Harbaugh to Kolesar: 1985 Ohio State game

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the Jim Harbaugh to John Kolesar TD bomb that clinched the OSU win.
Two sections taken from the Toledo Blade 11/24/85:
The kickoff goes into the end zone and Gerald White runs three yards on the first play. On the next play, Harbaugh notices safety Sonny Gordon is moving in to blitz. It means the Buckeyes will be in one-on-one coverage.
"It was a delayed blitz," Harbaugh said. "It gave me just enough time to throw it. Either the tight end or the wide out would be open."
The wide receiver was open. John Kolesar caught the ball around Ohio's 40 and outran William White into the end zone.
"We didn't know the guy was that fast," Pepper Johnson, Ohio State linebacker, said.
"I messed up," William White said.
"I'm sure they watched me on film and thought I would run that post pattern across the face of the defender (William White) on the play," Kolesar said. "I just dipped in and went over the top (ran around behind White)."
Getting open was the easy part. Getting the ball in hand was the hard part.
Kolesar said the contact lense in his right eye rolled up on the top of his eye, blurring his vision, and then he lost the ball in the lights.
Minor distractions.
"I lost track of the ball for about two or three seconds," he said. "I have to credit my eighth grade coach for the catch. He used to make us lay on our backs, throw the ball up, and then close our eyes and catch it by sort of feeling it into our hands."
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