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Greatest performance by a Buckeye in a losing effort?

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Somebody asked me this the other day and I found it kind of tough. I would have to say Antoine Winfield against Michigan in 1997. Some of the tackles he had were simply amazing. Somebody told me that Winfield told Streets before the game that he wasn't going to catch any that day. He was right.
 
Chris Carter vs. Alabama in the Kick Off Classic. Just another 20 seconds and he would have turned the game in OSU's favor. The Alabama DBs were hanging on him, and he still kept catching the ball.
 
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Some love for the older guys who are so often forgotten on here:



1986 Chris Spielman vs scUM

29 total tackles

1978 Tom Cousineau vs PSU

29 total tackles

1978 Tom Cousineau vs SMU (tie not a loss)

28 total tackles-16 solo which is also an OSU record.

1981 Art Schlichter vs FSU

458 yds passing

412 yds total offense

both OSU records

1997 Joe Germaine vs PSU (already mentioned by Tibs)

388 yds total offense

378 yds passing


Winfields effort vs scUM in 1997 has to be on this list as well.
 
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I'm going to go with one of my favorite performances by an OSU player:

After a much maligned (and heavily criticized) career, coming back from an arrest on drunken driving charges, suspension, and benched in the 1st Half, Steve Bellisari comes off the bench to lead the Buckeyes back from a 28-0 defecit in his last game to what should've been the biggest comeback in Bowl history at the 2002 Outback Bowl vs. South Carolina.

Stevie B. ran for a TD, threw for 2 more, and was 21 for 35 in the air for an OSU Bowl record 320 yards.

With 3:56 left to play in the 4th at the OSU 11, Number 8 went 6 for 6 for 86 yards, drove the team right down the field and tied the game with a 9 yard strike to Darnell Sanders.

After that, the biggest travesty in collegiate officiating occured, and I can't bear to rehash it.

But my vote goes to Bellisari ..
 
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joe germaine vrs fsu. there were several times during that game i honestly thought there was no way on earth he was going to get back up. he kept us in the game in a big way.

the aj hawk and speils votes are definitely solid ones as well. but i think joe would get my vote.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Some love for the older guys who are so often forgotten on here:



1986 Chris Spielman vs scUM

29 total tackles

1978 Tom Cousineau vs PSU

29 total tackles

1978 Tom Cousineau vs SMU (tie not a loss)

28 total tackles-16 solo which is also an OSU record.

1981 Art Schlichter vs FSU

458 yds passing

512 yds total offense

both OSU records

1997 Joe Germaine vs PSU (already mentioned by Tibs)

388 yds total offense

378 yds passing


Winfields effort vs scUM in 1997 has to be on this list as well.
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quick edit for yah
 
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martinss01: "joe germaine vrs fsu. there were several times during that game i honestly thought there was no way on earth he was going to get back up. he kept us in the game in a big way."

Great, great call. Don't know how this one slipped my mind. I've never seen a QB take an absolute beating like Joe did that day, and he kept getting up. One of the gutsiest performances I've ever seen. Props coming ..

One thing about that game: after seeing FSU's D-Line rotation beating the hell out of us, Coop decided that he wanted to build the same thing at OSU. So, he started recruiting to build a D-Line in that fashion and produced Will Smith, Tim Anderson, Kenny Peterson, Darrion Scott, Simon Frasier, etc. .. the foundation of the 2002 National Champions.
 
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Sloopy45 said:
I'm going to go with one of my favorite performances by an OSU player:

After a much maligned (and heavily criticized) career, coming back from an arrest on drunken driving charges, suspension, and benched in the 1st Half, Steve Bellisari comes off the bench to lead the Buckeyes back from a 28-0 defecit in his last game to what should've been the biggest comeback in Bowl history at the 2002 Outback Bowl vs. South Carolina.

Stevie B. ran for a TD, threw for 2 more, and was 21 for 35 in the air for an OSU Bowl record 320 yards.

With 3:56 left to play in the 4th at the OSU 11, Number 8 went 6 for 6 for 86 yards, drove the team right down the field and tied the game with a 9 yard strike to Darnell Sanders.

After that, the biggest travesty in collegiate officiating occured, and I can't bear to rehash it.

But my vote goes to Bellisari ..
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I cant bring myself to agree.. based soley on the fact that it is Bellisari.:p

Best performance in a losing effort this year, i'd go with Josh Huston 4-5 against Texas in only his second game.

I'll throw Vic Janowicz in the Snow Bowl out there simply because he made a field goal in the middle of a blizzard.
 
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