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obie7661
10-19-2007, 07:48 AM
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/football/stories/2007/10/19/osufb19.ART_ART_10-19-07_C1_2F87KQM.html?sid=101

...Sutherin and his teammates know one of the reasons their bunch slips through the cracks of Ohio State history. It was a lack of star power, at least at the time.

Jim Houston, Dick Schafrath, Jim Marshall, Bob White, Don Clark, Dick LeBeau, Sutherin, Aurelius Thomas, Dan James, Frank Kremblas and co-captain Galen Cisco found fame later, Cisco as a baseball player. But in '57, it was the group that got it done, Cisco said.

"This year's team reminds me of our team in that way, because every game it seems like somebody new steps up," Cisco said. "Ours was a well-rounded group, too. At that point, we didn't have any so-called superstars, but we had some guys who were real good football players....

warren1st
10-20-2007, 12:11 PM
I saw them whip Michigan in Ann Arbor. OSU was a great team! My dad and buddy and I had a turkey dinner in Toledo after the game. We sat at the same table with Dick LeBeau's mother, sister and aunt. Pretty neat for a young kid!!

They weren't considered NCs by many because most everyone back then only followed the AP. The '57 Buckeyes did win the UPI which was the coaches poll.