Eleven Warriors · Mar 9, 2022
TIME SQUAD VOL.8:
It is the most rewatched Ohio State football play of all time.
The Buckeyes' final offensive snap from the 1978 Gator Bowl has a 24-year head start on both Holy Buckeye and the correctly-called pass interference penalty from the first overtime of that season's Fiesta Bowl.
Those two have been rewinded and repeated innumerable times, but not like this one.
This play was in syndication for nearly four decades before Ezekiel Elliott ran 85 Yards through the Heart of the South. In terms of volume and broader appeal, it's a mismatch. Woody Hayes' farewell to coaching was shocking, unique and broadcast on live television.
