Twenty-seven seasons ago Ohio State tied Michigan in their annual football game.
Time tends to devour details, so ancient editions of The Game are often just a single bone in a graveyard. The Tie isn't 1992's tombstone because that belongs to the 1973 one. One of the Greatest Wins is its epitaph. Decay has already eaten away at the particulars.
But Ohio State's trajectory was altered by that afternoon, because The Game always does that. Sometimes a single play is the culprit. We'll revisit 1992 and 2019 in a moment, but first we have to talk about the punt that shaped Ohio State football for 69 years.