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2021 Countdown Thread - Honoring Bill Willis

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Number Retired (11/18/00)

2x All Big Ten
2x All American
2x Team MVP
Silver Football Award (Chicago Tribune Big Ten MVP)
First Buckeye to Win the Maxwell Award
Heisman Trophy Winner
College Football Hall of Fame Inductee
Howard "Hopalong" Cassady

Also referred to as "Hop" in the record book, making him the only Buckeye (that I can think of) who officially has a nickname for his nickname.
 
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Vaughn Broadnax
In the I-Formation age, All-conference and All-American teams would feature two tailbacks and no fullbacks, even though every team had one of each. As a result, players like Vaughn would finish their career with no post-season honors. So in lieu of a resume, I offer the following:

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Of course the announcer (sounds like Al Michaels) says, "What a play by Schlichter". It was Vaughn that made that play. For decades afterwards it was known as "The Block"
 
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DID YOU SEE THAT!?! The referee went right up to that Michigan player and patted him on the back and then consoled him. No wonder it took a miraculous 4th quarter for the Bucks to win that day. Penn State lent Michigan some of their referees for that game and the fix was on. You can see it, right there on the screen.
 
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I know it is a bit late, but Ray gets lost in his Brother Archie's shadow.....which is a shame, as he was a heck of a player in his own right. Pictured above is him returning an interception....big surprise he's out ahead of those wanged helmets......

Ray Griffin
  • 1977 Captain.
  • 1977 All-American.
  • 1977 All-Big Ten.
  • 2012 Inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.
 
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Ohio State Record Holder (Total Tackles - Season)
3x All Big Ten
2x All American
Captain
College Football Hall of Fame
Tom Cousineau


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Ohio State Record Holder (Total Tackles - Career)
4 year starter
Academic All Big Ten
Academic All American
3x All Big Ten
All American
Captain
Marcus Marek


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Ohio State Record Holder (Solo Tackles - Season/Career)
4 year starter
3x All Big Ten
2x All American
Captain
Team MVP
Lombardi Award
2012 Dungy Thompson Humanitarian Award
College Football Hall of Fame

Chris Spielman


The record book has discrepancies in it regarding solo tackles and total tackles. Without an exhaustive analysis, the source of the discrepancy was chosen using Occam's Razor: If one assumes that the Solo Tackle tables showing 142 for Cousineau in 1978 is the error and that the other tables showing 101 solo tackles for Cousineau in 1978 are correct, then no other changes have to be made. Any other resolution of the discrepancy would involve multiple errors. Because of this, the above shows Spielman as the record holder for solo tackles in a season.
 
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Captain
Scottie Graham

His name is spelled "Scotty" and "Scottie" in the record book, depending on what section you're in, but the papers all spelled it with the "ie" back in the day. Another Buckeye fullback who would have won his share of post-season honors if fullbacks had been considered for such. We think of Tressel as a conservative coach, but in some ways he had nothing on Cooper. Coop could be counted on to turtle up on 3rd and long. He even spoke openly about it to the press. "Just run a draw and punt... that's all you can do..." That draw frequently went to the fullback. On more than one occasion (once on 3rd and 19 with me in C deck), Scottie bailed him out, gaining a first down on a play that wasn't even supposed to.
 
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