Entering the 2011 All-State Sugar Bowl, the Ohio State Buckeyes were 0-9 all-time against the Southeastern Conference in bowl games. Through the help of 5 star-tatted players, they were seemingly able to end that drought with a 31-26 victory over Arkansas.
OSU was 1-9 vs. the SEC... for about 7 months.
Then TatGate blew up even further with the revelation that head coach Jim Tressel knew about the free ink before the start of the 2010 season, causing the university to vacate the entire season and that Sugar Bowl victory.
Back to 0-9.
This is all subject to change again without a game even being played. With reports of Texas A&M and Missouri set to joined the juggernaut of the SEC, Ohio State's all-time record against the conference could be modified once more.
In the 1986 Cotton Bowl, the Buckeyes beat the Aggies 28-12; and beat them again in the 1998 Sugar Bowl 24-14. That would put OSU at 2-9 all-time vs. the SEC in bowl games.
In 1997 and 1998, the Buckeyes bashed the Missouri Tigers twice in a home and home. Those two wins, couple with the bowl wins over Texas A&M would put them at 11-11-2 against the SEC all-time, regular season and bowl games. An even .500 record.
Meaningless, I know. But it is interesting to see how the conference realignment and scandal-ridden offseason of college football can impact one of the legitimate on-field stories of the past 5 years without even a down being played... Ohio State vs. the SEC.
OSU was 1-9 vs. the SEC... for about 7 months.
Then TatGate blew up even further with the revelation that head coach Jim Tressel knew about the free ink before the start of the 2010 season, causing the university to vacate the entire season and that Sugar Bowl victory.
Back to 0-9.
This is all subject to change again without a game even being played. With reports of Texas A&M and Missouri set to joined the juggernaut of the SEC, Ohio State's all-time record against the conference could be modified once more.
In the 1986 Cotton Bowl, the Buckeyes beat the Aggies 28-12; and beat them again in the 1998 Sugar Bowl 24-14. That would put OSU at 2-9 all-time vs. the SEC in bowl games.
In 1997 and 1998, the Buckeyes bashed the Missouri Tigers twice in a home and home. Those two wins, couple with the bowl wins over Texas A&M would put them at 11-11-2 against the SEC all-time, regular season and bowl games. An even .500 record.
Meaningless, I know. But it is interesting to see how the conference realignment and scandal-ridden offseason of college football can impact one of the legitimate on-field stories of the past 5 years without even a down being played... Ohio State vs. the SEC.
