Now a 44-year old man, I cut my Buckeye football teeth during the Earle Bruce era.
I've written before that my first true recollection of OSU football fanaticism came as Bruce's squad went up to Ann Arbor in 1981 and beat the Wolverines 14-9 keyed by a 6-yard Art Schlichter touchdown scramble made possible by a Vaughan Broadnax block with about two minutes left in the game.
Schlichter's clincher sent my dad and his watch party into a frenzy as I took it all in as a 7-year old tucked almost underneath the coffee table with space in the living room at a premium.