OSU 10 Years Ago

by Telemachus on Nov 5, 2008 3:00 AM PST in Football

As we head into Saturday's game against the Beavs, I can't help but remember that things were decidedly different almost exactly 10 years ago. Then (11/7/1998), we were playing OSU, going for an 18th straight win. Things looked so rosy. We didn't know then that the wheels would all fall off at the end of the season and we'd enter into 10 years of purgatory. Ironically, this weekend we are again playing OSU. Now, however, we are struggling and working simply for one win at a time. Perhaps in a cosmic re-balancing act, we're beginning the new chapter and escaping purgatory. Think of what the future might bring, considering our new coaching staff, recruiting, and attitude.

Meanwhile, enjoy this short clip of the end of that OSU game, 10 years ago.

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Chills

Thanks for that video Tele. I forgot the game was tied … for some reason I thought we were down by 3 points. The way Cade used to step up and launch it … good times.

Thank you again for helping me start off on a right note what was already a beautiful morning.

GO BRUINS.

by Nestor on Nov 5, 2008 5:06 AM PST reply actions

Oh man ...

and no one since #18 has been able to do it like that.

by Seanny Rotten on Nov 5, 2008 5:16 AM PST reply actions

Jaquizz Rodgers

All I can say is that this guy is the real deal, which you could even see in OSU’s opening loss to BYU. He is fast fast fast. The defensive line has its work cut out for it for sure.

by Deepcut on Nov 5, 2008 7:12 AM PST reply actions

BYU?

Penn State? Utah? Did you mean one of those two?

by ArbyOSU on Nov 5, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions

Don't mind him

He never has his facts right.

by Nestor on Nov 5, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions

Oops! yeah, PennState

by Deepcut on Nov 6, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions

cont'd

I was watching bothe the UW and the OSU games last month, so I got them mixed up in my recollection! My point was that despite the fact PENN ST beat the pants off OSU, JR had an awesome game against a top ranked program, which was mostly overlooked in the media. So he is dangerous.

by Deepcut on Nov 6, 2008 8:28 AM PST up reply actions

That’s true.

For some reason we didn’t feed him the ball enough or, oh, I dunno, SHOW UP maybe? Frustrating.

At least Penn State turned out to be legit. Our defensive unit hadn’t really congealed yet so we had little luck slowing them down that day.

by ArbyOSU on Nov 6, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

Thank Goodness it was Melsby under that pass...

instead of Brian Poli-Dixon! :-) BPD did however have good enough hands to hold up Melsby after TD catch!

Did you see the O-Line? They protected Cade in a way that KC could only dream of right now!

by GogetemBruins on Nov 5, 2008 7:45 AM PST reply actions

Poli-Dixon and Farmer

Those guys were a great combo receiver package for Cade. Cade was great. Too bad he never worked out with the Bears in the NFL. I think he was the best QB from UCLA since Troy Aikman, whom I love to point out beat out that QB from $UC for the Dallas starting position.

by Deepcut on Nov 5, 2008 10:22 AM PST reply actions

Reminds me of Deshaun Foster

He is visible in that clip. He was the best player on the field, and made it in the NFL with Carolina. However, I really despise the fact that HE sent the program into the penalty box with his NCAA violations over the infamous Ford Expedition freebee he got. Cost him and UCLA the season, the Heisman, and a first round draft pick. Probably set the skids for Toledo to lose his job.

by Deepcut on Nov 5, 2008 10:36 AM PST reply actions

Toledo

blamed everyone but himself for the program going downhill. Losing JP Losman, the Foster fiasco, parking scandal, players quitting…it was never him. It’s all out of his hands, yeah? Even though Foster’s idiocy had a hand in it, the root of it all was dough boy.

by tasser10 on Nov 5, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions

WTF?

If you are going to “despise” Foster, do it somewhere else. Foster made a big mistake and he paid for it dearly. He was immediately suspended and kicked off the team. His Heisman hopes were crushed and humiliated infront of the nation.

What he did was nothing compared to the allegations re. Bush and Jarrett at Southern Cal and there hasn’t been any accountability. If you read this blog on a regular basis you will know how Foster has stayed involved with his community from his home town and still bleeds blue and gold.

Deepcut … you have come on here repeatedly … posting ignorant and uninformed comments. It is getting tiring. Next time you post something get your basic facts right. You pathetically were whining about Howland’s recruiting efforts earlier in the season. You can’t get our players name right.

Perhaps you need to try another community where you can get by with posting uninformed and ignorant takes. As we have said many time here, we will not hesitate from banning commenters for stupidity.

Thanks.

by Nestor on Nov 5, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions

Nestor - One request

“… [W]e will not hesitate from banning commenters for stupidity.” Is there any possible way you can make that criterion applicable to (a) TV/Radio sports announcers, (b) TV “analyists” (both sports and political), © newspaper guys who make things up a la Doh! and (d) all politicians? The world would be a better place. Just imagine – no more Tim McCarver.

by Fox 71 on Nov 6, 2008 4:31 AM PST up reply actions

Cade was a winner

Looking at the clip showed me two things I remember about Cade: he was foremost a winner and he succeeded at such a high level despite not having a strong arm. How many times during that season did he unleash a wobbly but perfectly aimed pass? How many times did he just come up with a play? As James Washington likes to say, Cade was a playmaker.
I’m not surprised he did not make it in the NFL but I was never surprised by anything he was able to do during that magical run.

richramus

by Rich Ramus on Nov 5, 2008 10:41 AM PST reply actions

I am surprised that Cade didn't make it in the pros

I thought he had a great chance because he had good physical skills and he was indeed a winner. Billy Kilmer didn’t come close to Cade’s skills, but he was a winner and lasted in the NFL for many years. I guess that’s the biggest gamble in the draft – what QB is going to flourish in the NFL? A beast like the guy Oakland drafted, or this relative nobody from Michigan named Brady? I remember well that Kansas City was so convinced that Todd Blackedge was the next Unitas that they drafted him and let Miama get this kid named Marino.

by Fox 71 on Nov 6, 2008 4:35 AM PST up reply actions

Blame it on the Bears

They haven’t had a good QB since Jim McMahon (except JIm Harbaugh, briefly). They couldn’t develop a QB to save their lives, and still can’t. Cade to me was in the mold of Jeff Garcia. If he had gone somewhere with good QB coaches and a good system, he would have done much much better.