2021 Countdown Thread - Honoring Bill Willis

[cincibuck]

People forget that Doug was 8 feet tall

He wore a lot of socks?

 

[cincibuck]

And he had his padded socks on......

Beat me to it. Dammitt.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

National Champion
Bruce Jankowski

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

All Big Ten
Captain
Ohio State Record Holder

• Receptions by a Tight End in a Game
• Receptions by a Tight End in a Season
• Receiving Yards by a Tight End in a Season

Billy Anders

Nick Vannett

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

All-American
Captain
Jan White

3x Academic All B1G
2x Academic All-American
NFF & CFB HoF Scholarship Winner
Captain
Brian Robiskie

 

[Zurp]

I'm looking for a picture of Giovanni Strassini. Wasn't he #80?

Oh damn - he was #89.
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaa...-ohio-state-american-tight-end-191626603.html

Strassini (or whoever he is) saw his story start to unravel on a message board thread at BuckeyePlanet.com. The posters on that site easily figured out there was no Strassini who wore No. 89 for the Buckeyes.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

I'm looking for a picture of Giovanni Strassini. Wasn't he #80?

Oh damn - he was #89.
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaa...-ohio-state-american-tight-end-191626603.html

For a Yahoo Sports article, that one is strangely lacking in positivity

 

[ScriptOhio]

Just sayin': Buckeye Scoop is really bad at math......

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Just sayin': Buckeye Scoop is really bad at math......

Maybe they're counting to the Illinois Nebraska game on August 28th

If so, why not show a Nebraska player's number? It has nothing to do with Ohio State.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Academic All Big Ten
Academic All-American
3x All Big Ten
2x All American
Captain

Chris Ward

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

2x All Big Ten
2x All-American
Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2x Big Ten OL of the Year

Korey Stringer
RIP

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Paris Johnson

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

All Big Ten
All American
National Champion
Jim Marshall

All Big Ten
National Champion

Alex Stepanovich


Both were national champions one year (1957 and 2002 respectively) and all big ten (at least) the next (1958 and 2003 respectively)

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

2x All Big Ten
2x All American
Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2x Big Ten OL of the Year (an award that is now named for him)
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
Big Ten MVP (Chicago Tribune Silver Football)
Outland Trophy
2x Lombardi Award - Only Sophomore to win it
Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
NFL Hall of Fame

Orlando Pace