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Game Thread THE GAME: #1 Ohio State 42, #2 Michigan 39 (11/18/06)

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Security wins OSU gate game

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Michael Sangiacomo

Plain Dealer Reporter
Gate-crasher extraordinaire Jerry Marlowe failed to sneak into the Ohio State-Michigan game in Columbus, but plans to make a comeback.
The No. 1-ranked Buckeyes will play Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz., for the national championship, and Marlowe is already scrambling for tickets.
Ohio State's opponent has not been determined. It could be Southern California, Florida, Notre Dame or a rematch with Michigan.
"I'm going to try to get in no matter who Ohio plays, but it would be great if it was Michigan," said Marlowe. "I have a plan I'm working on. And if it's Notre Dame, well, I have a pope outfit."
Why not? He made it one year disguised as a nun.
Marlowe, a 70-year-old pharmacist and Ohio State graduate from Dover, Ohio, has successfully slipped into OSU-Michigan games in Columbus since 1970. His various outfits included Boy Scout leader, pizza delivery man, band leader and hot dog vendor.
But he was nabbed Saturday wearing a borrowed usher's uniform.
"Security was really good," said Marlowe. "And I would have made it in, except I did not have the lanyard with the proper identity card. I borrowed my son-in- law's student identification and put that in a lanyard, but the security chief caught it."
"I said that my son-in-law had dropped me off and that I must have accidentally grabbed his identification," he explained. "I asked to use the bathroom, because you can sneak out the rear exit from the bathroom and into the stadium. But the chief of security followed me in. It was over."
His escapades started in 1954. He was a freshman at OSU and walked past a guard while dressed in a top hat and tails. Since 1970, the stunt became an annual event. He usually has a ticket in his pocket and also makes a generous contribution to OSU to more than cover the cost of admission.
He didn't have a backup ticket this year, but did make it on na tional television.
ESPN did a special on Marlowe on the Sunday morning, "Outside the Lines," show, using footage he took with a camera hidden in his baseball cap.
Getting busted on national television could put the security guards at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on high alert. But Marlowe is up for the challenge.
"I'm thinking maybe that could be my swan song," he told one reporter.
 
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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL



Smith earns honor for record fifth time



Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- No one in the Big Ten has been as good as often as Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith was this season. The Buckeyes senior from Glenville High on Monday was named the conference's offensive player of the week for a record-breaking fifth time.
After Smith threw for 316 yards and four touchdowns while leading the No. 1 Buckeyes over No. 2 Michigan, 42-39, you thought maybe they'd give it to the Northwestern fullback?
"I don't know where we'd be without him," OSU receiver Brian Hartline said of Smith.
Smith also was honored after wins over Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Indiana and Northwestern. Six players had previously been a Big Ten player of the week four times - Indiana running back Anthony Thompson (1989), Michigan receiver Desmond Howard (1991), Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne (1999), Purdue quarterback Drew Brees (2000), Penn State running back Larry Johnson (2002) and Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton (2004).
With the national championship game yet to play, Smith is among the single-season leaders in several conference categories. His passer rating of 172.7 ranks No. 2, behind only the 1947 season of Michigan's Bob Chappuis. His 67 percent completion percentage is tied for fourth in conference history, and with 30 touchdown passes, Smith ranks third, behind Brees' 39 in 1998 and Orton's 31 in 2004.
 
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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK
Big Ten honors Smith for record fifth time
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith set a Big Ten record yesterday just sitting still. He was named the conference?s offensive player of the week for an unprecedented fifth time in one season.
The senior, considered the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy, set an Ohio State season record Saturday in a 42-39 win over Michigan. His four touchdown passes gave him 30 for the season, one more than the previous mark set by Bob Hoying in 1995.
Along with the conference honor, Smith also was recognized as the Walter Camp national offensive player of the week.
Now he has to wait three weeks to find out if he becomes the sixth Heisman winner from Ohio State.
Smith put his best foot forward against Michigan, completing 29 of 41 passes for a season-high 316 yards. He threw just his fifth interception of the year, but he also matched a career-high with four TD passes, throwing each to a different receiver.
 
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SO TO SPEAK
Michigan win a perfect spark for renaming Columbus
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
JOE BLUNDO
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Columbus is the Pinnacle of Creation. But don?t let it go to your head.
The city?s estimation of itself, always tied to the win-loss record of the Buckeyes, reached the highest levels ever recorded on Saturday night, after Ohio State beat Michigan.
The self-esteem meter in the basement of City Hall showed such high readings that officials feared a civicpride overflow that would intoxicate neighboring towns. Indeed, Pataskala almost declared itself a major planet.
Overstating the importance of The Game?s outcome to central Ohio selfesteem is, of course, impossible.
Consider: Had Michigan won, ruining OSU?s undefeated season, Columbus would be thinking of itself today not as the Pinnacle of Creation but as the Gem of the Scioto River Drainage Basin.
It?s amazing the difference a spread offense and a timely roughing-the-passer penalty can make to a city?s sense of selfworth. We must keep in mind, however, that sports-fueled self-esteem can be deceptive. Football triumph doesn?t necessarily translate to prestige for the city in which it occurs. If it did, South Bend, Ind. ? home of Notre Dame ? would be called the Paris of the Midwest.
In the national consciousness, Columbus remains either unknown or known primarily as a collection of contentious voting precincts.
That?s why I think it?s time for Columbus to change its name to Ohio State, Ohio. I make the argument for two reasons:
? Of the two entities, OSU is by far the more recognizable. I doubt that one of 1,000 Americans could identify a photo of, say, City Hall. But thanks to all those blimp shots, TV viewers in Nebraska could not only identify Ohio Stadium but also draw a seating chart of A Deck.
? The transformation would require virtually no redecorating. The town is already a scarlet-and-gray ghetto. I swear I saw a deer flying a Block O flag from its antlers the other day.
From a practical standpoint, all we?d have to do is change some freeway signs and tell the Postal Service to watch for letters addressed Ohio State, Ohio.
This is the instant cure for Columbus? lack of an image. We?d go from unknown metropolis to The Best Damn City in the Land in the time it took for the ink to dry on the namechange papers.
What makes great cities identifiable? Landmarks, legends, musical tributes. Everyone knows the Golden Gate Bridge; Ben Franklin?s hometown; New York, New York.
Ohio State, Ohio, would have a stadium, a color scheme, a marching-band formation and two or three songs familiar to anyone who watches television on autumn Saturdays.
It would have at least one folk hero ? Woody Hayes ? whose legend grows every year. He surpassed Wyatt Earp this year and is closing in on the Easter bunny.
Ohio State, Ohio, would even have a famous necklace, albeit one made of horse chestnuts. But does Chicago have a necklace? Does Los Angeles?
Look, this melding of identities is happening anyway. The best time to make it official is now, while we?re flush with confidence.
Next season, the team could be 9-3, which in self-esteem terms translates to Regional Distribution Hub. We?d be too depressed for bold initiatives.
Let?s strike while the gridiron is hot.
Joe Blundo is a Dispatch columnist
 
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Insurer?s billboards chronicle OSU wins
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Joe Blundo
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Damon Young crosses out Michigan on the Nationwide billboard at Ackerman and Olentangy River roads.
The vinyl makes it final. With each successive Ohio State victory this football season, billboard crews crossed out ? with red vinyl stickers ? the opponent?s name on five advertisements throughout Columbus. Yesterday, they obliterated the 12 th and last team: Michigan. The sweet duty capped a successful regular season for the Buckeyes, who finished a perfect 12-0 by beating their archrival Saturday, and Nationwide Insurance, which picked the perfect year to chronicle the OSU schedule. "The fact that they won every game certainly helped our billboard campaign," said Steven Schreibman, Nationwide vice president of advertising and brand management.
The idea ? a local version of the Columbus-based insurer?s national "Life comes at you fast" campaign ? was developed by TM, a Dallas advertising agency. It also has been used in print ads.
The billboards will remain in place through the Bowl Championship Series title game on Jan. 8, after which Nationwide hopes to cross out a 13 th opponent.
The billboard campaign has attracted more attention than most others for the company, Schreibman said.
The billboards ? three owned by Clear Channel and two by CBS ? are on Ackerman Road near Olentangy River Road; on N. 3 rd Street, Downtown; at Hudson and Summit streets; along Rt. 315 near King Avenue; and on N. High Street south of North Broadway.
From week to week, the task of updating the Clear Channel billboards fell to supervisor Dave Ratliff and one or two co-workers.
"My No. 1 job on Mondays is to get it done," said Ratliff, explaining that each billboard adjustment ? completed from an aerial lift ? takes 20 to 30 minutes.
Yesterday?s took a little longer, though, because Nationwide decided to replace the big Michigans with even bigger ones ? to dramatize the cross-out.
As employee Damon Young put a bold slash through the 10-foot-long word on the Ackerman billboard, passing cars honked in triumph.
What if Ohio State had lost?
The plan was to white out the name of any victorious opponent, Schreibman said.
"But," he said confidently, "we knew they wouldn?t lose."
 
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Just returned from Europe. Thought I'd share my experience of watching The Game from Amsterdam.

When I learned this summer that I would be in Amsterdam over the weekend that included Nov 18, the first thing I did was locate the Satellite Sports Cafe. They assured me they would "probably" carry the game. So, with both teams coming in undefeated, I knew it would be on.

I figured there are plenty of Americans in Amsterdam, so there might be a few other Buckeyes there to watch the game. Well, we took over the place. I'd estimate there were 75-80 Buckeyes, 50-60 skunkbears, 20-25 SEC and other fans who just wanted to see a good game, and 20-25 locals who persisted in watching some other game that they insisted was Futbol.

It was a great crowd. The skunkbears in attendance (at least those sitting close to us) were both knowledgable and respectful. I counted only one obnoxious skunkbear (and he was counter-balanced by an obnoxious Buckeye). All in all, everyone was mellow (there was a "coffeehouse" two doors down from the sports bar), but that does not mean people were quiet.

So, if you're ever in Amsterdam on a fall Saturday, I highly recommend the Satellite Sports Cafe on the Leidseplein. The beer is Heinnekin (what else in Amsterdam), the food was good and reasonably priced, the waitstaff was exceptionally cute and more than a little flirtatious (my wife had to remind me they were young enough to be my daughter), the atmosphere and crowd were great, and the "coffeehouse" is just two doors down.

Oh, and it wasn't a bad game, either.
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I was all over the Fawcett lot and saw a number of Michigan fans...I didn't hear a single harrassing comment from either fanbase nor did I see anything but cordial mingling.

I must be blind or deaf...or these guys are exaggerating their tales immensely.

I'd say the latter...
 
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HineyBuck;667748; said:
Just returned from Europe. Thought I'd share my experience of watching The Game from Amsterdam.

When I learned this summer that I would be in Amsterdam over the weekend that included Nov 18, the first thing I did was locate the Satellite Sports Cafe. They assured me they would "probably" carry the game. So, with both teams coming in undefeated, I knew it would be on.

I figured there are plenty of Americans in Amsterdam, so there might be a few other Buckeyes there to watch the game. Well, we took over the place. I'd estimate there were 75-80 Buckeyes, 50-60 skunkbears, 20-25 SEC and other fans who just wanted to see a good game, and 20-25 locals who persisted in watching some other game that they insisted was Futbol.

It was a great crowd. The skunkbears in attendance (at least those sitting close to us) were both knowledgable and respectful. I counted only one obnoxious skunkbear (and he was counter-balanced by an obnoxious Buckeye). All in all, everyone was mellow (there was a "coffeehouse" two doors down from the sports bar), but that does not mean people were quiet.

So, if you're ever in Amsterdam on a fall Saturday, I highly recommend the Satellite Sports Cafe on the Leidseplein. The beer is Heinnekin (what else in Amsterdam), the food was good and reasonably priced, the waitstaff was exceptionally cute and more than a little flirtatious (my wife had to remind me they were young enough to be my daughter), the atmosphere and crowd were great, and the "coffeehouse" is just two doors down.

Oh, and it wasn't a bad game, either.
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Thanks for sharing HineyBuck. After reading this post I may schedule a trip to Amsterdam during THE GAME next year. It certainly would be better than going to Ann Arbor. Much preferable to be two doors down from a "coffeehouse" than a crack house. :biggrin:

:cheers: :osu4:
 
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wells;667762; said:
Yes it is true, it'll be done editing around Februrary or so. I might make a few appearances in it.
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Finally, a movie about OSU! They have Rudy, Win One For The Gipper, it seems its all ND! But finally. I wonder what it will be about? Like is it a documentary or a regular movie. Who will be in it, and what is it called?
 
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OhioState49;668023; said:
Finally, a movie about OSU! They have Rudy, Win One For The Gipper, it seems its all ND! But finally. I wonder what it will be about? Like is it a documentary or a regular movie. Who will be in it, and what is it called?
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Thats what I want to know. The fact that its being made by MTV makes me very suspicious that it will be good lol.
 
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