Buckeyes take the trophy from the WhiteOut

Ohio State trailed Penn State 26-14 with 7 minutes left in Happy Valley. The last 7 minutes were not kind to the Nittany Lions. Even after falling behind 27-26, it looked like PSU might still eek out a victory, until a questionable 4th down call sealed their fate.

The Buckeyes take the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy for the first time since losing to Florida, and Urban Meyer, in the BCS championship game following the 2006 season.

• OSU is 50-14-1 all-time in trophy matchups
• 5 of those losses came in bowl games
• This is their 8th time as trophy-holder
• OSU is 6-3 vs. Michigan in Trophy games
• First trophy games was a loss to Michigan in 1918
• Got revenge taking down the Wolverines the next season
• Following their 1919 loss to Illinois, the Buckeyes did not hold the trophy again until their 1968 National Championship team won it from Purdue
• They played for the trophy twice in that span, losing to Notre Dame in 1935 and Northwestern in 1936
• the 1968-69 Trophy holders rattled off 15 wins before losing to Bo Schembechler's upstart Wolverines in 1969.
• The Buckeyes and UCLA met 3 times for the trophy in 1975-76
• OSU took the trophy from the Bruins in October of 1975
• Lost it back to them in the Rose Bowl on New Years' Day 1976
• Played trophy-holder UCLA to a 10-10 tie in October of 1976

Here is the Buckeyes remaining schedule with their trophy-game record against each school:
10/6 Indiana (2-0)
10/13 Minnesota (3-0)
10/20 @ Purdue (4-0)
11/3 Nebraska (0-0)
11/10 @MSU (4-0)
11/17 @ Maryland (0-0)

11/24 Michigan (6-3)