I don't care how many years ago it was...the memories of that game will never get old.

"What is Buffalo Sucks." ... The Tip-In. ... BORTZ!

Good times

Highlight of my freshman year, and probably in my top three favorite wins as an Ohio fan, basketball and football. I have a DVD of that game somewhere.

I remember that very well.  It was my first year to the MAC tourney.  Been going ever since.  Hotel already reserved, tickets bought, time off from work already scheduled.  I can't wait for this year so that we can hopefully cut down the nets.  

My boys were 2 & 4 yrs. old and we left several hours early for that game.  We had been car shopping the week before to get a new van.  South of New Philly the serpentine belt broke and we were stranded.  I talked a state trooper into taking me to the auto parts store to get the parts I needed to fix it.  I had never replaced a belt on a vehicle and had no idea what I was doing.  Somehow, I ended up fixing it, but we did not get to the Q until almost halftime.  We were down by 19 when we got there, my wife was pissed I decided to go even though we were going to miss most of the game, and my kids were not happy about driving past Chuck-E-Cheese in North Canton as had been promised earlier in the trip.

I ordered a new van from my cell phone 5 minutes after we were back on the road, the kids got their make up trip to Chuck-E-Cheese and I was able to witness one of my favorite all-time Bobcat moments.  I have a great picture of my oldest son celebrating in the lobby after the game.  I'll never forget What is....Buffalo Sucks. 

I think Rick Chryst has the only video evidence on betamax locked in an unmarked crate in this warehouse:

ts...D-Lowe did the same for me too! It was my frosh year as well. I went up one night, stayed with my buddy from the Cleveland area, then rode back the next night on the O-Zone bus after the championship.

He was amazing and kind-hearted.

What is...Buffalo Sucks. I don't know if I've ever laughed harder. What an amazing time that was.

You mean for college sports right, because I'm flashing back to the 2007 ALDS when the Yankees and a swarm of midges invaded Jacobs Field... 

That entire spring in hindsight is — and probably will always be — my favorite experience rooting for any team at any level. I was the right age, in the right mindset and that team was just so young and too ignorant to know it wasn't good enough to win those games. It was such a bizarrely configured roster — a portion Minnesotan, a portion freshmen and a mishmash of spare parts that somehow worked. And the possiblities seemed endless with two stars in the making being just freshmen. That added so much juice to that celebration — the thought that we could be dancing for four years straight.

I rode that bus and Dan sat beside me on the ride back after winning the MAC title. (Personally having the social graces of a sixth grader at a first co-ed dance, I think Dan sensed that I could use someone sitting next to me. Or maybe it was the only empty seat. I dunno.) I just remember him having so many people to call on a flip phone and only so much battery to use before it went out. I don't want to exaggerate the number of calls he fielded, but I want to say he took 35,000 calls on the ride back from Cleveland to Athens. It was amazing how many people knew his attachment to the program and how many people were happy for him on that night. I thought that said a lot about how much Dan meant to a so many people. It was the only time I ever met the man and I thought for a snapshot, it was pretty telling.

During a timeout in the 2nd half when OU was making their comeback charge, a promo was done that involved answering a few trivia questions to win a prize (I think a Marathon Oil gift card).  A member of the OZone was chosen to take part in the contest just like all of our promos down on the floor.  When the announcer asked the first question, he turned the microphone to the student and he calmly answered, "What is...Buffalo sucks".  The promo guy let it roll to the 2nd question and the student answered it, "What is....Buffalo sucks.  By the third question, the entire Ohio section was going nuts and he gave the same answer.  It was a perfect storm inside The Q during the 2nd half of that game.

(Also, your father should be ashamed he left you home.  One of the reasons my boys go to every game (home and away)  with us is that I don't want them to miss out on one of these moments.  Penn State is an example of a story my 9 year old will always get to say he witnessed in person.)

That is great. Thanks for explaining, and I'll let my dad know your reasoning (which I completely agree with).

For one of you that has that game on DVD:

Please make a highlight video and put it on YouTube, or at the very least, give me the last 10 seconds of that game to rewatch, over and over.

Bonus points:  turn the 1-2 seconds of the tip in to an animated GIF.

Damn the data loss. There was a great column in the Plain Dealer during the tournament that included the "What is..." story and at one time it was posted in the Green and White forum. But no more.

Does anyone happen to have that article saved? I looked in the PD archives, but while I found a bunch of articles from the tournament run, none of them sounded like the one I was looking for. I think it was an editorial rather than an actual article, and since the PD only shows you the first couple lines and then charges a fee to look at each article in its entirety, I didn't want to click on a bunch of links.