This isn't going to be a cheery thread to start. I just got off the phone with my brother. He went down to the game on Saturday. I was pained to hear some of the things he told me.
He told me that even though there were a ton of fans in the stadium, that there were many that left the stadium with 8-10 minutes to go. And he left embarrased to be a Buckeye fan. Not from their poor offensive showing but by the poor showing of the fans. Acting arrogant when we had no reason to be. Turning into the classless fans we despise.
Just when the team could use our fans the most, they were leaving the team high and dry. Granted the team wasn't performing to our usual standard, but for all that is in me, if I travel all the way to South Beach to watch my Bucks I am staying til the bitter end cheering them all the way. Not saying this was everyone (as he told me that 30% of the starting fans stayed til the end) but 70% leaving is unreal.
I am getting fed up with this new era of Buckeye fan. Spoiled as any fan could have been in the last 10 years and they act as if they are owed something from the university. They turn off newcomers to Columbus who never had an issue with tOSU before encountering the fans. I have lived through bad times as a Buckeye fan. I have lived through good times. But when the shit hits the fan I am going to shout I-O to every O-H. I am going to cheer my Bucks whether they go 12-0 or 0-12. And I am going to welcome others into my city the way I would want to be welcomed. Full of class.
It's time to be the best damn fans in the land. It's time for the bandwagon fans to leave instead of trashing what I was born and raised to love. If you are going to embarrass my university, I personally don't want you to be a Buckeye fan anymore. Go root for someone else. Oregon enjoys trendy fans.
I am saying all this to urge the fans who have been thru thick and thin with me to show up this week. Saturday is over. We have a young team that needs our help this Saturday going forward. They need to feel our unwavering support. Whether we are happy with how things have gone thus far or not, we need to show them why they decided to come to Ohio State. Tradition, Excellence, and The Best Damn Fans In The Land.
So I will start in saying that I believe in this team. I believe they can shake out of this stagnate start. I believe these players and coaches will make it happen. and if not I'll lose my voice rooting (not booing) them on.
How firm thy friendship.
Went to the MNC game in NOLA against LSU with my son a few years back and sat in a sea of LSU fans. There were only three other OSU fans in sight of us. All of us, me, my son and the other OSU fans stayed until the clock read 0:00. After taking some ribbing from some the the people seated around us for most of the second half because of the outcome of the game, once the game was over I actually had two LSU fans who were seated directly behind us comment on the fact that none of us left until the final seconds ticked off. Even though he had been giving us the business about the game while it was being played he commented specifically about the fact that we stayed with our team even when it was obvious that we were going to lose. Said that he really "respected" that (his words) and that it was not something he was used to seeing from LSU fans generally nor any other fans he could think of right off the top of his head. All that I could say was I couldn't image acting any other way. Kind of a no man left behind mentality I guess. Told him that's just the way we roll, don't know any other way. So without commenting on anyone else's "fandom" I guess those folks who acted that way and who will boo the team when Bauserman plays the next time need to ask themselves who they would most like to emulate. The folks who are loyal to a fault, or everyone else, cause in my world those are the only two choices. I know where I'll be. See you at the Colorado game.
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