I'd love to hear more about what that win was like and the aftermath. Was OSU any good that year? The feeling of euphoric triumph and interactions with all your OSU fan friends is hard to fathom.
Also, does anyone have a list of all-time meetings between Ohio and OSU?
I was at that 1994 game and the 1992 game in St. Johns. The 1994 OSU team was bad. OSU was dealing with two thugs: Greg Simpson and Charles Macon. They had been arrested a few times for issues including: Failing to maintain control of a car, drunken driving, possession of Marijuana. It came to climax when Simpson and Macon decide to pull out a gun and shoot at Simpson's roommate. Another player, Rickey Dudley, was also in an alcohol treatment program at that time. So, their program was in disarray and only won 6 games that year. I think OSU had NCAA sanctions against them for some of those years due to the program's problems, as they were really horrible until 1998.
articles.philly.com/1994-06-16/sports/25835042_1_attackers-roommate-buckeyes
Still, even though OSU fans had plenty of excuses to fall back on, it was great to beat them. I mentioned in another thread there was a great Ohio turnout, a lot because of the high expectations of Ohio and low expectations of OSU. The play of the game for me was when Gary Trent tried to go up for a dunk and didn't get enough height, he pins ball against the rim and comes back down. OSU fans jeer him. He takes the ball out to corner and drains a three.
The play-by-play guy for OSU was a guy named Terry Smith. He called himself "the Voice". He also did the Columbus Clippers games back then. Biggest Pompous POS OSU D-bag you can imagine. He took losing to Bobcats hard. Ohio went on to win the Pre-Season NIT and jump into top-15 ratings. Most of the Columbus media were jumping on Ohio bandwagon and giving lots of coverage (of course, lots of Ohio Alums in the Columbus media so they had personal interest too). Smith was the Sports Director on WBNS Radio, which was on 1490am, not 97.1fm back then. He had the afternoon radio show. He spent a whole afternoon show ripping the Columbus Media for covering the OU basketball team because Columbus was Buckeye town. He even called Dave Maetzold (then WCMH-4 sports anchor) and blasted him over the radio about their coverage of the Bobcats. Never ever heard a media guy callout his media brethern like that. He was the biggest OSU asshat I can think of. Fortunately, it wasn't too long after that that Terry Smith moved out to California calling MLB games for the Angels.
Of Ohio Basketball games I've attended in person, I'd rank this Top 6. I think my order would be:
1) 2010 Georgetown Win
2) 2012 Michigan Win
3) 2012 So. Florida Win
4) 2012 North Carolina OT Loss
5) 1994 OSU Win
6) 2005 Buffalo MAC Championship OT Win
Last Edited: 11/12/2013 10:02:00 AM by Bobcat110