. The next year OSU and UM were both undefeated when they played to a 10-10 tie (one of the greatest wins in OSU history according to Gordon Gee). It seemed natural that UM would go, but it was Franklin's injury in that game that persuaded the Big Ten ADs to send OSU instead as the better team.

Also of note: Franklin's injury was a broken collarbone - an injury more common to riders on the Tour de France. However, I am unable to confirm that he suffered said injury falling off a stationary bike.

And a final note: In 1974 OSU again beat UM (and Franklin) 12-10 on four field goals. This is famous as the only time in college football history that a team has won a game kicking only field goals.

(I can still remember the emotion of UM's would-be game winning field goal just missing in that one.)
 
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Oh8ch;1952719; said:
For those who really don't remember Dennis Franklin he is an interesting story for another reason.

Used to be that you could not go to the Rose Bowl in back to back years. OSU went in 1972 just after they changed that rule. The next year OSU and UM were both undefeated when they played to a 10-10 tie (one of the greatest wins in OSU history according to Gordon Gee). It seemed natural that UM would go, but it was Franklin's injury in that game that persuaded the Big Ten ADs to send OSU instead as the better team.

Also of note: Franklin's injury was a broken collarbone - an injury more common to riders on the Tour de France. However, I am unable to confirm that he suffered said injury falling off a stationary bike.

And a final note: In 1974 OSU again beat UM (and Franklin) 12-10 on four field goals. This is famous as the only time in college football history that a team has won a game kicking only field goals.

(I can still remember the emotion of UM's would-be game winning field goal just missing in that one.)
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