1976 OSU vs. PSU game
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It could have been worse. woody could have punched Joe.
I was at the game at the beginning of my freshman year at Penn State. Solidly rooting for the nittany lions even though I had just arrived a couple of weeks to happy valley from NE Ohio near the PA border. Was an OSU fan since grade school and went to every OSU home game from 1970 through 1975. Always rooted for OSU until the 1975 home game against PSU when I vociferously rooted for the lions within a sea of Ohio State alumni. Also did the same for the return game at the shoe with a decidedly better outcome for me. In those days the OSU fans were not the a$$hats they are now.
When it comes to Joe and Woody they actually liked and respected each other. Joe and Woody knew each other and Woody had nothing but kind words and great respect for Joe. And the reverse was true. Joe liked and respected Woody. Things were a lot different back in those days.
And count me as one of those who cannot stand the OSU football team or fans. Living in Columbus for nearly 20 years in recent times helped me along that path.
When it comes to Joe and Woody they actually liked and respected each other. Joe and Woody knew each other and Woody had nothing but kind words and great respect for Joe. And the reverse was true. Joe liked and respected Woody. Things were a lot different back in those days.
And count me as one of those who cannot stand the OSU football team or fans. Living in Columbus for nearly 20 years in recent times helped me along that path.
This was the game where Matt Millen bit off a bat's head and spit it at Kirk Herdstreet.
I agree that that was a non-issue between Joe and Woody. They were tough competitors, different approaches in some respects, but no animosity. They competed in recruiting the same talent quite often.
Woody punching Bauman from Clemson was a bad thing. Joe was not a physical fighter, but certainly could spar with anyone verbally. And run down a moronic ref as he ran off the field now and then. too!
Its funny, but I think I enjoy watching these clips of past Psu teams more than the Psu team of today.
I believe I was selling "Woody's crying towels" for a fund raiser. Probably a collectors item now, but I didn't keep one. That game was a bummer.....
Fall of my senior year.....
That's because they were fundamentally better players back then.
I've posted our experience at this game previously. The short version, a toothless, drunk butteye fan sat directly in front of us and any time a player from his cherished team passed gas he stood up, turned around and shouted, spittle spraying 10 ft, go bucks. He stumbled down to ground level at halftime and ended up standing, leaning on the former fence surrounding the track. WAU section was thrilled through the 2nd half, other than the final score. This was our 1st set of season tickets I purchased as one of several wedding presents to my wife, who in a little over a week will have been my wife for 45 years. This "fan" was our first and immediate impression of buckeye fans, over the years we have run into more and discovered actual fans, alums of OSU are generally decent. The remainder are mindless sycophants of everything tOSU.
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I sold my $3 ticket to the game for $30. Bought a keg of beer and put together a pickup game of touch/tackle football. (fun money was tight for me)
I read once there was an issue with the 1978 (Schichter’s first) game. Something about Woody breaking an informal understanding about scheduling “warmup“ games. Supposedly Woody wasn’t happy.
Graduated in 1963.
Grad student at Tosu in 1963-65:
Fun, fun, fun!
Grad student at Tosu in 1963-65:
| 3 | November 9, 1963 | Columbus, OH | Penn State | 10 | #10 Ohio State | 7 |
| 4 | November 7, 1964 | Columbus, OH | Penn State | 27 | #2 Ohio State | 0 |
Fun, fun, fun!
Back in the day PSU had ‘ have refs will travel’ set of football officials. One of them Joe DiRenzo son was a class mate of the current AD , Sandy. Anyway Joe invited me along , and even invited me to the officials meeting prior to the game referee Paul Bertha ran. He had all the refs together in the bowels of Beaver stadium reviewing each responsibility.
never did they mention they had to do things to sway things PSU way.
pretty cool look at the inside world of big time officials
never did they mention they had to do things to sway things PSU way.
pretty cool look at the inside world of big time officials
Two years in a row in columbus. The b1g’s screwing of Penn State goes way back.
