This thread was triggered by my poor memory. I was at the game when MSU beat us in 1998, but for some reason thought it happened on Senior Day. It did not. Nonetheless I did a little research on our Senior Day record and it wasn't all that pleasant. Since I did the research you get to share the pain.
I arbitrarily chose 1980 as a starting point, so we are covering 41 years (Due to cowardice on the part of UM I counted Indiana as Senior Day for last year, although that is a stretch.)
During that time OSU has lost on Senior Day 13 times and tied once. That is a winning percentage of 66% - well below the norm.
The good news is that the worst of that occurred from 1980 thru 2001 when our record was 11-10-1. Ouch!
Of course, the team that has the most wins against us is UM because of how the schedule works. A total of 6 wins - but none since 2000.
Only one team other than UM has beaten us more than once and that, much to my surprise, is Illinois. They did it three times (1999, 2001 and 2007). MSU, PSU, Iowa and Wisky have each done it once.
Three times an undefeated OSU team has lost on Senior Day. To UM in 1996, Illinois in 2007 and MSU in 2015 (for some reason I can't remember that one).
Only three times did OSU lose by more than one score. Two of those were to Illinois and all three happened in consecutive years - 2001 (22-34 to Illinois), 2000 (26-38 to UM) and 1999 (20-46 to Illinois).
Since Urban took over our record is 16-3 (84%) with two undefeated seasons derailed on Senior Day.
After analyzing this data I have come to three conclusions:
1. We are going to kick MSUs ass
2. Fuck Michigan
3. These are the good old days.
I arbitrarily chose 1980 as a starting point, so we are covering 41 years (Due to cowardice on the part of UM I counted Indiana as Senior Day for last year, although that is a stretch.)
During that time OSU has lost on Senior Day 13 times and tied once. That is a winning percentage of 66% - well below the norm.
The good news is that the worst of that occurred from 1980 thru 2001 when our record was 11-10-1. Ouch!
Of course, the team that has the most wins against us is UM because of how the schedule works. A total of 6 wins - but none since 2000.
Only one team other than UM has beaten us more than once and that, much to my surprise, is Illinois. They did it three times (1999, 2001 and 2007). MSU, PSU, Iowa and Wisky have each done it once.
Three times an undefeated OSU team has lost on Senior Day. To UM in 1996, Illinois in 2007 and MSU in 2015 (for some reason I can't remember that one).
Only three times did OSU lose by more than one score. Two of those were to Illinois and all three happened in consecutive years - 2001 (22-34 to Illinois), 2000 (26-38 to UM) and 1999 (20-46 to Illinois).
Since Urban took over our record is 16-3 (84%) with two undefeated seasons derailed on Senior Day.
After analyzing this data I have come to three conclusions:
1. We are going to kick MSUs ass
2. Fuck Michigan
3. These are the good old days.
