It happens here, too. Step up!
Since this is my first post, let me establish my bona fides: I was born at the OSU Hospital in 1964, so I?ve been a Buckeye from Day 1. I went to one of those ?other? Big-10 universities, Purdue, to get my Bachelor?s Degree. I?ve been to Big-10 games at Ross-Ade (Purdue), Ohio, Memorial (Illinois & Indiana), and Ryan Field (Northwestern) stadiums.
Before anyone gets up on the high hobby horse, I?ve seen this kind of stuff go on at every single one of those places. Look, if you are in the opposing teams colors and walk up to a sea of white (or black, purple, red, orange, etc.) dressed fans at a Pike house kegger, you?re going to get abuse. Unless, possibly, you can establish yourself as a Pi Kappa Alpha and behave yourself.
I?m not excusing any of this behavior, especially hurling full cans of beer (that?s alcohol abuse and a waste of beer) at opposing fans. However, have you ever watched the treatment that opposing fans get walking down Lane Avenue (or Chittenden or 15th), before or after an Ohio State home game? Anyone from the other team walking by the Pikes on 15th or that place with the balconies on W. Lane is going to get some verbal abuse. If you answer back, and make a point of it, you?re also going to end up getting doused.
I took my dad to the Ohio State-Purdue game back when it was Bellisari vs. Brees. I wore my Purdue gear and sat in a mainly Purdue ticket section. My only transgression was actually cheering at Purdue?s measly 9 points. The Buckeyes scored 35 and a couple of them were pretty sweet; I cheered for them, too. Otherwise, I managed to keep my mouth shut. After the game, a couple of drunks in Scarlet followed us out of the stadium and one of them laid hands on me as we walked up 17th towards High. Luckily, Pops is still pretty quick with the judo and the dude ended up against a building with one hand between his shoulder blades. No further coercion was necessary.
Now, I don?t know what the two characters in Scarlet were up to before this video started. I do know that they made at least one bad choice and probably made another: walking up to a crowd of Whited-Out, beer-drinking, Penn State Pikes while wearing Ohio State gear and then opening their mouths, respectively.
Having said all that, the kid that nailed somebody with a loaded can needs charged with assault. Thinking that something like this only happened once, at Penn State, is na?ve. Outraged, I think not. This is what happens when you mix college kids, alcohol and an ultra-hyped game that starts at 8PM. Remember, it happens here, too. I urge everyone that puffed out their chest and made comments here to have the guts (you could get hurt) to step in and say something when you see an OSU fan get out of hand on someone from Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc.
