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RB Keith Byars (B10 POY, All-American, OSU HOF, CFB HOF, NFL Pro Bowl)

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Dryden said:
Byars is in!



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Well deserved....:nod:

OSU's Greatest Football Wins: Illinois

1984

No. 8 Ohio State 45

Illinois 38

Unranked Illinois stunned the Ohio Stadium crowd of 89,937 by opening a 24-0 lead in the first half, but that was before Buckeye running back Keith Byars got going.
Byars got the eighth-ranked Buckeyes on the board with a 16-yard touchdown run with 4:13 left in the second quarter, the first of four straight OSU touchdowns that let the Buckeyes take a 28-24 advantage in less than three minutes into the third quarter. After an Illinois field goal, Byars broke loose for a spectacular 67-yard TD to stretch the lead back to eight. The junior from Dayton reversed his field and lost a shoe on the run, one of the most memorable plays in Ohio State history.
The Illini kept coming, however. Illinois quarterback completed threw a touchdown pass and ran for the game-tying two-point conversion just before the start of the fourth quarter. After the teams traded field goals, Byars finally put the wraps on the 45-38 Buckeye victory with a 3-yard touchdown run with just 0:36 on the clock. The junior finished the day with five touchdowns and 274 rushing yards that were at the time a school record for a single game. He also tied Pete Johnson's school record with five rushing touchdowns.
It was no day for defenses: The Buckeyes gave up 509 total yards to Illinois but trumped the Illini with 564 yards of their own.

https://247sports.com/college/ohio-state/Article/OSUs-Greatest-Football-Wins-Illinois-105012044/

Re: Byars’ standout game in 1984 came in a comeback win in a comeback win over Illinois in which he rushed for 274 yards and five touchdowns, which is tied for an Ohio State single-game record. On his fourth touchdown of the game, he famously lost his left shoe at the Illini 40 but never broke stride.

I was at that game, it was really an impressive "come from behind" win. Maybe not the greatest "come from behind" win in Ohio State's history due to the opponent; however, a great effort none the less.
 
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Hstead said:
One of my all time favs. Should have a Heisman too.
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Fuck Doug Flutie. There's no way--no GOD DAMNED way- that little fucking smurf deserved it over Keith Byers. He literally won a college football triple crown: rushing yards, AP yards and scoring. How often has that ever happened? But a whit....ummm quarterback hadn't won it since the early 70s, and they were just chomping at the bit to find one to gift it to.
 
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Much deserved Congrats to Keith.

I will likely go to my grave with the feeling that in 1984, Keith Byars was WITHOUT A DOUBT the most dominating running back that I ever saw and ever will see play College Football. Not Herschel, not Dorsett, not Dayne, not Barry. Keith pretty much determined the outcome of games by himself. Every game he played in, he was pound for pound the biggest, strongest, fastest player on the field. And it wasn't even close.

Peace
 
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