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Guiton was named the Badger's Quarterbacks Coach in January 2025 after coaching the Badger wide receivers during the 2024 season. He joined Badgers' staff as wide receivers coach in Jan. 2024 after three seasons at the University of Arkansas.
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In music, there are a total of eight steps in an octatonic scale – hence the root word, octa. The notes a scale revolve around are: A,B,C,D,E,F and G. There are also half-step notes that go sharp (higher) and flat (lower) – those we’ll discuss in a later story.
Ohio State’s 2012 season, in a way, was an ascending scale. Head coach Urban Meyer had entered into the Big Ten proverbial ring, and was laying the smackdown on anyone that dared get in the Scarlet and Gray’s way. When the Buckeyes faced the Purdue Boilermakers, they were No. 7 in the country with an undefeated record of 7-0.
Like any octatonic scale, they take time to learn – you just don’t wake up on Saturday morning and know how to play a G major scale. As Purdue rolled into Columbus, Ohio for a noon contest on Oct. 15, 2012, the squadron led by coach Meyer was about to learn how to finish their eighth game of the season with a win.
Playing scales, especially when you are being judged in competition, can be hard; you don’t know what scales are being asked, but you know what can be asked. The reason why this game is a memorable ‘Meyer Moment’ isn’t because the Buckeyes won in overtime, but it was how they won.
A backup quarterback took the reigns under center, and had to navigate against a program that has been known to be the figurative trap scale that has ruined/came close to ruining Ohio State’s audition in front of the college football world – spoiling Big Ten championships and national championship bids in the process.
Let’s look back at the time Ohio State survived Purdue by way of Kenny Guiton.
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Going back to the music theme of this piece: the Buckeyes were about to figuratively flub the last note of their scale – and judges remember the last note of a scale.
Good thing Guiton was there to save the day. But, before we get to the legend of (Low G) Kenny G, we have to look at how he got the chance to play in the first place.
Miller still struggled to find his groove in the third quarter. However, he did hit a deep pass to wide receiver Chris Fields, setting up a Carlos Hyde touchdown. The mixed results from Braxton came from the swarming of Boilermaker defenders that forced broken up passes, sacks and a fumble.
All this prevented Braxton Miller from doing Braxton Miller things.
After blocking a Purdue field goal late in the third frame, the Buckeyes dug their feet into the ground and cranked up the intensity level on their comeback efforts. With all the momentum in the world following the block, and only a 20-14 deficit, Miller started the new drive with a 37-yard rush up the near sideline.
As Josh Johnson, the tackler, got up, Braxton stayed down. On that cloudy Saturday afternoon in Columbus, the air was sucked out of The ‘Shoe.
It took a while before Miller was carted off the field. In that moment, Guiton was tasked with leading the Buckeyes’ comeback efforts – filling in for the heart and soul of the Scarlet and Gray.
Guiton’s first drive against the Boilermakers went uneventful; his second drive ended in a safety after an illegal block was called in the endzone.
Two drives, two points surrendered, and now an eight point deficit with 10 minutes and change remaining. As time bled off the clock, this game had the hallmarks of a colossal loss to the hands of the Boilermakers. Those pesky characters in black and gold had been the bane of Ohio State’s existence since the start of the millennium. They tried to ruin the Buckeyes’ 2002 championship season, ruined a 2010 championship bid for the scarlet and gray, and were about to take credit as the first team to defeat Urban Meyer as the headman in charge of a Big Ten program.
Forty-seven seconds were all that stood between the Boilermakers and their new found destiny. Just think, this could’ve been a factor for Danny Hope getting a new lease on life in West Lafayette.
But, the drive of a lifetime was about to unfold in front of 105,290 people inside Ohio Stadium.
Having to go 61 yards for the touchdown and game-tying two-point conversion, Meyer and the Buckeyes knew that every second mattered – as did every yard. A 39-yard reception by Devin Smith, followed up by an eight yard catch by Evan Spencer put the Buckeyes on the Purdue 14-yard line with 28 seconds remaining.
With time ticking away, passing was the only viable option to the endzone. Two Guiton passes wound up being incomplete, and the third one, thrown to a contested Spencer, also fell incomplete.
However, the yellow hanky was thrown on the play.
Call it what you will, but it seems the college football gods are benefactors to Ohio State cementing their place in college football lore via pass-interference/holding calls in the final moments of close contests. In this case, the Boilermakers committed a dumbfounded pass interference call; the consequence being the ball placed at the two yard line with eight seconds to play.
Ohio State might’ve been able to get two plays off, but they needed only one, for Kenny G was the man under center.
Even though Guiton got the touchdown, the Buckeyes still needed to get the two-point conversion. If they didn’t get the deuce, this remarkable drive would be for not.
Lined up in the all-too-familiar shotgun formation, Guiton took the snap, scampered to his right – drawing one of the Purdue lineman – and looked back to his left and saw a wide open Jeff Heuerman.
Just like that: overtime.
And once again, Guiton made the right plays when he needed to. A 17-yard pass to Jake Stoneburner put the Buckeyes on the doorstep of a touchdown, which was later punched in by Hyde.
Purdue, which was probably feeling the ill effects of an Ohio State team on the warpath, folded on their rebuttal drive. A pair of incompletions, followed by a just-make-this-fourth-down-manageable short pass, put the Boilermakers on a 4th-and-5 at the OSU 20.
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Just sayin': The thread subject needs an update.
That time Kenny Guiton derailed the Boilermakers
In the third edition of ‘Meyer Moments’ we look at Kenny Guiton’s charge against Purdue
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Remembering the time Kenny Guiton saved Ohio State against Purdue
It’s never too late to retell the story of Kenny Guiton against the BoilermakersIn music, there are a total of eight steps in an octatonic scale – hence the root word, octa. The notes a scale revolve around are: A,B,C,D,E,F and G. There are also half-step notes that go sharp (higher) and flat (lower) – those we’ll discuss in a later story.
Ohio State’s 2012 season, in a way, was an ascending scale. Head coach Urban Meyer had entered into the Big Ten proverbial ring, and was laying the smackdown on anyone that dared get in the Scarlet and Gray’s way. When the Buckeyes faced the Purdue Boilermakers, they were No. 7 in the country with an undefeated record of 7-0.
Like any octatonic scale, they take time to learn – you just don’t wake up on Saturday morning and know how to play a G major scale. As Purdue rolled into Columbus, Ohio for a noon contest on Oct. 15, 2012, the squadron led by coach Meyer was about to learn how to finish their eighth game of the season with a win.
Playing scales, especially when you are being judged in competition, can be hard; you don’t know what scales are being asked, but you know what can be asked. The reason why this game is a memorable ‘Meyer Moment’ isn’t because the Buckeyes won in overtime, but it was how they won.
A backup quarterback took the reigns under center, and had to navigate against a program that has been known to be the figurative trap scale that has ruined/came close to ruining Ohio State’s audition in front of the college football world – spoiling Big Ten championships and national championship bids in the process.
Let’s look back at the time Ohio State survived Purdue by way of Kenny Guiton.
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The ballad of Kenny Guiton
Now we get to the man, the myth, the legend. In the sections before, I discussed the lead up to what Guiton was about to go up against. The Buckeyes were cruising throughout the season, but seemed to lock the brakes in the first half against Purdue.Going back to the music theme of this piece: the Buckeyes were about to figuratively flub the last note of their scale – and judges remember the last note of a scale.
Good thing Guiton was there to save the day. But, before we get to the legend of (Low G) Kenny G, we have to look at how he got the chance to play in the first place.
Miller still struggled to find his groove in the third quarter. However, he did hit a deep pass to wide receiver Chris Fields, setting up a Carlos Hyde touchdown. The mixed results from Braxton came from the swarming of Boilermaker defenders that forced broken up passes, sacks and a fumble.
All this prevented Braxton Miller from doing Braxton Miller things.
After blocking a Purdue field goal late in the third frame, the Buckeyes dug their feet into the ground and cranked up the intensity level on their comeback efforts. With all the momentum in the world following the block, and only a 20-14 deficit, Miller started the new drive with a 37-yard rush up the near sideline.
As Josh Johnson, the tackler, got up, Braxton stayed down. On that cloudy Saturday afternoon in Columbus, the air was sucked out of The ‘Shoe.
It took a while before Miller was carted off the field. In that moment, Guiton was tasked with leading the Buckeyes’ comeback efforts – filling in for the heart and soul of the Scarlet and Gray.
Guiton’s first drive against the Boilermakers went uneventful; his second drive ended in a safety after an illegal block was called in the endzone.
Two drives, two points surrendered, and now an eight point deficit with 10 minutes and change remaining. As time bled off the clock, this game had the hallmarks of a colossal loss to the hands of the Boilermakers. Those pesky characters in black and gold had been the bane of Ohio State’s existence since the start of the millennium. They tried to ruin the Buckeyes’ 2002 championship season, ruined a 2010 championship bid for the scarlet and gray, and were about to take credit as the first team to defeat Urban Meyer as the headman in charge of a Big Ten program.
Forty-seven seconds were all that stood between the Boilermakers and their new found destiny. Just think, this could’ve been a factor for Danny Hope getting a new lease on life in West Lafayette.
But, the drive of a lifetime was about to unfold in front of 105,290 people inside Ohio Stadium.
Having to go 61 yards for the touchdown and game-tying two-point conversion, Meyer and the Buckeyes knew that every second mattered – as did every yard. A 39-yard reception by Devin Smith, followed up by an eight yard catch by Evan Spencer put the Buckeyes on the Purdue 14-yard line with 28 seconds remaining.
With time ticking away, passing was the only viable option to the endzone. Two Guiton passes wound up being incomplete, and the third one, thrown to a contested Spencer, also fell incomplete.
However, the yellow hanky was thrown on the play.
Call it what you will, but it seems the college football gods are benefactors to Ohio State cementing their place in college football lore via pass-interference/holding calls in the final moments of close contests. In this case, the Boilermakers committed a dumbfounded pass interference call; the consequence being the ball placed at the two yard line with eight seconds to play.
Ohio State might’ve been able to get two plays off, but they needed only one, for Kenny G was the man under center.
Even though Guiton got the touchdown, the Buckeyes still needed to get the two-point conversion. If they didn’t get the deuce, this remarkable drive would be for not.
Lined up in the all-too-familiar shotgun formation, Guiton took the snap, scampered to his right – drawing one of the Purdue lineman – and looked back to his left and saw a wide open Jeff Heuerman.
Just like that: overtime.
And once again, Guiton made the right plays when he needed to. A 17-yard pass to Jake Stoneburner put the Buckeyes on the doorstep of a touchdown, which was later punched in by Hyde.
Purdue, which was probably feeling the ill effects of an Ohio State team on the warpath, folded on their rebuttal drive. A pair of incompletions, followed by a just-make-this-fourth-down-manageable short pass, put the Boilermakers on a 4th-and-5 at the OSU 20.
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