It is about 30 minutes before the OSU vs. Michigan game today. Ohio State has the better team today, but I have seen all the crazy things that happen in this game every year. Let's just say we have confidence in the Bucks today...and think they will win.
This is the day that a lot of Buckeye fans remember Coach Hayes. I had the opportunity to see him speak one time (at our High School). He certainly was a man that hated to lose, but was a man that had compassion for everyone. A lot of folks remember him for how he left the game, but in Columbus we remember him for the person that he was.
You either loved him...or hated him...but one thing we can all agree on is that he built buckeye football, and we remember him today.
I thought I would share one Woody story I found today:
"One of the best Woody stories that I heard was a few years ago at our 25th reunion of our 1975 team. Former assistant George Hill told us that after beating Michigan that year, Woody was given an armful of roses as he entered the arrival gate, signifying our upcoming trip to the Rose Bowl. When he left the airport, the first place he went was to Riverside Hospital. He took all those roses and passed them out to patients who did not have any visitors that day. I guess it was his way of paying forward. He always said you could never pay back, yet you could always pay forward by helping someone in need. I'm sure those roses uplifted the dampened spirits of the people who received them."
Lou Pietrini, from the book "What It Means to Be a Buckeye"
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