Ramey. I didn't like his 3 yards and a cloud of dust and he was tough and had lot diff lifestyles that I didn't like BUT he was a mighty good man in many ways. I came to OSU the same year he did, Had classes under him and never missed a football game during those 4 years. Some of my favorites
Seeing 80,000 plus fans standing up and singing, "Goodbye Woody, We hate to see you go" This was at the tailend of his 1st or 2nd year there when the football team was stil pathetic and it was probably the last game before the Michigan Game. We he won that game and the rest is history !
Bo Schembeckler had played for Woody at Miami, Coached for Woody at Miami and OSU, and of course went on to coach against Woody the rest of his career. I was amazed at the "Hatred" between the two while Bo coached at Mich. I mentioned this to Jim Ruehl a friend of mine who played for Woody and later went on to help another one of Woody's assistants who took over Bowling Green about the same time Bo took over Mich. Jims answer was "Hogwash, every year before the season starts , Woody comes up, Bo comes down and the four of us go out to dinner and talk all night"
Woody had a recruit from Zanesville that was a Dr's son and a very good football player. The Dr told me Woody had been to his house 10 times and had never mentioned football. When it came down to the day that Woody offered him his scholarship, The player was sitting across the table from Woody and The dad was seated at the end of the table. Woody made the offer. His dad jumped in and said Woody, I've been planning for his Education all these years and he really doesn't need a scholarship. Why don't I pay his way and give the scholarship to some one who needs it? Woody turns to the Dr and said, "I didn't offer you the scholarship, I offered it to him and he deserves it !" The kid went to OSU one year. died of Leukemia and of course that would have been the end of the relationship with almost any coach you can name. The Dr told me that Woody never came thru town without calling the day before and telling the Dr's wife, "Make me a Blueberry Pie, I'll be in tomorrow". This was at least 4-5 years after the kid had passed away.
So you may like him or not but he had some positive things about him that few could match. By the way, he carried the facade with Bo right to the end. His last public appearance, he was brought from a Nursing Home, in a wheel chair, to a dinner in his honor. The door opens, Bo walks in and Woody bellows, "What the Hell are you doing here?"
--- On Thu, 8/19/10, ramey hoskins
From: ramey hoskins
Subject: Fw: Jim's and Phyllis's story remeinded me of this Ann Hayes story about the great coach
To: "Ramey Hoskins"
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 10:53 PM
Here are a couple of OSU first person stories that may interest you. Read the one below and then the attachment. Enjoy. From Sam Kegley's blog.
Ramey
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