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The Ohio State University - a reason or arrogance?

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Buckeye Arrogance? "Sorry for the Length"

I am a military member stationed in <st1:country-region><st1 ="">England</st1></st1:country-region>. Working with fans from a multitude of different team, I get to see a consensus of what the perception of Ohio State Football is outside of BuckeyeNation. The perception I get is that we are arrogant (Mainly from one word “THE”) and that we are dirty. The dirty part has been hashed, rehashed and hashed some more since the ESPiN and MoC incidents, so I don’t even want to touch that one. We all know that perception is falsely laden. I want to talk about the first one. Arrogance. I have always been a huge Buckeye fan. However once I enlisted and left home my love for the Buckeyes intensified. It wasn’t just my beloved Scarlet and Gray anymore. It was also my attachment to home. When I couldn’t get home on leave, I always had 3 months where, every Saturday I could feel like I was back home again. This was especially true when I was deployed to the desert shortly after the 2002 National Championship game. The memories of that season along with the Season Recap DVD a friend sent me helped me through some tough times over there. This was also true again when I was sent over here to <st1:country-region><st1 ="">England</st1></st1:country-region>, the Blackhole for College Football. This brings me to my question. I don’t see it as arrogance so much as I see it as a passion and devotion to something near and dear to home and my heart. However, most fans over here watch Monday Night Football and watch Mike Doss say “THE <st1 =""><st1 ="">Ohio</st1><st1 =""> State</st1> <st1 ="">University</st1></st1>” and think it is Arrogance and a condescending nature that comes across. I was curious if this was the perception as a whole back home or if this is just a product of the lack of decent College football coverage over here. I see it as nothing more than Buckeye Pride. They however see it as another excuse to trash the University and Football program I love. I would appreciate your thoughts from back home.
 
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I live in mid-georgia. Its rather funny down here. People talk at work about southern football all the time. yet, i see nowhere near the passion as the great lakes region. Saying The Ohio State University isnt arrogant, it is the name of the university. The word THE is pronounced with a long e at the end because that is correct pronunciation. When the word after the word the(stay with me here) begins with a vowel sound, you say it with a long e.

BTW, we are better than them. :tongue2:
 
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Ohio State fans say Notre Dame fans are arrogant
Notre Dame fans say scUM fans are arrogant
scUM fans say MSU fans are arrogant
MSU fans say Purdue fans are arrogant
Purdue fans say Ohio State fans are arrogant....

Its vicious circle and it don't mean jack shit.
 
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Alright my friend, I'm guessing you are a fellow Air Force member being stationed in England. I spent 3 years at Lakenheath myself (98-01). I was an unabashed Buckeye fan there my hole time (even in the lean years). And yes, I think a lot of people see Buckeye fans as arrogant. As we should be. We have plenty to be proud of. I don't see us as any more arrogant than any given SEC school fan, or any Oklahoma fan, or any other Div 1 fan. It's all a matter of perception. So fly that Scarlett and Grey proudly, and know that we all have your back :biggrin: .
 
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The fastest and easiest way to be labeled an arrogant fan is to cheer for a winning team. Especially a team that wins a championship that they weren't expected to win.

Being called arrogant and being arrogant are different things.

Every team has fans who are truly arrogant. It comes from basing too much of your self-image and self-esteem on the accomplishments of 20-year-olds. For those of you in your teens, that might not sound bad; but trust us. To those of us with families and careers and real-life problems and responsibilities, basing self-image and self-esteem on the result of a game played by people half your age sounds like the most ridiculous thing in the world.

This is one of many things I find amusing about Tallahassee. Huge numbers of people are utterly dependent on the Semen-Holes for their self-esteem, even people my age. They were moaning about FSU not winning another game, not just this season but EVER, after the loss to Virginia. This kind of desperation results from the same thing that caused their arrogance as recently as last week.

So does THE Ohio State University have a few fans that choose to ride the roller-coaster of arrogance and suicidal depression? Sure, so does everybody. We just have more of them because we have SO MANY fans and we win SO MANY games, and that bothers people who are on the roller-coaster for another team.
 
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Its funny two of my best friends I had in the Army were a Notre Dame fan and an Oklahoma fan. We had alot in common and our "arrogance" never bothered each other. We watched football games together and always got along because I would rather hang out with a college football fan than someone who does not pay attention. We were at Ft Bragg in NC all we heard was ACC this and that so we kind od had each others back. But it seemed the perception was we were all arrogant. I think it comes with the territory of your team being a traditional power period.
 
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I agree that arrogance and confidence are cyclical. USC fans are confident right now, but where were they ten years ago? We are very confident right now, but should we be?

I say YES. We would not be sooo judgemental of our coach if we weren't confident in him. We know that he can win, he's proven that many times over. Do we question a lot of his choices? Of course we do, that's what makes being a fan fun. To actually think we know what we are talking about. Tress and co can recruit and can coach with the best of them. As fans, are we arrogant? No, we are just proud of our program, our program's history and our tradtions here at TOSU.
 
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Every college football fan is arrogant when it comes to their team...IF THEY WEREN'T THEY WOULDN'T BE A FAN! It's the whole point of sports...to think your team is the best! I'm certain the Buckeyes have the best football program in the country. I love Buckeye football, and nothing else even comes close to it!
 
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Who gives a damn. We are THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. home of the buckeye football (#1), THE BEST DAMN BAND IN THE LAND and THE greatest fans.

I've stop listening to other folks, fans, n f*ck#rs like espins. I just care about how much I love tOSU and everything about it. athletics, the band, and the university. let the others do, say what they wanna. I just don't give a damn.

did I say we are better than all? If I didn't then...we are better than all.
 
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