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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4458293, member: 289"] I haven't encountered anything in the Csonka book to that effect. Larry says he was part of a group of top Ohio players who made a joint visit to Ohio State, where Woody Hayes told them that since they were Ohioans, they were obligated to come to Ohio State. That didn't sit well with Larry. Larry also said that Woody was interested in speed backs, not big power backs. That doesn't jive with his history of big, strong fullbacks like bob white, Bob Ferguson, Matt Snell, Jim Otis and John Brockington. Another problem was that virtually all the coaches saw him as a defensive player, a linebacker or an end. Larry wanted to run the football. (He just missed the one-platoon era.) Ben promised him a chance at running back and said that after that, they'd have to evaluate the results. The results were good. Larry liked Ben's honesty. (When he wasn't saying that Rip Engle and Nikita Khrushchev were buddies.) [/QUOTE]