From the BSB board. Patton speech:
The King Ad Buck
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Now, The King wants you to remember that no Buckeye ever won The Game by fearing a Wolverine. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard fear The Buckeye. Men, all this stuff you’ve heard about Buckeyes not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of The Game, is a lot of horse dung. Buckeyes traditionally love to fight. All real Buckeyes love the sting of battle.
When you were kids, you all admired Jesse Owens, the fastest runner, Chic Harley, the greatest football player. Buckeyes love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Buckeyes play to win all the time. The King wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for any Buckeye who lost and laughed. That’s why The Buckeyes have never and will never fear Michigan. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Buckeyes.
Now, The Bucks are a team. They live, eat, sleep, and fight as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. The bilious bastards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Detroit Free Press don’t know anything more about The Game than they do about fornicating.
We have the finest stadium, The Best Damn Band In The Land, the best spirit and the best men in the world. You know, by God The King actually pities those poor bastards we’re going up against. By God, he does. We’re not just going to beat the bastards, we’re going to cut out their living rodent guts and use them to grease the treads of our cleats. We’re going to murder those lousy Wolverine bastards by the bushel.
Now, some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out in The Game. Don't worry about it. The King can assure you that you will all do your duty. The Wolverines are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Hit them in the belly. When you put your body in the way of an ugly helmet, that a few years ago was a high school player from Ohio, you'll know what to do.
Now there’s another thing The King wants you to remember. The King doesn’t want to get any messages saying that The Bucks are holding their position. The Bucks are not holding anything. Let Lloyd do that. We are advancing constantly and we’re not interested in holding onto anything except those Wolverines. We're going to hold onto those rodents by the nose and we're going to kick them in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of those skunks all the time and we're gonna go through them like crap through a goose.
There’s one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home. And you may thank Woody for it. Thirty years from now when you’re sitting around The Horseshoe with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what did you do in The Greatest Rivalry in Sports, you won’t have to say, "Well, I shoveled shit in Michigan."
Alright now, you sons-of-bitches, you know how The King feels. Oh, and The King will be proud to lead you wonderful Buckeyes into battle – anytime, anywhere.
That’s all. [/QUOTE]