So outside the SEC.
Saban is four years older than Woody Hayes was when he punched out Charlie Bauman.
As an aside, that game is on ESPNU now and I just happened to turn it on seconds before Hayes lost his mind. It's pretty distressing to watch Keith Jackson (who I think I used to like) and the film crew try to cover up for Hayes. He flat out ignored the incident and blamed everything else for the brief melee that followed Woody's fateful punch.
Jackson pretended like he didn't see anything and then the replay stopped short right as Hayes grabbed Bauman each time they showed it. Still, there's no way Jackson failed to see Hayes repeatedly punching Bauman. He just didn't want to mention it. Jackson even claimed the flag thrown against Hayes was for "being on the field when he wasn't supposed to be."
Something else I noticed? After the pick, Bauman was wrestled to the ground in front of the OSU bench by Gamblin' Art Schlichter and right at the feet of Hayes. Bauman popped up and started talking shit. Not to Hayes specifically, but at the players around him. You could see his head popping and it was obvious some jawing was going on. All these years I've thought Hayes flipped his shit as a result of the interception and the inevitability of losing. But while that was a contributing factor, it seems like now that it was probably Bauman's yapping that pushed him over the edge. THAT, I understand a lot more than just going apeshit over the play.
Don't get me wrong, I never liked Hayes. I thought he was the Bryant of the North. He talked shit about Auburn before I was born. In that rivalry I was always, always a Michigan guy. Now? Not so much. I can't stand Harbaugh. I'll be digging out my Michigan stuff for New Years, but that's temporary.
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