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Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:46 pm
by surfsider
the game is on ESPN Classic...
Didn't realize Woody lost 6 of his last 8 bowl games.
Re: Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:09 am
by oak hill71
They can try and say him punching a player is the reason he was fired, but what it all comes down to was that he couldn't beat Bo. This was just the excuse.
Re: Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:45 am
by seofan_via_dublin
The OSU board of directors had already decided and quietly informed Woody, that this would be his last game.
Had the Buckeyes won, and the punch never happened, Woody would have been given the chance to retire and go out with a bowl win.
Instead, they lost, and Woody snapped, and the board was able to fire him with no reason for the fan base to complain about the dismissal of a legend.
Re: Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:13 pm
by Charge
I watched some of the 1984 Miami vs Nebraska game and forgot about Archie's brother playing for Miami. How did he end up there instead of Ohio State?
Re: Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:18 am
by boilermaker
The end of my support of Ohio state ,the day they fired Woody.
Re: Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:01 pm
by seofan_via_dublin
They weren't in the wrong, he was past his time.
Re: Watchin' replay of '78 Gator Bowl (Woody's punch)
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:56 pm
by ManitouDan
takes a straight shooter to realize things like that dubs -- I admire it. MD It is truely sad he went out that way.