Rose Bowl legacies: 25 years ago, Woodson was a star
Let’s face it, Charles Woodson in his college days was football’s version of baseball’s Shohei Ohtani., starring on both sides of the line of scrimmage. It’s not surprising that following the regular season he became the only primarily defensive player ever to win the Heisman Trophy.An outstanding defensive back, Woodson also returned punts and occasionally played receiver for the team that won the national championship with a 12-0 record.
For the rest of the game, Leaf — who finished third to Woodson in the Heisman voting — never threw a pass anywhere near him. During that drive, Woodson got a lateral from quarterback Brian Griese and looked to throw a pass. But finding no receivers open, he took off, gaining the 8 yards needed for a first down. A few moments later, Woodson caught a 3rd-and-7 pass and carried it for another first down.
Sweating out those last moments from about 5,000 miles away was Jim Staricco, perhaps the most intense Wolverine supporter not in the Rose Bowl that day. Living in Zurich, Switzerland, he reportedly was able to listen to the broadcast via Detroit radio station WJR, which on the surface seems a bit unlikely. It was his mother, in Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., who made it happen by propping up her phone next to the radio so he could hear every play.
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