RIVALS: Michigan v OSU '22

Thanks for this!

Interesting that OSU and MSU rival us so equally while we rival them back so unequally. That part fits my worldview, though I did expecte something different in the MSU-M to ND-M comparisons.

Also: lol, PSU and Illinois.

Where is Rutgers?

Archie loves to say he was going to go to Northwestern until Woody came calling and he switched to OSU, the real truth is that Bo's friend Bill Gunlock told Bo about Archie and Bo had him on the hook.

Archie was a wrestler and football player at Eastmoor High School, Woody originally passed on Archie because he felt he was "too small" to play at OSU. Archies Wrestling Coach was a Buckeye, Bo came to several of Archie's Wrestling Matches to show him that he was very interested in having Archie come to Michigan. The wrestling coach called Woody and told him that Bo was recruiting Archie. Woody came to visit Archie and put the full court press on him and got him to flip to Ohio State. 

Bo always believed that is why Archie Griffin became the first ever freshman to start at tailback for the Buckeyes. 

My source for this story was none other than Coach Schembechler himself, back in the late 90's a co-worker of mine played with Messner at Catholic Central and introduced me to him and Bo at the annual Football Bust put on every year at The Laurel Manor, there was cigar smoking and drinking taking place after the awards and the question got asked by Gary Moeller "Who was the one guy you wish hadn't got away?" 

There was no hesitation Bo snapped back "Archie Griffin", and then the story above ensued, Ask anyone who crossed paths with Bo, he could tell a story like no one else and that one of the best I ever heard.