John Niyo has a great piece in the Detroit News about Woody’s oft-repeated line following the 1968 Michigan-Ohio State game. The story goes that following the game Dr. Strangehayes was asked why he attempted a meaningless two-point conversion with his Buckeyes already up 50-14. “Because I couldn’t go for three,” he says.
At least that’s how the legend goes.
As Niyo points out, there’s no evidence Hayes ever said this, at least never to a reporter, and it didn’t show up in print after the game. (The other myth is that Ohio actually made the two-pointer to make it an even 50, which is factually wrong–the Bucks didn’t convert the try.