I strongly suspect most of the booing last week was for the COACHES, not the players. And, during the UCLA game, Dye himself was heard screaming by the media at the coaches at one point, "RUN THE DAMN BALL!!!" when a third-and-inches situation popped up.
Long ago as a teenager I witnessed on live TV Woody hitting that Clemson player. And yet, there is still a big statue of Hayes sitting right now on the Ohio state campus.