There were several plays during the national champioship season that defined the never say die attitude and spirit of that team. Doing things when their backs were against the ropes became common place and the last time we were talking it was "Holy Buckeye" and Krenzel to Jenkins.
There may actually be two plays more important and Chris Gamble was the center piece in both. The first came against State Penn in a much needed interception return for TD that sealed the deal at home.
The second play happened to keep the Buckeyes alive against Miami in the title game.
Per Wikipedia : In 38 games, he started 18 times on defense and 12 times on offense (started on both offense and defense in five contests in 2002). Recorded 65 tackles (51 solos) with three stops behind the line of scrimmage, seven interceptions and 21 pass deflections. Also caught 40 passes for 609 yards (15.2 avg.), rushed six times for 68 yards (11.3 avg.) with a touchdown, returned 60 punts for 467 yards (7.8 avg.) and had 18 kickoff returns for 384 yards (21.3 avg.).
He was a first round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers and played nine seasons for them setting multiple team records(Interceptions: career (27), Int Ret Yds: season (157 in 2005), game (101 on 2005-11-06 @TAM)) and retired from the NFL in 2013.
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