by Bob Hunter | Sep 3, 2024 | College football, Ohio history
As chance would have it, a copy of the Rose Bowl press release that announced the erection of Archie Griffin’s statue in Pasadena and a duplicate outside Ohio Stadium in Columbus has come into my possession.I needed to write about that for a couple of reasons. First,...
by Bob Hunter | Aug 31, 2024 | College football, American history, Ohio history
When fans arrived at Ohio Stadium today for Ohio State’s football season opener against Akron, they were greeted by a statue of Archie Griffin. You’d have to be out of your mind to oppose a statue for Griffin, one of the great players in school history, the only...
by Bob Hunter | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized, College football
I used to think that Woody Hayes was delusional when he saw Michigan spies in the windows of the Fawcett Center, which has a nice view across Olentangy River Road of the Ohio State football practice fields. Spies? Really? I know OSU had the fences surrounding the...
by Bob Hunter | Dec 13, 2021 | College football
The Giant Eagle grocery store on Whittier Street in Schumacher Place in Columbus is gone, replaced by a, uh, giant lot surrounded by a chain link fence. My deepest condolences to the neighborhood folks who have beautiful memories of time spent trolling for fresh...
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