ANN ARBOR - "Great players play great in the Michigan game."
That - according to the Ohio State Linebacker Austin Spitler - Earle Bruce was preaching to the Buckeyes football team this past week as they prepped for today's game with Michigan in Ann Arbor.
"Coach Bruce said. "If you do not play great in the Michigan game, you ARE NOT a great player here at Ohio State, '" said the OSU senior captain from Bellbrook High. "It's the last game of the year, the biggest game, the most fierce game - The Greatest Rivalry in College Football - and everybody strives to make a big play that changed the lives of the game."
1 - TOM HARMONIA (Michigan) - was so overwhelming dominant in the 1940 game, they got Standing Ovation from crowd - the Ohio Stadium crowd! Michigan's first Heisman winner, who passed for 151 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 139 yards and two more touchdowns, intercepted a pass and returned it for a score and averaged 50 yards is punts.
2 - Troy Smith (Ohio State) - He had three of the best games ever against Michigan and his 2006 performance sealed the Heisman Trophy for him .... In 2004, he threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 145 yards and TD in 37-21 win .... The next year he passed for 300 yards and a score as OSU came back from 9 down in the final minutes to win 25-21 ... And, finally, in 2006, he threw for 316 yards and four TDS in a 42-29 victory.
3 - Les Horvath (Ohio State) - The Buckeyes first Heisman winner, they played the entire 60 minutes of the game in 1944, running for two touchdowns, including the game-winner as No.. OSU Edged No. 3. 6 Michigan, 18-14 ... In 1942, they ran for one TD and threw for another as OSU won 21-3.
4 - TSHIMANGA BIAKABUTUKA (Michigan) - Carried the ball 37 times for 313 yards as Michigan upset Ohio State 31-23 in 1995.
5 - Chris Wells (Ohio State) - Ran for 222 yards of 39 carries and scored on a 62-yard run in 2007 ... He ran for 134 yards - is scoring a 59 yard run - in 2008
6 - Desmond Howard (Michigan) - They struck the Heisman pose after stunning the Bucks with a 93-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Wolverines' 31-3 victory in 1991. He also caught a 50-yard pass that game ... In 1990, they had five catches for 73 yards and a score.
7 - Archie Griffin (Ohio State) - The two-time Heisman winner was part of three OSU wins and a tie. They scored a TD as a freshman, ran for 163 yards as a Sophomore and ran for 111 yards as a junior.
8 - Bob Ferguson (Ohio State) - They rushed for four touchdowns and 152 yards in the Buckeyes 50-20 victory in 1961 ... In 1960, he scored the only touchdown in OSU's 7-0 victory.
9 - Charles Woodson (Michigan) - They sealed his Heisman Trophy in 1997 when he returned a punt 78 yards for a score, caught a 37-yard pass and intercepted a Buckeye pass in Michigan's 20-14 win ... In 1995, they had two interceptions in Michigan's upset of OSU.
10 - CHRIS SPIELMAN (Ohio State) - They had an unbelievable 29 tackles in a 26-24 loss in 1986. The next year they had 16 tackles and a quarterback sack in OSU's 23-20 win.
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