DaiMonMoore
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It's always been a shame there were never any tOSU flashbacks in "The Replacements" showing Shane "Footsteps" Falco in the Shoe.
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It's always been a shame there were never any tOSU flashbacks in "The Replacements" showing Shane "Footsteps" Falco in the Shoe.
BuckBackHome
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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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BuckBackHome
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Deadpool and Wolverine was solid. It was great to see them together on the big screen.
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ScriptOhio
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Interesting article:
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
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ATHLETICS
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.
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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