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On March 9, former Ohio State running back Eddie George was named head coach at Bowling Green, signing a five-year deal to lead the Falcons after a successful stint at Tennessee State. With the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner and unanimous All-American set to return to the Buckeye State as a coach, it’s the perfect time to look back on his time in Columbus as a player at Ohio State.
After all, it’s been three decades — it hurts me just to type that part — since George etched his name in college football history. Most of today’s OSU seniors weren’t even born yet when George played. They weren’t around for to take part in the chants of “EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!”, so a little history lesson is not only in order, but also fun.
Here are some of the greatest games in the OSU playing career of Edward Nathan George, Jr.
Sept. 30, 1995 vs. No. 15 Notre Dame
Although George rushed for more yards in 1994 at Michigan State than he did in this game, I’m putting this one in my top three for a couple of reasons. First, that 1994 Spartans team was bad, going just 4-4-0 in Big Ten play before forfeiting all wins that season after investigations into the football program. Eddie ran for 219 yards and two touchdowns — including a 76-yarder — on Oct. 15, 1994 to lead the Buckeyes to a 23-7 road win.
The second reason I’ve got this game above that MSU road contest is because I was at this game, which featured an insane amount of hype because the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish hadn’t played in a long time. It had been 60 years since Notre Dame had last played in Ohio Stadium, and it was a tough ticket to get. A then-record crowd of 95,537 were on hand in the Shoe to see John Cooper’s Buckeyes face Lou Holtz’s Fighting Irish, who took an early two-score lead at 10-0.
While the big plays were mostly limited to the…
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