< Back | Main

Legendary Man

As posted below I was home under the weather yesterday and when last night rolled around, pretty drained and glad I wasn't driving home from Columbus.

There was one advantage of watching the game on TV. Don't know if you caught the visual "Woody Hayes - Legendary Man" that ABC showed during Matt Millen's nice tribute to Coach Hayes. It aired twice in the second half...once right before Ray Small took it to the house with his kickoff return.

Anyway, the Legendary Man graphic shown on TV was actually a shot of the tribute to Woody that graces the entrance to the teams private enclave in the Woody Hayes Center. It is a floor to ceiling exhibit panel, maybe 10 or 12 feet long, depicting Coach Hayes standing amongst a display of his sayings, accomplishments,championships and awards. It is the first thing recruits, players, and coaches see when they leave the lobby and make that long walk down the hall to the coaches offices and the locker room facilities....Woody standing sentry over all that comes and goes in the place that bears his name.

How do I know all this? Well, son Curt was the visual designer who conceived and created that panel as part of the recent WHAC renovation! It was his responsibility as part of the design team. To be able to sit there and see his artwork displayed on National TV....and to think that it will be the face of the Woody Hayes Center for probably the next twenty or thirty years...and that my son did it....Well, how cool is that!!

What Buckeye Dad wouldn't be proud. And to think, if I hadn't gotten sick, I would have missed it!