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good point.
look, does everyone with the exception of vr hate michigan?
get it? got it? GOOD!
FUCK MICHIGAN, FUCK WOLVERINES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT PUTRID CESS POOL UP NORTH.
GO BUCKS!:osu:
get it? got it? GOOD!
FUCK MICHIGAN, FUCK WOLVERINES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT PUTRID CESS POOL UP NORTH.
GO BUCKS!:osu:
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Brutus1
Don't be penurious, donate to the BP Spring Dr.
Well, aside from you getting enjoyment out of the elderly getting grilled like a brat, I wouldn't call you crazy.
Do the players think this game is any different than any other game?
I wonder if that's the case.
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I know for a fact that this game means more to the players, because a culture has been created that places a disproportionate level of importance on its outcome. You've got the gold pants, you've got JT playing to the crowd at the Schott those years ago, yes - it is a bigger deal than most games for people, but I would argue that whatever spirit there may have been at the heart of this rivalry has been replaced by the need of the media (and thusly the fans) to propogate the hype. Hey, it's something to be excited about. It's "The Game." Don't misunderstand - I love watching tOSU football, and I especially love watching them slap Michigan around. But that hype and the sort of 'auto-pilot' feel of the rivalry these days seem to have (a) supplanted any logical basis for the rivalry, and (b) fed off each other like a big lump of cancerous cells, multiplying, festering and...you know what it's like? It's like Ghostbusters II.
Sort of.
Anyway, look - I'm more than happy to chide the errant maize-and-blue-clad goon, and I'll even throw a 'Fuck Michigan' around every now and again. The fact that this rivalry, at this point, is a self-sustaining entity has some measure of humor to it for me. Why is it disgusting for a guy in a tOSU shirt to be necking with a girl wearing Michigan colors? Fuck, it just is. But as I mentioned prior, I really felt a kind of strange, lynch mob vibe from the Mirror Lake crowd. I see more and more of it, where 'it' is something more than a tongue-in-cheek, good natured ribbing. Could be wrong, I suppose - it's happened before - but I would have put money on something very, very bad happening if someone had walked through that crowd last night wearing a 'Go Blue' t-shirt. This isn't Catholics v. Protestants here, it's a football game. I hear "Fuck Michigan" as much if not more than "Go Buckeyes." There's too much focus on farting on the other guy's muffin. Even if you're spending just as much time cooing at and petting your own muffin, if the attention paid to debasing the 'enemy' is equal to that paid to lauding your own boys, something is seriously wrong.
Sort of.
Anyway, look - I'm more than happy to chide the errant maize-and-blue-clad goon, and I'll even throw a 'Fuck Michigan' around every now and again. The fact that this rivalry, at this point, is a self-sustaining entity has some measure of humor to it for me. Why is it disgusting for a guy in a tOSU shirt to be necking with a girl wearing Michigan colors? Fuck, it just is. But as I mentioned prior, I really felt a kind of strange, lynch mob vibe from the Mirror Lake crowd. I see more and more of it, where 'it' is something more than a tongue-in-cheek, good natured ribbing. Could be wrong, I suppose - it's happened before - but I would have put money on something very, very bad happening if someone had walked through that crowd last night wearing a 'Go Blue' t-shirt. This isn't Catholics v. Protestants here, it's a football game. I hear "Fuck Michigan" as much if not more than "Go Buckeyes." There's too much focus on farting on the other guy's muffin. Even if you're spending just as much time cooing at and petting your own muffin, if the attention paid to debasing the 'enemy' is equal to that paid to lauding your own boys, something is seriously wrong.
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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
Ohio State/Michigan is an institution. Its a landmark day on the calender for people not just from the two states, but all over the US (and due to military depolyment, the world).
I was raised in Florida. I watched the OSU/Michigan game every year. It meant something to me. This game is why people choose to play at these schools. On this one day a year, world class athletes dig deep and find an extra step, an extra pop in their hits, an extra sense about their surroundings, a new found desire to leave everything on the field by halftime and reach deep into their soul to find enough to finish the second half.
Our heroes played this game with deep understanding of its importance.
Rex Kern, Cornelious Green, Chris Speilman, Randy Gradishar, Tom Cousineau, Hop Cassady.
Among the best ever. They found a little more on the third Saturday of November.
Now its Troy Smith, Antonio Pittman, Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn, AJ Hawk, Donte Whitner, Mike Kudla.
At noon, the seniors are remembering the bite of 2003 and the ecstacy of 2002 and 2004. The freshman still won't know what they're in for for another hour. When they get their taste, it'll be like crack cocaine. You can't wait to do it again next year.
Come 4:30 tomorrow, win or lose, they will be physically and emotionally spent. Hardly able to drag themselves back to the bus in exhaustion. The seniors understanding they will never do this again, the underclassmen knowing they have at least one more to go. And they can't wait to be this tired again.
Some people don't get. They never will. The Holbrook's and Mooseboger's of the world. They don't understand what it means to belong to something. To be a part of something great, something bigger than life.
Ohio State/Michigan is just that. Bigger than life. Its the greatest rivalry in all of sports. There are rivalries that are based on pure unadulterated hate (FSU/UF) some that are simply geographical (Missouri/Kansas), and some that are anticipated on a grand scale (Texas/Oklahoma). But none get the respect of the fans, the players, the media and the world that OSU/Michigan reaps every year.
And there is a reason for that.
I was raised in Florida. I watched the OSU/Michigan game every year. It meant something to me. This game is why people choose to play at these schools. On this one day a year, world class athletes dig deep and find an extra step, an extra pop in their hits, an extra sense about their surroundings, a new found desire to leave everything on the field by halftime and reach deep into their soul to find enough to finish the second half.
Our heroes played this game with deep understanding of its importance.
Rex Kern, Cornelious Green, Chris Speilman, Randy Gradishar, Tom Cousineau, Hop Cassady.
Among the best ever. They found a little more on the third Saturday of November.
Now its Troy Smith, Antonio Pittman, Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn, AJ Hawk, Donte Whitner, Mike Kudla.
At noon, the seniors are remembering the bite of 2003 and the ecstacy of 2002 and 2004. The freshman still won't know what they're in for for another hour. When they get their taste, it'll be like crack cocaine. You can't wait to do it again next year.
Come 4:30 tomorrow, win or lose, they will be physically and emotionally spent. Hardly able to drag themselves back to the bus in exhaustion. The seniors understanding they will never do this again, the underclassmen knowing they have at least one more to go. And they can't wait to be this tired again.
Some people don't get. They never will. The Holbrook's and Mooseboger's of the world. They don't understand what it means to belong to something. To be a part of something great, something bigger than life.
Ohio State/Michigan is just that. Bigger than life. Its the greatest rivalry in all of sports. There are rivalries that are based on pure unadulterated hate (FSU/UF) some that are simply geographical (Missouri/Kansas), and some that are anticipated on a grand scale (Texas/Oklahoma). But none get the respect of the fans, the players, the media and the world that OSU/Michigan reaps every year.
And there is a reason for that.
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
have a GPA scooter, nice post. 
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