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BuckBackHome said:
Does anyone have footage of when Johnny Utah destroyed his knee in the 4th quarter destroying his chance at a pro career, but still managing to defeat USC in the Rose Bowl?
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Interesting article:

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The Most Ohio State Things about Special Agent Johnny Utah

A Buckeye great, examined
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The Most Ohio State Things about Special Agent Johnny Utah​

A Buckeye great, examined

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In the cinematic universe presented by the film, Utah led the Buckeyes to a Rose Bowl win over USC but suffered a gruesome knee injury in the fourth quarter that destroyed his pro prospects. Please keep in mind that when this film was released, in 1991, the only two Ohio State QBs of note in the NFL were Mike Tomczak and Tom Tupa. To say that Johnny Utah could have been the greatest Buckeye passer in NFL history would not be clearing an impossible bar.

There is a beach football scene in Point Break, where most of that backstory is established. (It’s interesting that Utah agrees to play beach football despite having destroyed his knee and working a secret job that requires him to be physically active. I assume the FBI health insurance plan at the time was quite good.)



Based on that limited tape, we can conclude a few things about Utah as a quarterback.
  • He’s primarily a pocket passer; the only time he scrambles or throws from outside the pocket is on a play action pass.
  • He thrives on short drops and (probably) short passes. The one time he takes a longer drop, Utah is nearly sacked and throws an incomplete pass.
  • Though we’re using a small sample size, he isn’t a multi-position threat, since we never see him run with the ball or catch a pass.
That wouldn’t be a good representation of a modern Ohio State quarterback, but J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones and Dwayne Haskins weren’t even born when this movie was released, and Terrelle Pryor had just turned two. At this point, to be the starting QB for the Buckeyes meant throwing 240 passes for 7.6 yards an attempt and 17 touchdowns. And Utah’s game is entirely consistent with that.

Utah also makes one defensive play in the scene, tackling Bodhi into the ocean. Arguably, that’s a late hit out of bounds, and a perfectly Buckeye move.

But Point Break is mostly not a football movie. So what do Utah’s other athletic exploits reveal how Ohio State he is?
  • When Utah first goes into the Pacific Ocean, he nearly drowns. This portrayal is flawless; to a true Ohioan, the sea should be as unfamiliar and dangerous as the surface of Venus. The Ohio State aquatic expertise is limited to lakes, rivers, pools, maybe a particularly exciting trip to Wisconsin Dells. The only thing that would improve this scene would be Utah remarking how strange it is that California’s on Lake Michigan.
  • At one point, we see an entire weight set in Utah’s bedroom..
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CONCLUSION​

Johnny Utah isn’t a perfect fictional Ohio State quarterback. He doesn’t have any regrettable tattoos, he never wears a sweatshirt of any kind, and he never even mentions the Cincinnati Bengals or the Cleveland Browns. But within the limits of a 1991 surfer crime action film, this is a damn fine representation of all things Buckeye.
 
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calibuck said:
In the Replacements, when he was underwater cleaning barnacles from boat hulls, didn't he pick up a (his?) Heisman trophy, assuming he tossed it overboard in a PBR rage?
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It isn't a Heisman, unless we're talking about different scenes. But he picks up an All-America trophy with a football that even says his name. So... I would guess that it was his trophy that he threw overboard in a PBR rage.

 
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Adam Sandler Is Assembling a GOAT Golf Team for Happy Gilmore 2​

Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, and Benito Martínez Ocasio join the cast of the long-awaited sequel.

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It’s been almost 30 years since we last saw Happy Gilmore, the long-driving hero who won in the Tour Championship in 1996. Now, we finally get to catch up with him in a new sequel. That’s right, Adam Sandler is returning to the golf green as Happy Gilmore, and he’s bringing along a few new and familiar faces. Joining the film alongside Sandler are original Happy Gilmore stars Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald and brand-new co-star Benito Martínez Ocasio (AKA Bad Bunny). Production has officially begun on the film, with Sandler posting an Easter egg teasing his character’s upcoming antics.
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