1998 #11 Michigan @ #5 Ohio State No Huddle

[@jeffreyrusselljr7713]

RIP Keith Jackson best announcer ever in my book.

[@kingbizzle1357]

Whoa Nelly!!!!!

[@thetraveler9]

The best ever is Fred McLeod

[@Sclzbot92]

The Michigan qb looks pretty solid. Hope he made something of himself.

[@carseye1219]

But we all knew he'd never be better than Drew Henson.

[@nickma71]

In true Michigan fashion he cheated on his NFL team in an unprecedented way. They had a "library full" of sideline video. Just like that loser Jim "9-4" Harbaugh.

[@xremyyyx]

Michigan QB will be lucky to even get drafted.

[@tonyiacomi4822]

This was our best team of the era. Too bad the playoff system wasn't in place yet or we would have gotten our shot. We were ranked 3rd at the end of the regular season. Only 2 teams got in the playoff. To this day, I am most devastated by the Michigan State loss, more than any other. This was an awesome team and to lose that game the way we did, with a 24-9 lead in the 3rd quarter, at home, 2 weeks before the Michigan game. To this day, in addition to beating Michigan, I thoroughly enjoy watching us kick the shit out of Michigan State as revenge for that fateful day. I think we should put "Remember '98" on the jerseys every time we play them.

[@jackdoyle3863]

MSU and I love beating the Buckeyes, and I agree that OSU was the best team in the country that year and would have beaten either FSU or Tennessee had they gotten to the Fiesta Bowl

[@tonyiacomi4822]

@@jackdoyle3863 Thank you. You got us good that day. Fuckin' John Cooper. That was a great team. Bad coach. But you guys played a great game that day in the 2nd half. Got the momentum. I think one Ohio State player had said "Well in the 3rd quarter they started believing they could beat us and it built from there."

[@jackdoyle3863]

@@tonyiacomi4822 Yep, proud of the way MSU battled back. Wiley's fumble, Peterson's strip of Germaine, and #39's total whiff on TJ Turner on Montgomery's 4th down run were huge plays. Any of those don't happen and the Spartans perhaps leave Columbus with a loss.

[@tonyiacomi4822]

@@jackdoyle3863 For sure. The Montgomery stop was big on 4th down. I remember thinking we might pull it off when Germaine passed to Lumpkin at the MSU 15, and then that pass that just tipped off David Boston's hand in the end zone. I really thought we would score and win it in the last minute. But MSU made some great defensive calls, particularly that blitz on 4th down and Germaine couldn't muscle that pass all the way to Dee Miller with the pressure on him. MSU's defense I felt won the game for them. They outplayed us and were aggressive and physical in that second half. We just weren't moving the ball. In fact, we didn't score any offensive points in the second half at all. Our only touchdown was the pick six by Damon Moore.

[@jackdoyle3863]

@@tonyiacomi4822 Spot on. I was sitting in the North stands, and after we went a quick three and out, Jarrett got off a short punt that Boston returned to midfield. After that Lumpkin catch you mentioned, I remember turning to my buddy and saying, "we're toast." But the fingertip deflection by Cedric Henry calmed everyone down on defense and the rest is history. We had to play a near perfect game on that side of the ball and we did. That OSU team may have been the best in the decade.

[@TM-wc7lj]

Crazy to see tom brady 22 years ago as a starting qb that nobody gave any real shits about.. nowadays he still starts in the pros and is considered by many the best to ever do it... Mind blown

[@reginaldeberhart8521]

@Isiah Thomas although he rode the bench, he still has a NC!!

[@harrblowowenforever3702]

@@reginaldeberhart8521 thought Nebraska won the 1997 national championship??

[@JamesGrinstead]

@@harrblowowenforever3702 Michigan finished #1 in AP Poll & #2 in Coaches Poll, Nebraska finished #2 in AP Poll & #1 in Coaches Poll that season.

[@Rollerpigbandit]

I was 6 years old and I remember my dad being absolutely livid about that fumble call when bostons knee was down. One of my earliest memories

[@harrblowowenforever3702]

@Joseph Raphael yup, saw it. She posted those pics of you and your new boyfriend making 💘 love!!

[@JackycClark]

I scared my kids hollering at the TV .

[@foxbodyblues6709]

Wiley was an absolute burner

[@nospam3327]

He has some great games here. He is probably a little bit under appreciated, but he was just a little bit too undersized to be an elite running back.

[@charlescarter2150]

1998 Ohio State team was the best team in the country... Vegas had them favored vs FSU or TENN in the championship... that Michigan State game was an historical loss.

[@steelbuck6777]

I've always believed the same. That team was loaded and if they didn't somehow trip, they'd be my pick for the best Buckeye team i've ever seen. I definitely think they would've beaten Tennessee.

[@daneosborn3476]

They jumped out to an easy early lead against msu and then relaxed. Msu got the momentum and osu couldnt get it back.

[@faceones]

Ya I remember mich state took grass from the field

[@tonyiacomi4822]

@@faceones They did? Oh man. Someone should have shot out their bus tires on the highway going back to Michigan.

[@tonyiacomi4822]

@@daneosborn3476 Well we still had a shot. 1st down from the MSU 15 and we couldn't punch it in.

[@chefbrad73]

I wish the Shoe still had grass. How football was intended to be played especially in Big Ten country

[@aaronrider4051]

Fair, but go watch any 2002 Michigan game if you want to see how badly the Wolverines screwed up playing on grass. I remember the 2002 PSU-Michigan game (refs gave Michigan the win) where every player making a cut sent giant clumps of dirt flying in the air. Pathetic!

[@JackycClark]

Yes .

[@jeffreywhite5353]

I was at this game, what a day .

[@robbiemaass7310]

Whatever happened to that Michigan QB Tom Brady?

[@jeffs3752]

I was at this game with my best friend. Would've never imagined Tom Brady's NFL career after this game.

[@nospam3327]

Brady would go on to see better days :)

[@foxbodyblues6709]

I’m so fascinated how a pretty pedestrian QB at UM could go on to be the actual QB GOAT

[@JDAbelRN]

@@foxbodyblues6709 he left Michigan

[@Daniel-cu8zt]

A rare win over TTUN under Cooper. Haven't had that problem in the 20 yrs since.

[@StFidjnr]

that proves the 1994 win was no fluke

[@squigglyline2813]

It's because Tom Brady sucks. You have to be pretty bad to play for Mich and lose to Ohio State in the 90s.

[@mikemoney8344]

45-23 42-27

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Revenge taste good for michigan football fans ​@@mikemoney8344

[@nospam3327]

Haha, what was Brady doing here? 22:52

[@aaronrider4051]

He wasn't married to his witch wife yet, so didn't have her evil powers to protect him.

[@jonathanwilliams0824]

Tom Brady was a junior that year right?

[@carseye1219]

As much as any win over Michigan is sweet,1998 just had that "hangover" from the inexplicable loss to MSU. Kept thinking that a National Championship was kicked away.

[@kingbizzle1357]

It’s unbelievable to watch Brady’s matriculation from then up until he played his last snap in the NFL.

[@rshelley7496]

Michigan QB Tom Brady started for one of the only Michigan teams to lose to Ohio St. in that era....he did get to beat them the next year though ....wonder what ever became of him??🤔🤔🤔

[@RM-ed1if]

Did you see enough screen passes?

[@aaronrider4051]

10:28: Imagine not getting this call, and at home too!!!!

[@KillerNut2]

John Cooper's finest hour. GO BUCKS.

[@jordangate7742]

Damn, I forgot Ohio State won a game in the 90s

[@andrewantonazzo4095]

won 2.. 94 and 98

[@JDAbelRN]

Lost 2 games 2000 to 2029. Lol

[@nathaniellathy6559]

There was a 👔 in 92. Ohio State split with Michigan in Ohio Stadium in 90s. Ann Arbor wasn't kind to Buckeyes in 90s

[@tombowden6668]

Jeffrey Russell Jr right on /Keith was the best ever

[@tombowden6668]

We finally beat those creeps

[@jusprazem1]

Everyone on Ohio State was pretty much from Ohio. Nowadays, everyone is from Florida, Georgia, Texas or California

[@d23g32]

"Everyone" 😄 Too bad you don't have access to the Internet, because you could have confirmed how ridiculous that statement is before you posted it. Team rosters for every season are available online, and there's not a huge difference in the Ohio vs non-Ohio numbers. The '98 lists 61 players from Ohio and the 2023 roster shows 52, and several of those on the '23 team who list a non-Ohio origin have Ohio State roots (sons of former players). That '98 team had a ton of players from all over the country and even two from Canada. They had several from CA, including Michael Wiley, Ken-Yon Rambo, and Na'il Diggs. Joe Germaine was from AZ, Johnathon Wells from LA, Joe Montgmery from IL, David Boston from TX, the Bellisari brothers and the punter (Bartholomew) from FL, Reggie Germany from MO, etc etc etc.

[@jusprazem1]

@@d23g32 I stand to be corrected. 🙂

[@marksauce2383]

Nil totally ruined college ball. No loyalty anymore. Just buy the best team. 💰 Yay! Aren't we great?

[@StFidjnr]

This proves the 1994 win was no fluke

[@buckeyeschmave]

...

[@aaronrider4051]

12:35: Joe!!!

[@squigglyline2813]

1:19 do they still show good sportsmanship today? Or is that kind of a thing of the past?

[@nathaniellathy6559]

It's long gone. Civility is out of style

[@aaronrider4051]

Apparently the BCS wanted Ohio State to get more "style points" in this game to surpass FSU. Really dumb in my opinion. And I pretty much dislike Ohio State so I'm not biased.

[@redmustangredmustang]

Brady's only loss to Ohio State

[@kenp7814]

If not for Cooper tOSU would be leading the series

[@reginaldeberhart8521]

I don't know about that!

[@kenp7814]

@@reginaldeberhart8521 Look at the numbers

[@JackycClark]

Cooper got us some of the greatest players Ohio State has had . I'm grateful for that .

[@chuckcollins2349]

I was there.

[@jaquiel5332]

Michigan WOLVERINES vs Ohio state Buckeyes 1998 college football Keith Jackson bob griese lynn Swann big ten football rivalry game sports schedule

[@richardpavlik5585]

Michigan has only won 4 times since this game.

[@mikemoney8344]

Including a 45-23 trashing in the shoe in 2022

[@richardpavlik5585]

@@mikemoney8344 How easily you forget how many times Michigan got trashed over the years.

[@mikemoney8344]

@@richardpavlik5585 45-27

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Michigan football three in a row over ohio state football 2021/ 2023,, jim harbaugh3/ ryan day 2 forever

[@daniellee8162]

I thought Dhani Jones played for Michigan State...oops

[@tombowden6668]

IF THE OFFICIATING HAD BEEN FAIR OSU WOULD HAVE BEATEN GEORGIA

[@chethammer]

This game is proof positive that Michigan is allowed to commit penalties while OSU always gets called. The actual number of times you see a UX offensive lineman pull down an OSU D lineman by the jersey from behind just before he reaches Brady is in the teens. Not one of them was called a penalty. The Buckeyes would have had 20 sacks on him. OF note as well, the Patriots do the same thing with Brady that Xichigan did. If he started any further behind the line of scrimmage he'd be in punt formation every down.

[@JDAbelRN]

@Isiah Thomas not at Michigan, LOL

[@aaronrider4051]

The Big Ten should have had three national champs in the 1990s: 1994 PSU, 1997 Michigan, 1998 Ohio State. Insipidity of the voters meant only one got the #1 ranking. Although in fairness, Midwestern voters really stupidly voted for Nebraska in 1994 instead of PSU.

[@nathaniellathy6559]

John Cooper's last good team

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Silver anniversary of this season

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Please beat Michigan this year

[@joeyenglishgames6335]

Hey

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Next time, turn up the audio when you post something. Geez. Almost silent in ear buds.

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Sounds good on stereo speakers 🔊 👌 👏 👍

[@martinkelley8731]

hahahahaha no 4th quarter magic!!!

[@MargauxMachek]

TOO. MUCH. BUCKEYE. SWAG.

[@JackycClark]

Never that .

[@wellitsherenow]

willams was a bum. a train should have been playing

[@jackdoyle3863]

The Michigan State Spartans made this game meaningless (yet again)

[@jusprazem1]

7 or 8 Nattys by Nick Saban, the coach of Michigan State at the time, shows that he made a lot games meaningless. 😔😂

[@MargauxMachek]

Brady looked awful.

[@fredkruse9444]

Yeah, he wasn't really Brady yet, was he?

[@daniellee8162]

He struggled so much in college.

[@BHTheKid5]

Bill Belichick hadn't made him yet.

[@harrblowowenforever3702]

@@BHTheKid5 MU tried their best to ruin him...Harbaugh has taken it to a new level.

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Refs didn't start protecting him until NFL 😂😅