Woody Hayes Demonstrating Toughness

[Bishop2b5]

Wait, so Percy Harvin was the turtle? And Urban Meyer was Woody Hayes? Or was it the other way around? If this happened during recruiting, that is a definite violation.

Depends on whether it was during a no contact period.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Big deal. Bo Schembechler died ON PURPOSE the night before the OSU game in 06 to rally the Michigan players. Now that my friends, is about as tough as it gets......

 

[ab2cmiller]

Big deal. Bo Schembechler died ON PURPOSE the night before the OSU game in 06 to rally the Michigan players. Now that my friends, is about as tough as it gets......

That is what Bill King would call Balls of Steel

 

[ND NYC]

wonder if Hayes did this the night before a game vs the University of Maryland?

 

[ACamp1900]

Could you imagine the storm if BK told this story in reference to Leahy or something...

It'd be ESPN top story material for a good week or so, they'd make sure of it.

 

[fortwayne_nd]

Wait, so Percy Harvin was the turtle? And Urban Meyer was Woody Hayes? Or was it the other way around? If this happened during recruiting, that is a definite violation.

This is much closer to the truth.

 

[fortwayne_nd]

Woody punched Clemson LB Charlie Bauman in the throat at the '78 Gator Bowl after Bauman interecepted a Buckeye pass. (Woody was never a fan of passing.)

Woody's class is documented at the 12 second mark.

Hayes was appropriately fired the next day.


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And now he's dead...the Lord works in mysterious ways. Mother Nature always takes the trash out in the end.

 

[palinurus]

Woody had a long standing anger management issue demonstrated by events noted over a 22 year span in his Wiki file.

Woody Hayes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

'56 Threw a punch at a sportswriter but missed and hit a sports editor instead.

'65 Tried to start a fist fight with Iowa's AD at a Big 10 Coaches/AD Meeting.

'71 Charged out on the field after an official to dispute a "no call" P.I. Tore up yard markers and had to be restrained by OSU officials. Ejected from game, fined, and suspended.

'73 Shoved cameraman in face. Fined $2k, suspended 3 games.

'77 Charged a cameraman. Ejected from game, fined, Probation from Big 10.

'78 Punched Clemson player. Got fired as football coach but remained OSU employee as ROTC faculty.

See, I'm a bad one to ask since I hate Ohio State, but this is a basis for my contempt. It's one thing to be an a-hole once in a while. But he made a lifestyle out of it and he was loved, honored and praised until the end [amend this: see Buster above: he's still honored and praised]. It's like giving Tressel a standing ovation last fall for the 10 year anniversary of the 2002 "national title." It's disgraceful. I said it a couple of years ago when the NCAA handed down it's weak punishment: they haven't suffered nearly enough.

 

[fortwayne_nd]

I appreciate ND not having these sad-assed stories about coaches (to the best of my knowledge).

 

[ACamp1900]

I appreciate ND not having these sad-assed stories about coaches (to the best of my knowledge).

The bucknuts board says othewise..., BK murdered someone, let's his players rape co-eds and advised the school to cover up Heisman fraud with Mantee Tayo...

 

[LoveThee]

Lou Holtz learned a lot from Woody Hayes.

Fortunately anger management was not one of those things.

 

[fortwayne_nd]

The bucknuts board says othewise..., BK murdered someone, let's his players rape co-eds and advised the school to cover up Heisman fraud with Mantee Tayo...

Man, my memory sucks!! Manatee Tayo...isn't that an endangered species down in Florida?

Besides, I'm just here for the chile rellenos rcipes.