1997 Rose Bowl - game winning drive

[blakkkslime666]

I think you mean 1987 Rose Bowl game ????

[drtcan]

I loved David Boston, I'll never forget that little dance he did after catching the game winning touchdown. Joe Germaine was so collected and perfect; maybe my favorite Buckeye quarterback of all time.

[MrBoognishMan]

This was an awesome game. I was in 3rd grade and went to this game with my brother, two sisters, and mom and dad. Buckeyes won this one out right. No Luck nothin. Should beat them by more. As I recall the Refs all were ASU Grads. We still got her done though. Joe Germaine to David Boston......TOUCHDOWN!!!!!! Never forget it..... My mom was saying "Its not ASU its ASS" to all the ASU chumppps!!!

[silbergrau1]

I sure would love to trade Joe Bauserman for Joe Germaine right about now. :(

[tommylehman]

I remember being 17 watching this in my kitchen! For some reason, I really liked Arizona State back then. Too bad, they had a great team this year. Almost won the "national championship."

[07bballking]

@hehateme321, I beg to differ........

[hehateme321]

nothing lucky about that drive

[YouCanCallMeAl1022]

Dear John Cooper and Joe Germaine,

Thank you very verrrrry much.

Sincerely,

Gator Nation

[deltgen1]

I don't know why I keep putting myself thought the pain of watching this. I was an ASU student that year, so it was bigger for us than the outside fan. I guess I keep waiting for the results to change. Three 3rd-and-10s on that final drive.

[07bballking]

I know that football is football, but I still think that this game was a fluke.........ASU had this game won until they blew it in the last minute.........

[kristaj19]

@07bballking Um, OSU led or was tied the entire game until ASU went up prior to that drive.

[07bballking]

@kristaj19, Yeah, but ASU was up 17-14 late in the 4th qtr. until OSU had a lucky come-back in the last minute of the game. I just felt that ASU deserved to win that game and all they needed were a few defensive stops and they would've won for sure if that happened........that's my opinion........

I don't care what you and other OSU fans think.........

[anthonywilliams999]

@07bballking That's true, if ASU had come up with some defensive stops they would of won.

But they didn't.

[07bballking]

@anthonywilliams999, Ok, fair enough, but it doesn't really matter anymore.....that was the past.....

[ericbxxx]

i knew vermeil likes to cry but, wow. showing a little bias there are on the 'no P.I.' call. sounded more like a fan than a commentator.

[TrojanManXLT]

As a Gator fan, I appreciate with what Ohio State did in this game. We would only show our appreciation 10 years later..... GO GATORS!!!!

[82petejohnson]

I'm a Sooner, but grew up in Buckeye country and this game was my all-time sports highlight until going to college.

[atz4]

Jake plummer was so happy too....oh well. Cant beat these buckeyes!!

[atz4]

Joe plummer was so happy too....oh well. Cant beat these buckeyes!!

[Louis1059]

play defense damn it!!!!

[Louis1059]

wow that guy was angry about that pass interference no call

[MVillani1985]

I've said it before and I'll say it agian, this was the true national championship game of the 1996 season despite what the polls said. These were the two best teams in the nation playing in the Rose Bowl.

[dhide14]

I'm not even an Az. St. fan, but FUCK Ohio State

[Kreamof]

@dhide14 Butthurt?

[hazelwood55]

7:03 "pass interference , pass interference, yea i'd say that too damn it. Don't hold back Dick, tell us what you really think. I love it.

[StFidjnr]

@ 9.27 buckeyes lead it.

[StFidjnr]

a FG does the buckeyes no good... or does it because OSU are down by 3.

[highlandsh]

about 7:35 saw "Tillman" on a jersey, sure enough, same guy, killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. A shame.

[DiNunzioA]

One of the biggest dog crap arguments Big Ten fans make is this whole travel to bowl games/ play games in cold weather crap. These arn't high school kids, they are used to flying on a plane for a game. And Big Ten teams dont even play in cold weather. Ohio State played Iowa last week and it was 55 degrees.

And I'm a Big Ten/ Buckeye honk, fyi.

[bipbophil]

the mid west is pretty cold compared to the south

[vhrocks4]

go bucks rose bowl hopefully this year

[rawn4203]

Looks like u got your wish! Now the only question is who your opponent will be. Looks to be Oregon, though Stanford and Oregon State have smaller chances.

[vhrocks4]

Hionestly if i had to pick prob OSU, or Oregon, Stanford scares me whoevers has to play them in a bowl will have a tough time. Oregon is a very good football team but im not sold on the QB as a passer. so anybody but stanford.

[etchosts]

Only a base pro formation for OSU. Arizona state should have covered Stanley and Boston like blankets what the heck!!!

[rawn4203]

The MVP of this game wasnt Joe Germaine or David Boston, it was ASU's defensive coordinator, Phil Snow, who decided to play prevent even after the crappy kickoff gave the bucks the ball at the 35 yard line.

Boston was so wide open my grandmother could have caught that pass and crawled into the endzone. A colossal choke by ASU.

How many games have we seen the prevent D snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?

RIP to coach Snyder, who passed on 4/13/09.

[vhrocks4]

ya i no man how could ASU leave ohio states best wideout that open it was such a basic play

[tornadomanatwork]

this was a classic rose bowl well played on both sides

[MVillani1985]

IMO, this game was the true national championship game for the 1996 season. Two really underrated, but forgotten teams going at it in the Rose Bowl.

[cfgolfcf]

#42 Pat Tillman... RIP

[bdmcfarland7]

Vermeil says it all at the end. "Wow! College football...no better game."

[yearofthebuckeyes]

whatever happened to arizona state?

[KingmanIII]

They've basically treaded water since then, but they haven't been national title contenders...this loss really knocked the wind out of their sails.

[rawn4203]

Even before this game, Arizona State was NOT a consistent national power. It is hard to figure out why because they had some pretty solid teams in the Frank Kush years before entering the pac10 and won alot of Fiesta bowls (granted, they were home games). They are a huge school with a rich recruiting base...hard to figure out why they are so consistently mediocre....they are kinda like Purdue or Illinois of the big10.....a good year here and there but mostly very very mediocre.

[moogamoogamooga]

great bowl game here. One of my all time favorites. Boston was unstoppable except for them to grab him when they were getting smoked by him.

[candidskeptic]

I wonder if the 1 announcer getting his panties in a bunch complaining about pass interference is a Buckeye's fan? hmmm

[laukhuf2]

That would be Dick Vermeil. Maybe you have heard him....won a Super Bowl with the Rams. I think he knows what he is talking about and has no alliance to Ohio State BTW aside from beating them at UCLA in the 75 Rose Bowl

[kcaj789]

Quit crying, Canes fan...

[StFidjnr]

can you post Ohio state's last stand from that game.

[guitardude1595]

Man, i know joe germaine real well and it only increases my respect for him watching this! man he is awesome, too bad he didn't go big in the NFL

[dowutado]

The Big Kat had him lined up and wiffed. A non-mobile quarterback would have died there.

[HandsomeJimK]

David Boston before the HGH

[StFidjnr]

can you post asu last chance drive at this game here.

[StFidjnr]

and that sets up the gators vs noles match for all the marbles at the nokia sugar bowl.

[TheManOfCole]

write a check for charity! hahaha

[cfbfanatic]

plus this is arizona state-ohio state not SC-ohio state

[cfbfanatic]

both rowdyrod77 and 28ChrisWells28 need to STFU. Ohio State does have a winning record over Michigan over the past 50 years so UM does not own OSU. Plus, when OSU won the national title in 2002 they beat 5 ranked teams, so it wasn't luck. USC has had plenty of close games in recent years and their national title seasons just like the buckeyes did on 2002. Then again, USC has 4 more national titles and is leading the all time series with OSU. Both are excellent schools with great football teams.

[StFidjnr]

and that gave the gators vs noles match for all the marbles the next night.

[SuperHero3]

FLA owns all. GATOR COUNTRY!!!

[HenrySosenite]

Go Boise State!

[28ChrisWells28]

"lol! 7 Championships, why don't you try 11 for USC."

BTW, that's not how you use the phrase "why don't you try". You use that phrase if I had mistakenly said USC had 3 NC, for example. Not when I had written the fact that tOSU has 7. Grammar and logic are not your strong suit are they?

[28ChrisWells28]

You know Woody had a winning record against USC and raped you guys when you had O J Freaking Simpson?... Also what in freaking hell is "in technicality"? Do you mean technically? Do you realize how stupid you make yourself sound? lol UM owned us for Cooper's tenure but Bruce, Woody and Tressel all had winning records against UM. Also what does "owned you fags like thiner little bitched," mean? Cuz I have no flipping idea what the hell you are writing sometimes...

[28ChrisWells28]

lol I never said OSU had more NC than those schools... BTW Michigan has 3 NCs not eleven... In all honesty, can you not follow simple logic? Your posts never actually adress what I say... You just babble and swear like some tard with turrets HAHA...WHat is "a win by barely"? That doesn't make sense...

[28ChrisWells28]

lol OSU has 7 NCs, BTW, you dumb retard...haha "for we can give you e real ass whipping to remember" What the hell does that mean... Reread what you say...dumbass You make no sense at all. Go get your GED, janitor...lol... the 2002 title wasn't luck... The most wins by ANY national champ in CFB history isn't luck...

[28ChrisWells28]

lol Congrats... Once again you make no sense... GO learn the English language, you tool. Comment again when you can make a coherent sentence.

[28ChrisWells28]

lol...to not think Chris Wells is a beast RB is just stupid... BTW, after "tailback U" you setance make no sense... Learn to type and speak English before you mock people online, you dildo... lol You are so simply retarded... THank you, sir, your stupidity and ignorance gives me great laughter. And it confirms my low estimation of USC fans...

[28ChrisWells28]

hahah Beanie is about ten times more talented than anyone to EVER play for USC... HoF NFL running back......Once again congrats on proving to me that you are a pathetic eleven year USC fan... "suckeyes" HAHA Are you serious? You gotta come up with something better than that.... hahaha what a clown...

[28ChrisWells28]

lol Who was even talking about UM? lol Your insults are on par with most eleven year olds so congrats on that....Don't hate on OSU just because USC will NEVER make another title game with Carroll there...

[28ChrisWells28]

lol....What's Pete Carroll's record versus 40 point underdogs? 0-1? hahaha That is by far the most embarrassing loss by a NC caliber team in the history of CFB ...haha

[28ChrisWells28]

"and therte's nothing more do about it," haha what a moron...What is "bunb as a rock." OSU's BCS's losses were in those same seasons as USC's losses so your argument backfires on yourself. We have won as many BCS title games as USC and we play in a real conference.. So make all the excuses you want for why it is acceptable to lose to Stanford...What a joke!!! haha

[28ChrisWells28]

"plyed like fagd that saturday" huh? Do you not know how to type in english? BTW, my excuses are no different than your weak attempts to explain why USC lost to UCLA, Stanford, and Oregon State...USC is the most overrated top ten team in the country and PSU will show you just that...Have fun losing never play for another NC in Carrol's career because he can't win the small games.

[28ChrisWells28]

Leest? I think you mean least... Where was USC for the last two title games? Oh yeah, the Rose Bowl because they can't go undefeated in the weak Pac 10... BTW, idc if USC beat OSU this year that doesn't prove you aren't hugely overrated. We were average on O this year and we didn't have our best player... Other than OSU who have you beaten this year? Oregon? Cal? woa... you should soo proud....Join a real conference chump!

[28ChrisWells28]

lol..."suckeyes" I see what you did there... Now that's clever...How about this? USC can't talk crap to anyone till you can go undefeated in that crappy Pac-10... That's right, you have to beat Stanford, UCLA, AND Oregon State... I personally don't think you can do it..

[28ChrisWells28]

lol...."stupid like yourself" haha you are soooooo witty and clever... How do you do it? Pryor is going to do his best VY impression on your overrated USC D....

[28ChrisWells28]

"winers" and "moran" is that anything like "whiners" and "moron"? Always use spell check when you insult someone's intelligence...It's a pity you are so stupid...

[28ChrisWells28]

What are you babling about? What does 87 have to do with this discussion?

[28ChrisWells28]

HAHAHA you're the angry one not me...lol "retard"? real cute... You not too clever, are you? "Oh!I forgot you're a stupid Suckeye fan," again very clever argument... You got an entire sentance pieced together...PSU has a decent QB so don't expect nothing but a run game from them... BTW, PSU's RB Royster is just as talented and more experienced that J. Rodgers who had 186 and 2 TD's on that mighty USC D...Don't expect a blowout...

[28ChrisWells28]

Pig 10? are you five years old? We'll see how much crap you talk after PSU pounds you and Pryor humiliates you in the Shoe...hahaha..."Buckeyes suck!" "PIG 10" hahaha it's like debating football with a child... except the little kids are probably smarter hahaha you are the true joke and I thank you for you imaturity.. It is truly entertaining and gave me a good laugh....HAHAHAHA

[28ChrisWells28]

lol... hilarious... the Pac-10 is by far the worst conference... outside of USC they have no one... BTW, I'd take losing big in the NC game to losing to Stanford and not playing in the NC game...BTW, you'll have some 2005 Rose Bowl flashbacks when you see terrelle Pryor again run all over that young D...

[rawn4203]

Yes, why look at their bowl record from 2008....5-0.....I guess the other 4 they won, USC played their 2nd thru 5th strings..........SC always gets their toughest games within the pac10.....Right after they demolished weak Ohio State, they lost to Oregon State.

Big10 is and always will be the pac10's bitch. No rose bowl wins for the big10 since 1/1/2000. That pretty much says it all.

[tornadomanatwork]

because the big 10 and pac 10 don't play every year in rose bowl.wish they did,

[baco62]

Thats because of the BCS. The Pac Ten has either played the runner-up or another team has played in place of the Big Ten champion. Must be tough playing in your home field for the Rose Bowl every year. How do you do it getting up in your own bed in the morning and going out and playing the biggest game of your life in front of your home crowd?

[rawn4203]

Spare me the home field advantage stuff. Didnt you see Oregon go into Michigan 2 years ago and leave with a 39-7 win, a michigan team that would go on to beat defending champ florida in a bowl? Did you not see USC just 2 months ago walk into the Shoe with a freshman qb with all of one game under his belt lead SC to a victory there too? You wont have that home field advantage excuse this year because the pac10 will be represented by either Oregon or Stanford.

[baco62]

You cant compare a 4-5 hour bus ride to flying 2500 miles a week or two before the game. I had this same rebuttal for someone else and he understood. You are talking about midwestern boys who have probably never been to west coast and only dream about it. Hell Woody one year had them stay in a convent to avoid distractions which backfired on him. Home field in a bowl is ALOT different than a regular season game. Oh the Big 10 OWNED the Pac 8 before 70 and again in the 90s so yes lately they have

[rawn4203]

You didnt address why Oregon went into Michigan in 2007 and punked the wolves 39-7 nor why did what is turning out to be a very weak SC team go into Columbus and punched the big10 champs.

It is just a fact of life that bowls, college or super, are almost always going to be played in the south - either SW, TX, or the SE. Even though you can put a dome over a northern stadium, it doesnt change the fact that the city it is being played in is very very cold, not good for tourism.

[baco62]

Go read my rebuttal again...I think I did. Hey, we all admit here the league is down and looks like the Pac 10 is down too since Purdue almost beat Oregon at their place this year.

Are you saying people wouldnt want to come to Chicago or New York , Philadelphia or even DC in winter during the holidays? They build it they will come.

[rawn4203]

Actually this is the strongest the pac10 has been in a decade, when Oregon, UW, and Oregon state all won 10 or more in 2000. A near loss by Oregon is not a loss by Oregon. No, that would be like Ohio State losing at Purdue.

Well yes I am saying that, that is why no bowls ever have been played there nor ever will. NYC? One of the most expensive cities in the nation...I doubt that one especially.

[baco62]

2000 must have been the year the Big 10 was your bitch in the Rose Bowl( Wisconsin).

I wouldnt bet that if the BCS really wants to even this out, they wouldnt consider a bowl in the north. Actually NYC is one of the most expensive cities in the world but to visit and not live.....they would come.

[rawn4203]

Actually the pac10 has not done well against Wisky, losing 3 rose bowls against them from 1994-2000. The first 2 were by UCLA (so much for that home field advantage theory eh?) and then the most recent one came following maybe the weakest season ever for the pac10, 1999, when Wisky beat Stanford 17-9.

In 2k, UW beat Purdue and Drew Brees by 10. Oregon beat Texas in the holiday bowl, and Oregon state beat ND in the fiesta. OSU and UW both finished 11-1.

[rawn4203]

Another reason no bowls are going to come to those locations, aside from the cold climate, is that we already have about as many bowls as you can possibly have, the only way to have more is to create bowls for teams that 5 or 6 games. So for those locations to get bowls,some bowls where they are being played now will have to be closed down. No way is the orange bowl going from Miami to NYC, the rose from Pasadena to philly, or the gator from Jacksonville to Chicago. Just simply aint happenin.

[28ChrisWells28]

lol... yep we "chickened out" to play in the national title... HAHAHA Why hasn't USC played in a title game since 05? oh yeah, Oregon State (2), Stanford, and UCLA...haha It must be tough trying to go undefeated in the mighty Pac-10

[rawn4203]

Tell me the last time the awesome big10 beat the pac10 in the rose bowl......it's been a long long time.

[vhrocks4]

2000

[asromab3]

Pat Tillman #42

[28ChrisWells28]

How did we "chicken out" of the Rose Bowl?

[pinkfloyd8clubpengui]

Saw this game on ESPN Classic it was more exciting than Texas V.S. USC

[gatorbait20082008]

The officials threw more flags for OSU than Germaine completed passes!!!

[kitchel22130]

put Dick Vermeil back in the booth. he does a great job.

[Jdub14000]

I remember watch this game when I was 14.

[howler602]

ya stole the rose bowl from us, but florida wooped your ass in the bcs chamionship and even greater it was in arizona where we could watch and luagh.

[dlmast87]

how the hell did we steal it???

[klupo43235]

LOL. Arizona St. is a nothing program that has never won anything. I'd like to laugh and smile when ASU loses an NC game, but they will never get there. Joke of a school and a football team.

[howler602]

we have a total of 136 national championships ranging in 20 college sports so lol at that. our football team won the rose bowl in 87 and the fiesta bowl 71, 72, 73, 75, 82 again lol.

[Juiceroids]

that's it? wow, not impressed at all. that's like 1/10 of our resume. az. state is a joke. keep sucking usc's dingaling.

[howler602]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­haha so funny you would say that, they absolutly destroyed you early this season. you guys thought you were worth the top 10, aparrently not says usc.

[bryund]

joe germaine was like 2 for 10 on this drive. what an ugly game winning drive. but it works. GO BUCKS

[jrock2264]

Oops...it was the 1998 season that Joe Germaine in runner-up for the Heisman...not 1997.

[jrock2264]

Joe Germaine was poetry in motion. OSU has had a lot of qood QB's over the years (I've watched since the early 70's). Germaine was smooth as silk, never got shaken. He still holds a lot of records. He was second in the Heisman the following year...people forget that.

[kevinscottquinn]

The best part is that Joe Germaine is from Mesa AZ. I'ts about 15 minutes from the ASU campus. ASU didn't want him out of high school. They thought he was too small! Whoops...

[buckman2]

I was at this game sitting in the end zone where David Boston caught the game winning TD!

Was ESPN's Game of the Year, I still get scarlet & gray chills watching this!

Go Bucks!

[OSURules2008]

Watching Plummer getting more and more nervous is more entertaining that the drive itself!

[FMDS123]

this is depressing

[rapiddominace]

ASU's d-line was lined up in the neutral zone on every freakin play of this drive

[72seeker72]

Joe Germaine had ice water in them veins.

[kofodfsu]

dick vermeil's commentary is excellent. def most underated color commentator ever

[kitchel22130]

i remember being 7 years old and having the flu during this game. one of the greatest games in Buckeye history. Cooper's finally wins a bowl game..who would have known.

[VJLOU]

This was Cooper's 2nd bowl victory at Ohio State. Ohio State won the Holiday Bowl in 1993.

[kitchel22130]

i meant a meaningful bowl game. he lost all those Citrus Bowl games that drove me up a wall.

[pizzaisyummy86]

Cool video dude. Jake Plummber looks like a little kid back than.

God Bless Pat Tillman - Last College game that day

[RequiemForABuckeye]

I love Dick Vermeil.

[ourhonordefend]

oh yeah, you can really hear the 2-minute drill coach coming out in him. He should get back into commentary.