It wouldn't surprise me at all if Woody would root for Michigan (or at least want them to win), especially when Bo was there. They were really close friends.

wcbuckeye80 wrote: Woody would not root for Michigan ever. He and Bo didn't become that close until later in life.

When Woody was interviewing a young man for a job as personal assistant, or something along those lines, the guy had questions. One of them was about Woody's heavy negative feelings toward Michigan. As I recall, Woody's son was in the room at the time. Woody just looked at his son, and told the fellow "that stuff [about Michigan] is overblown," or words to that effect.

Another time, Bo called Woody in his office, and I'm pretty sure Woody was still HC at the time. They talked for a while, and when they hung up, Woody sat there & looked off into space for a moment and said, "You know, I really love that guy."

Woody wanted to win The Game more than anything in football, especially in later years. But from the accounts I've read - and I read four books on Woody & OSU just a few years back - I wouldn't bet that he would sit at home & cheer for USC or Oklahoma over Michigan. I could be wrong, but that's my guess.

OSUVB wrote:

 
I wouldn't bet that he would sit at home & cheer for USC or Oklahoma over Michigan. I could be wrong, but that's my guess.