It was Saturday, Oct. 13, 1984 and the 4-1 Ohio State Buckeyes were coming off a 28-23 loss at Purdue when the Fighting Illini came to Ohio Stadium for what was then the annual Illibuck game.
The Buckeyes were the better team most of the day against the Boilermakers, but couldn’t stop Purdue quarterback Jim Everett in the second half of a costly road loss. That Purdue loss produced a hangover that threatened to sink Ohio State at home the next week against Illinois.
It was the fourth game I attended as a student at Ohio State.