PARADISE VALLEY, AZ – The film and the images from the punch are dark and grainy at best, but the memories of a fateful night in the Gator Bowl are as clear as the ramifications it engendered.
The Punch. It will live forever in the minds of Clemson and Ohio St. fans, the night when Buckeye coaching legend Woody Hayes effectively ended his own career with a punch to the neck of Clemson defender Charlie Bauman. The Tigers and Buckeyes will meet for just the third time this Saturday in the Fiesta Bowl, with a trip to the National Championship on the line, but Hayes and Bauman are still a hot topic of conversation whenever the teams meet.