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Throughout the 2018 football season, BSB published a series looking at the evolution of the Ohio State quarterback. With the campaign wrapped up, we’re shifting our focus to take a look at some of the great quarterbacks who have faced the Buckeyes during the BSB era.

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Throughout the 2018 football season, BSB published a series looking at the evolution of the Ohio State quarterback. With the campaign wrapped up, we’re shifting our focus to take a look at some of the great quarterbacks who have faced the Buckeyes during the BSB era.

Next up is Stanford Read More

Throughout the 2018 football season, BSB published a series looking at the evolution of the Ohio State quarterback. With the campaign wrapped up, we’re shifting our focus to take a look at some of the great quarterbacks who have faced the Buckeyes during the BSB era.

First up is Texas Read More

Carrying a perfect record into the Rose Bowl, Ohio State found itself trailing USC, 10-0, in the first half. The Buckeyes stormed back to tie it before the break, then outscored the Trojans, 17-6, in the second half to secure a perfect season and the national championship.

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In 1968, quarterback Rex Kern and running back Jim Otis helped lead Ohio State to an undefeated season, including a resounding 50-14 win over Michigan. Years later, the two Buckeye greats spoke with BSB to reflect on their memories of playing in The Game.

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Needing to get past Michigan to secure a spot in the Rose Bowl, the undefeated 1968 Ohio State football team took a 21-14 lead into the half, but the final 30 minutes were a different story. The Buckeyes tacked on 29 unanswered points on their way to a historic, 50-14, Read More

The 1968 Ohio State football team improved to 8-0 with a 33-27 win over Iowa, but it wasn’t without some fourth-quarter stress. The Hawkeyes scored 21 points in the final frame, including 14 straight to end the game, but the Buckeyes stood strong behind 166 rushing yards from Jim Otis. Read More

In 1968, Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes assembled one of the best staffs in the nation and had the Buckeyes off to an undefeated start through six games. That streak grew to seven when Ohio State travelled to Camp Randall Stadium and shelled Wisconsin, 43-8, without quarterback Rex Kern. Read More

Behind the quarterback duo of Rex Kern and Ron Maciejowski, Ohio State beat Michigan State, 25-20, to improve to 6-0 in 1968. The Buckeyes had a 19-7 halftime lead and held off the Spartans after the break to secure another victory.

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Ohio State moved to 5-0 in 1968 despite Illinois’ best efforts to play spoiler in the Buckeyes’ first road game of the season. OSU took a 24-0 lead into halftime, but Illinois scored 24 straight points in the second half to tie it up before Jim Otis cemented the win Read More