While I was getting my degree my son was in a church sponsored daycare in Columbus. When he was approximately 18 months old my wife and I were called into the daycare one day so the teachers could discuss a "problem" with us. It seems that they used to listen to the radio in the daycare and every Friday there were a lot of OSU related items during football season. There was often accompanying music with the commercials, shows etc. that was either Across the Field or Buckeye Battle Cry. My infant son recognized these because his grandfather, my father, would often play OSU albums when we visited as my son liked to hear the band. I had taught him to, when he heard either of these songs, say "GO BUCKS" and then give a thumbs up sign immediately followed by a thumbs down sign, the word "Michigan" and a raspberry cheer. The day care providers saw this last part a inappropriate behavior. This was in the mid 70's right after Archie made history. Needless to say, I didn't change a thing. Fast forward to 2003, his grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. As the oldest grandchild he was asked to say a few words about his grandparents at a large reception for family and friends. He started this by saying that he wanted to thank his grandfather for for two things from his childhood and that was teaching him how to fish and hating Michigan. All of the Ohio people immediately could relate, our California relatives simply looked confused.
