The 2005 season's come-from-behind win over TBGUN (The Bad Guys Up North for the uninitiated), capped off by an epic, last-minute drive by the Buckeyes got me to thinking.  Where would that drive rank among the fabled marches in OSU history?  There are many terrific books and videos with various countdowns of Ohio State's greatest games, players and moments.  But with Troy Smith and Company's heroics in Ann Arbor that season, I thought I'd take a stab at compiling a list of the great drives that the men of Scarlet and Gray have put together.  The dramatic, game-deciding series where your heart was in your throat, where the stars who came through time and time again led the Bucks down the field, and where role players you didn't always see in the headlines chipped in their part or made that one memorable big play that defined their career. 

By no means is this an exhaustive list.  I've tried to leave no stone unturned in researching, but I'm sure as we work our way to the #1 drive, I'll remember (or be reminded of) a clutch drive that won't make the list.  As always, I welcome your feedback as we count 'em down.  As Casey Kasem would say, "And now, on with the countdown". - Joe-S-U

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DRIVE, DRIVE ON DOWN THE FIELD

By Joe-S-U

DRIVE #25

September 11, 2004

#9 Ohio State 24

Marshall 21

DRIVE #24

October 26 1968

#2 Ohio State 31

Illinois 24

DRIVE #23

November 11, 2000

#13 Ohio State 24

Illinois 21

DRIVE #22

November 14, 1970

#3 Ohio State 10

Purdue 7

DRIVE #21

November 1, 2003

#8 Ohio State 21

Penn State 20

DRIVE #20

October 16, 1993

#5 Ohio State 28

#25 Michigan State 21

DRIVE #19

October 28, 1989

Ohio State 41

Minnesota 37

DRIVE #18

September 29 1979

#14 Ohio State 17

#17 UCLA 13

DRIVE #17

November 20, 1965

Ohio State 9

Michigan 7

DRIVE #13

October 11 , 1984

#8 Ohio State 45

Illinois 38

DRIVE #9

October 7 , 1995

#5 Ohio State 28

#12 Penn State 25

DRIVE #5

November 19 , 2005

#9 Ohio State 25

#17 Michigan 21

        DRIVE #1

             January, 1, 1997

#4 Ohio State 20      

#2 Arizona State 17        

DRIVE #4

November 22, 1975

#1 Ohio State 21

#4 Michigan 14

DRIVE #3

November 23, 2002

#2 Ohio State 14

#12 Michigan 9

DRIVE #2

January 3, 2003

#2 Ohio State 31

#1 Miami 24

DRIVE #6

November 20 , 1954

#1 Ohio State 21

#12 Michigan 7

DRIVE #8

November 25 , 1944

#3 Ohio State 18

#6 Michigan 14

DRIVE #7

November 9 , 2002

#3 Ohio State 10

Purdue 6

DRIVE #12

November 21, 1981

#5 Ohio State 14

#12 Michigan 9

DRIVE #10

November 21, 1987

Ohio State 23

Michigan 20

DRIVE #11

November 16, 1957

#5 Ohio State 17

#12 Iowa 13

DRIVE #14

September 24, 1988

Ohio State 36

#7 LSU 33

DRIVE #15

January 2, 1984

#14 Ohio State 28

#15 Pittsburgh 23

DRIVE #16

November 10, 1990

Ohio State 27

#6 Iowa 26

DRIVE, DRIVE ON DOWN THE FIELD