What started out as a great day for the 1950 Ohio State-Michigan football game soon turned disastrous. Sub-zero temperatures, driving winds and constant snowfall made this particular football game, later known as the “Snow Bowl,” one of the most remembered and unusual games ever to be played in the history of college football.This year`s Ohio State-Michigan game marks the 50th anniversary of the “Snow Bowl.”The snow was so severe that players could not be seen from the press box. The strong winds worsened the situation and the temperatures hovered near 10 degrees.”This game should have never been played, due to the horrible blizzard-like conditions that occurred that day. It`s a wonder people didn`t freeze to death,” said Jack Park, commentator for the OSU Football Radio Network and OSU football historian. “There was so much snow that the announcers and spectators could hardly see the field, but they played it anyway.”Both Ohio State and Michigan spent the day punting the ball away. Michigan punted 24 times and Ohio State 21 times.One highlight of the game was the performance of OSU kicker Vic Janowicz, whose number was retired at the OSU-Penn State game this year.Janowicz`s 21 punts totaled 685 yards, and his 25-yard field goal was the lone score for the Buckeyes in the game. Michigan eventually won with game, 9-3. They did not get a single first down the entire game and scored the winning touchdown by falling on a blocked punt in the end zone.Park said the “Snow Bowl” victory gave Michigan the Big Ten title, which sent them to the Rose Bowl.Marv Homan, former sports director for OSU, said the field was covered with two tarps to protect it from the blankets of snow.”When it was time for both teams to warm up, the tarp on the northern portion of the field was frozen solid and ground crews were unable to remove it,” Homan said. “They had to ask for volunteers to come down out of the stands to help them remove the tarp.”Homan said they never did get the tarp to come off, so they played the game with the tarp covering half the field.”There was so much snow on the field by that time it really didn`t make a difference. Very few people even knew the tarp had not been removed,” Homan said. “That was before the game even started. By the end of the game it really was a bitter situation.”While there has never been a repeat of the weather conditions of this game, forecasters in central Ohio are calling for the possibility of snow on Saturday. Maybe there will be a repeat of the famed game. Probably not!