If 1969 was the game that changed the rivalry, as Bo Schembechler fired the first shot in his fabled Ten Year War with Woody Hayes, the ’68 game was the one that provided the ammunition.

Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes watches from the sidelines during the 1969 upset loss at Michigan. There was no one else like him, says former OSU assistant coach and administrator Bill ...

50 years ago, George Chaump was a high school coaching phenom from Harrisburg trying to make it in big-time college football at Ohio State. It was a hell of a year.

First, there were the marching bands, trudging through the mud at halftime on New Year’s Day in 1955. This is how Woody Hayes commenced his rivalry with the Rose Bowl, a game played in a sunny ...

On Hayes’ last trip west, he left out the back door. The legendary Ohio State coach broke even in eight Rose Bowl appearances, starting in 1955. His Buckeyes defeated USC, 20-7, in conditions ...

As Hayes threw the punch, Hindman muttered, “No, Woody!” It would be the only interception of Bauman’s college career. Some say Hayes spoke briefly to the team in the locker room.

OSU will host a celebration dinner honoring Hayes and his wife at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, 535 Irving Schottenstein Dr. Tickets are $1,000 a person.

Specifically, he reminisced about Ohio State legend Woody Hayes, ... We’re like, 17-point underdogs. We’re going up there to play. Woody comes to the senior tackle and gives a speech, ...