In the spirit of being fashionably late to the party, we arrive upon the confessional with sins in our hearts, but with this platform to let it all out and seek forgiveness. If you've already bared your burden elsewhere, worry not: you've probably sinned a lot. We know we have. In fact, yours truly took his penance publicly for committing unspeakable crimes of the heart a few years prior, but like bills, over time, the sins keep on piling up.
In order to break the ice for the rest of y'all, I'll take my lumps first:
What's a Hail... ISO?5. I couldn't care less about who starts at tailback for Ohio State -- so long as they're effective.
I really don't.These sorts of micro-managerial debates don't interest me in the least. More so than probably any other position, two running backs are not just beneficial but required to maintain any kind of sustained ground attack. If Ohio State spreads the wealth and Boom and Saine rack up 2K yards, I'll be happy as a clam. If one does it and the other is relegated to F5 duty? I won't lose any sleep.
It may seem a bit utilitarian, but as long as either a healthy mix of guys or one stud is putting the pain on opposing D's, I couldn't care less if their jerseys read "L. ROSS" and "CLARETT" on the back. It's only when, let's say... both inexplicably fail to make any kind of tangible impact will I then pick up a pitchfork and join some of y'all.4. I slept through an entire Ohio State home game -- I had tickets to.
The story is stupid and yes, embarrassing, but such is college. During the 5 quarters I was eligible to purchase football tickets, only once did a prior night in any way have any bearing on my being at an Ohio State game the next afternoon. While numerous of those afternoons involved little to no actually restful sleep, and others 5+ hours of "preparing" just to head down to the Shoe, one particular evening a roommate and I attended a house party on Indiana Ave. Some turn of events or another transpired, and suddenly all 5 of the house's occupants were calling it a night and we were the lone two still standing. However, the last housemate throwing in the red flag made the mistake of instructing us "feel free to stay as long as you guys want and have anything we have left from the party." We interpreted this as a green light to partake in their bounty which overfloweth and order multiple On Demand movies on their DVR until College GameDay started (the real irony -- both he and I wound up living in that very same house with some of the same guys later in our college careers).After making the mile trek down to 13th after a night of indulgence and Denzel Washington blowing things up, no combination of Red Bull/Sparks and coffee could bring me back to life. I slept through the entire pre-game, sleep walking my way back to my room, and waking up without having seen so much as a single play. The roommate was less lucky as he actually made it into the stadium, only to nearly be removed by security for repeatedly falling asleep all over the unsuspecting co-eds in front of him in C-Deck. Live to win, sir.
Had Ohio State not rolled in a less-close-than-the-score indicated 21-10 fashion, there's no doubting I would've wound up more cripplingly superstitious than ever.
3. I wish I could get back to rooting against every team in the conference. All the time.
This is a double confessional. Let me start by admitting that I was born and raised a Longhorn fan, and rooted for LSU and Florida 2nd and 3rd respectively until I was 18, saw the light, and moved to the Midwest. However, I never once in my 9-10 years of following the Longhorn football team can ever so much as recall a single incident where I rooted for a Big XII (or SWC) school to "better the conference". The very concept still just feels wrong more than it does right. The idea of rooting on a repeat enemy for any reason was irrational to me then, and in some ways, will continue to be until we live in a world where this can be done again without hive mind fan syndicates bellowing down the 3 letters representing entire conferences of other teams that should want nothing to do with the ones doing the baiting.A buddy of mine made the trek from Columbus to New Orleans roughly 6 months after the Ohio State/LSU nightmare and ran into a group of LSU paraphernalia clad folks in their mid 20's. When the inevitable "where you boys from?" was ultimately uttered, the cat calls predictably began. "Hey, hats off. The Tigers were a great team and their championship was 100% deserved. Great game," my friend couldn't get out soon enough. No sooner did he offer up the sportsmanly olive branch than one of the Tiger faithful step up in his face and mutter, "so when were you going to congratulate us on last year's championship?"
2. I like Brent Musburger. A lot.
Besides epitomizing an almost entirely gone culture of sports broadcasting, the dude is just plain awesome.Degenerate gambler? Check -- his constant lip service to over/unders and lines is no coincidence, folks. Likes to crack a cold one after a hard day's work? You know it. Besides, how many announcers can you name that virtually 100% of the fan bases that listen to him are convinced he somehow has loyalties to the team they're rooting against? That's a gift.
While we're in the mode of confessing, I have to confess that Musburger's ceaseless awesomeness inspired this recent purchase of office desk decor. Oh my, indeed.
1. Jim Tressel is the best coach Ohio State's ever had.
This one scares the hell out of me, but more each day do I come to realize that the era of Ohio State football we're living in may not be reciprocated for sometime after The Vest hangs it up. No disrespect to the General; Wayne Woodrow Hayes is an iconic, timeless, bigger-than-life-itself figure who in many ways represented everything good Ohio State and Ohio State football were about. But symbolicness aside, few have come close to the sort of decades (in this more regulated, truly national recruiting landscape modern era) Mr. James Patrick Tressel just led us all through while running a respectable, mostly spotless program.It may not always be sexy to watch, and it certainly isn't en vogue to brag to your out of town family and co-workers from other schools about how proud you are to be a Buckeye, but you might want to consider making it a priority sooner rather than later. The odds of J.T.'s successor coming anywhere close to hitting the same mark are slimmer than we usually care to think about.
Now the confessional room is all you guys. What dirty, sinful business must you get off your chest to insure 2010 winds up the way we all want it to?
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Don't feel bad Luke, I have bought tickets for my dad and I to 2 Buckeye home games and he fell asleep at both. On top of that, for Christmas, I bought us courtside seats to a Cavs game. We were 2 rows behind Tiki Barber on the floor and guess what?? He fell asleep again! I told myself I am not wasting anymore tickets on him again!
I left a game once because I felt concussed. Another time (San Jose State or San Diego State - 05) we left the game after watching one possession (we showed up late in the second quarter due to drinkings) because "this stupid stadium doesn't sell booze".
I also need to confess that it's already becoming difficult to wrap together everything Johnny writes about into a question about Japan, horses, kickers, and pickup football games.
One of my best friends in undergrad at tOSU was a lady from Ann Arbor. She didn't really care for football but loved the city of Ann Arbor, yet still attended Ohio State. As punishment for befriending her, everytime she had her girl friends from scUM came down, I made them cry (literally) with insults of the university and some personal, totally disregarding what people might think of me. I figured I at least owed it to Woody for ever having a friend from the enemy territory.
Also, my wrist tattoo isn't OSU's helmet stripes, it's Maryland's helmet stripes :'[
best work yet luke. loved it
Great work. Loved the post..more like these please!
Love Brent Musberger.
Always kind of enjoyed watching/pulled for Alabama (though, I was able to resolve that issue once they hired Nick Saban).
LMAO every time I see "F5".
Fell asleep at my house watching an OSU game...not a big deal, until you realize it was the 2002 Penn State game (Chris Gamble's interception return). It goes without saying that the night before was QUITE ROUGH!
My confession is that I am growing to dislike Kirk Herbsteit more and more. I no longer watch Game Day or any ES(ec)PN college shows -- I used to watch them all. The Big-time seems to have made him forget his Scarlet and Gray roots. ES(ec)PN has him drinking their Kool-aide and I see a bit of the red mustache during each game he does.
I think winged helmets are awesome (caveat: I was born and raised in Delaware. so the first winged helmet I saw was not from UM)
Hail to the victors gets stuck in my head more than Across the Field (and AtF was my HS fight song. And I was in marching band. and can still prob. play it from memory).
I actually wouldn't have been upset if we lost to Navy (my dad is an academy grad. I almost went there. They're easily my 2nd favorite team. Navy-ND pulls at my heartstrings more than most OSU games)
I think Boom kinda sucks.
I love good defenses. But when PSU and Iowa play a 6-4 game...it's a game of terrible offenses.
Oh and on the commentator thing. I like Brent. He's great.
On the other hand, Keith Jackson was terrible. I'm glad he retired. He constantly called the wrong player (which every announcer does - but the good ones will correct themselves) and I think he was watching a different game sometimes.
I have to confess on that one, too: that Hail to the Victors song is pretty catchy, damn it. When they score against ND or Montana State, I will even hum along - I know it's terrible, but this is confession time. Of course, when the Game comes along, I mute the t.v. anytime that disgusting song plays.
I've ALWAYS rooted for BT teams in all non-conf games, even when that was somewhat rare, but I agree that the conference "syndicates" things is getting way out of hand. Like, I want to gag when Tennessee fan brags about Bama and FL winning championships.
+1
I have to admit that I am mentally ill. I can't stop thinking of the many ways that I want to kill Craig James every time he says something slanderous about our conference. I fear one day I may act on it. Help me!
May be able to lump Mark May into that too.
I couldn't agree more. Why is he the only one on ESPN who tries to remain objective? Mark May and Lou Holtz sure show their bias every week. Even Chris Fowler isn't affraid to mention his love of SEC teams. He was doing it before it was popular on ESPN. I know when the camera is off Herbie is a diehard, but let it show on air sometimes. For the love of God Lou Holtz and Beano Cook had Notre Dame in the BCS title game at the start of the year.
Other confessional items:
1. I was convinced that the 2005 team was kinda soft-hearted until about 8 min. left in the Michigan game.
2. Before OT came along, I used to be just fine with ties. The OT rule has worked out better than I thought it would, but then Ohio State has never had to play in a 2003 Kent. v. Ark type game.
Brent Musberger is awesome. I've always liked the guy and love when he covers games. I actually even like the BTN games that Thom Brenaman does. He's an ass doing Red's games and acts as if he's too big of a star for Cincinnati, but I like him covering Buckeye games, I can't help it.
I hate cheering for the conference. When Florida and Michigan played a few years back, I cheered for an Al Qaeda attack on the stadium. I have always enjoyed seeing Iowa and Wisconsin succeed. It makes no sense to me to cheer for a team you hate though. You'll never seen me going crazy because Michigan pulled off an upset over an SEC team. I will not have the mentality of the SEC fans. I do not see one of the conference winning as a win for my team. I've never understood it, and never will.
I also hate worrying about guys transferring or not signing because there is a wealth of talent at one position. IDIOTIC way of thinking. If they guy doesn't want to wait and work hard till he gets his shot, I don't want him. I want guys who welcome competition not shy away from it and I don't care how good they are. Have 5 to 15 running back recruits? Awesome. Have 3, 5 star QB's? Keep em coming. There's no such thing as too much talent and you have to weed out the fools and find the guys who want to be there and will do anything to get on the field.
That wound was fresher and I (gulp) wanted to see Lloyd Carr go out a winner. I like to think I was more rooting against Florida.
Confessional:
1.I have no problem with alcohol, I enjoy a drink as much as the next guy. I love Ohio State football. However, I have never mixed these two things, and never plan to.
2.This post made me F5 all over the wall. What a mess.
Us hippies here at 11Dub don't condone violence in any way against our fellow man. However, that doesn't meant we don't encourage discussion of legal theory. For example, would any jury anywhere convict you? I, for one, think not.
So we should be surprised and upset that the OSU grad is the one showing a little class and professionalism?
... Not that I actually disagree with you from an emotional standpoint :(
I think it's the strangest thing how fond OSU fans (myself included) seem to be of Carr since Rodriquez took over.
Maybe that's my confession - I actually miss Lloyd Carr.
I get goose bumps when I think about Brent's Holy Buckeye call. Brent Musberger is awesome. There is no need to confess something that is so pure and righteous. The haters are the one's who need sanctification on this one.
Confessions...
1. I actually cheer for Michigan the rest of the year when they are not playing tOSU. Of course, that's mostly so we can ruin their undefeated season and to appease the many Michigan fans/alum in my family.
2. I like Brent Musburger as well, but the real confession is that I love to see Erin Andrews do a game more so to hear her reports than to check her out.
3. Unlike many, many Buckeye fans, I love me some craft beers, particularly those from up north (Bells, Jolly Pumpkin, Dark Horse, Founders, etc.). I'd rather go without beer if all you have is a case of Natty Light.
4. I was a Justin Zwick guy until he said that he was voting for George W Bush. Troy, of course, was a Kerry man.
5. I own a Michigan t-shirt. It was $7 mind you, but I own it and wear it to bed periodically.
I think #5 permanently disbards you from Buckeye fandom
My big confession is that I have yet to actually attend Ohio State as a student. I grew up a fan because my dad is a grad, but scholarships took me elsewhere. However, I hope to get a job there in the (fairly) near future at least.
Wearing a TP jersey around town on Saturdays in Athens is ill advised, btw. Hope I'm not relegated to F5 duties now.
Why just #5? I would think that #1 is an even more egregious action. Do you have anything to confess, Darth?
It's one thing to be objective, but jeeze just once in a while throw some love to your team. I'm not saying be over the top like Lou Holtz, or show your hate like May, just throw your team a bone once in a while.
Don't hurt him, j ust lock him in a dark janitors closet.
I literally got pissed off and cried like the Kid I was when Charles White ran all over us in the 1980 Rose Bowl game. Prior to my crying episode, I cussed and was spanked as the SOB bounced off a OSU defender for another huge gain in the 4th qtr. I do not cry anymore... I solved that F_ckin problem.
I think #5 is more egregious. I cheer for Michigan when they're not playing us. How cool was the '06 game? Awesome. That's how cool it was. But this is confessions. We all get free passes today.
I can do one better. Not only have I never gone to school at Ohio State, I've never lived in or had family from Ohio. No one in my family has graduated from OSU either. I live in Northen Kentucky so I have always been able to watch Ohio State. I can remember watching them when I was about 10 and hoping they'd beat Michigan. However my love of the team came in the 90's with the 2 Notre Dame beatings. I went to a catholic school and everyone loved Notre Dame. I hateded Notre Dame and when I saw that ass whooping delivered and heard Cooper kind of talking shit after the game, I was hooked. I've been a diehard fan ever since and loved that people hated Ohio State around here.
I know. The '06 game was a dream come true. Although, I would have liked to see a little more defense, but we can't win 'em all...except we did win that one and it wasn't as close as the score would suggest.
Free passes all around! I'll dispose of the offending piece of clothing promptly.
2. I like Brent Musburger. A lot.
Totally agree! I don't get why people dis on the guy constantly. For all the "Espn loves the SEC" sentiment, it's pretty obvious that Musburger loves the Midwest-the Dude went to Northwestern and is a huge Big Ten homer.
And who could forget (Purdue '02) "Holy Buckeye!" and my personal favorite (Fiesta Bowl '06) "It's looks like the Irish are on the end of a good ol' Buckeye Beatdown." And, in '05 against Northwestern I swear he was drunk in the broadcasting booth, he even mentioned on-air that the famous Vlade Janakievski had indeed sent over a case of Czech beer.
Dude's a college football legend as far as I'm concerned.
You are allowed to be biased if you are affiliated with horrible programs.
I like Holtz, he's old and doesnt give a shit what people think, we need more analyst like him.
Herbie gets paid to be subjective and mostly he is right. There isn't one person on this board that wouldn't GLADLY accept his paycheck to say what he does. He has a dream job and I'm glad ex-osu players are heavily involved in the CFB media.
The Maryland basketball team wear's helmets?
Two horrible admissions, both occurred during the the 2002 National Championship season...
1 - As a senior, I regret (more than almost anything in my life) that I did not buy season tickets, and did not attend one game of the undefeated National Championship season...
2 - Took a weekend trip home, and missed the entire "Holy Buckeye" game...
I sometimes feel like I will spend the rest of my life trying to redeem my fandom in my own mind for these two horrible actions...I have since missed only two games (Texas in 06, Troy in 08)...
He does OSU games and you would never know he want to the University and was the starting QB for goodness sakes. Anyone remember Bob (taco) Griese ---- he mentioned his Purdue days every chance he got and when he did Michigan Games you knew he was pulling for his boy!! Kirk, its OK to tell people you wear Scarlet and Gray underwear and its ok to tell them your wife was an OSU cheerleader. Its also ok to tell the world that OSU is still a top-tier program.
F(your)5
I think I rooted for the same Attack during that FLA/Mich Game..... but you gotta admit the look on Urban Meyer and Timmy Tebow's faces after that loss was PRICELESS!!
My confession is that I cry, like a girl, after big wins/losses. I also call my 84-yeard old grandma (she is an OSU alum and taught me all that I know and love of the Scarlet and Gray) after games, completely shitbombed and talk X's and O's.
I cried after the Rose Bowl and my girlfriend (an MSU grad so at least we hate scUM together) looked at me like I was retarded.
I rooted for OSU to Lose to Michigan in Nov 2000 and the Bowl game with South Carolina in Jan 2001 because I wanted Cooper to finally get fired. I had been screaming this mantra since 1990------- finally my wish came true.
Confessions:
1) In elementary/middle school I owned a Michigan shirt, and wore it often. But I was also a fan of OSU. I didn't fully realize the rivalry until like 6th grade.
2) I really hope the Big Ten doesn't ransack the Big East for expansion. I grew up in Ohio, but attended Pitt. If the Big Ten were to steal Big East teams, the conference will die and Pitt will have to join the ACC or something. Granted, there's a chance that Pitt will be brought over to the Big Ten, but then I have to decide who to root for when OSU and Pitt play.
3) Despite Boren possibly being our best O-lineman and an absolute beast, I still can't fully embrace him due to his past.
1. I have not rooted against TTUN only once in my life, when they teabagged Saint Timmy and Urban.
2. I went through a strange period in my life, known as high school(I can't wait til I go to heights school) when I didn't want to go to OSU, I wanted to GTFO and go to pepperdine or Hawaii. But that was short lived, thankfully.
3. I miss Jimmy John's like it was a family member.
4. I skipped a friend's wedding reception because it fell on a football saturday. I was in the wedding party.
excellent application of F5!
YEAH! HIGH (F)5!!!
1. I cried during the first half of the Disaster in the Desert on January 8th, 2007 and didn't watch the second half. God damn, that was awful.
2. The only time I cheered for Michigan and was giddy as a kid on Christmas was when they played Florida. Damn you, Florida.
3. I tend to think that college football players are completely infallible and do not exist outside of football games, much like the players on EA Sports games. Then I get disappointed when they make mistakes off the field or don't block right.
4. Ted Ginn is my favorite football player, but he's kind of a pussy.
5. I hate Jim Tressel's low risk strategy and his offense, but I like winning.
Praise you.
Agreed on #1, see below.
Tedd Ginn! Ted Ginn! TED GINN DID EVERYTHIN!
Confessional:
On a hot August day in 1977, a friend and I squeezed between the fences and took a pee on the logo.
The Block M, of course. In front of 100,000+ empty seats.
...and I guess this is bragging, not confessing
1. Being someone who's from LA I grew up a UCLA fan and for many years thought UCLA v. USC was the best rivalry in College. I realized after my freshman year at OSU that I was wrong (at least I can say I have never, ever, rooted for USC)
2. Brent Musburger is great
3. I always thought teddy was overrated
4. I left (I believe it was the '07 [maybe '08]) Wisconsin game in the early 4th quarter. It had been the only remotely close game of the year so far. Why'd I leave? fighting with a long distance GF and I obviously couldnt hear or get much reception in the stadium. She's now an Ex, and although we won, I've never forgotten or forgiven myself.
5. I play NCAA religously and after going 10 undefeated seasons on heisman, I started using another team (ASU) to give myself a challenge
you shoulda pinched a loaf. that wouldn't have been bragging or a confession, it would have been awesome
I will add my endorsement of Brent as well. Great voice, great call of the game, gets genuinely excited about CFB. He does tend to front run a little during games but that's okay with me and "Holy Buckeye!" will live forever in my memory. Really bummed he only does the night game now since I loved watching Buckeye games with him broadcasting, "Looking live at the 'Shoe on the banks of the Olentangy"
I think the 2009 USC game was more fun to be at than the 2006 Michigan game.
When I was a in high school and Coop and the boys broke my heart with yet another loss to TTUN I briefly renounced my Buckeyes and vowed to root for Northwestern as they were in the middle of their little run of good fortune. By the time the bowls rolled around I was back to my senses and returned to my Buckeye allegiance.
My confession...
Michigan sucks.
That is all.
I was obviously being facetious but does anyone else not notice what he does or what he says? I was quite irritated hearing him talk about Alabama vs. Penn State during the Alabama spring game. While I have no love for Penn State and we all know they are likely to have less than an undefeated season, the comments about how Penn State’s schedule would slow down considerably and literally after they took their butt whooping from Bama kind of irked me a bit.
Confessions:
1. I think our offensive line this year will still not be good
2. I was at the scUM vs IU game in Bloomington in 2006 while visiting friends and missed the first half of OSU vs. NU
3. I think Chimdi Chekwa sucks (turn your damn head just once!)
4. I skipped far too many OSU basketball games last season with my student tickets
5. I read bucknuts
Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out...
lol, I'm not convinced Alabama is going to just waltz in and kick the shit out of Penn State. They have a lot of questions to answer on Defense. I'm not saying Penn State goes in and whoops them, but I think they have a chance. Anyway, Craig James is usually too busy starting shit at whatever school his son is a punk at. Could you imagine if he were Duron's father? It wouldn't be his kid's falt that he was F'ing around in school and not doing what he was supposed to be, it would be Tressle's fault. Ray Small's dad only with the voice of the most powerful sports media in America. Have fun doing thursday night Vandy Games next year Craig! lol.
+1, I agree
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't upset to see Florida Lose, I just wan't cheering for Michigan to win either.
i have only been to two games because i live in NY... 08 Penn State and 09 USC... starting to see a bad trend there and i really want to go to the scUM game this year because i feel it will send us to the NC... but if i go and we lose i will never forgive myself and never go to a game again
I think we beat Penn State in 08 if Boeckman starts from beginning to end
i believe the hail to the victors is a horrible song and just repeats itself over and over... but it still gets in my head
cried like a little girl for 07 Florida
and to top it all of... i am a HUGE Notre Dame fan... i cheer for them just as hard as i do for the Buckeyes... was born into an Irish family so didnt have a choice... when they played in the fiesta bowl i knew OSU was the better team but didnt root for either of them, just watched.
I cannot share your love of Jimmy John's due to two bad experiences at the location on Neil Ave. While more than 5 years has passed, I can't shake them.
1) I got off the bus across the street one afternoon and noticed the following: The door was propped open, a neon sign in the window that said "Free Smells", and an overwhelming stench that would rival most port-a-johns. Obviously there were "plumbing issues", but it's something I won't forget.
2) I bought a sandwich with provolone cheese one night. Before eating it, I checked it out to see if it had everything on it that I had ordered. Unfortunately, the cheese was very moldy. I do mean very, the amount was shocking. I returned the sandwich, the employee took a quick look, showed his co-worker, and they both started cracking up. I left with a new sandwich, but haven't been back since.
reading bucknuts is like reading the comments on cnn, espn, or huffington post. afterwards there is no way you can have any faith in humanity. as your spiritual adviser, i strongly recommend you avoid those types of guilty pleasures.
God damned Fratellis. Truffle Shuffle!
I confess:
1. I personally believe "Big Kat" is the greatest LB to sport the scarlet and grey.
2. I would prefer attending a night game at Camp Randell vs. The Shoe.
3. When UM plays ND I cheer for as may injuries as possiable.
4. Told my young son that Buck-I-Guy is a spy from UM and should be avoided.
5. I thought Ted Ginn and Troy Smith were over-hyped
4. I don't hate Michigan. I would have went to school there if not for the out-of-state tuition (our backyard ended at the border, literally. i was not paying an extra 18k per year bc i was on the wrong side of the line)
3. I hate the OH-IO business at random times in random places
2. I hate that campus partners tore down so much of south campus and turned it into a sterile characterless place.
1. Gordon Gee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karen Holbrooke
oh wait, that last one is not controversial. I still hate that woman for the contempt she had for the entire university community. Such a bitch.
Nice!
that bitch's signature is on my diploma. kills me.
I confess:
1. live in Texas and have been to exactly ONE game in my life because it's so far and difficult to get to Columbus. loved every minute of being there. incredible. you who go every week have no idea how flat out blessed you are.
am a Buckeye because I was born in the University hospital while dad was doing his PhD at tOSU but when he got done we moved south and have been here ever since. which leads to ...
2. I've actually thought about taking a lower paying miserable job and/or working on some un-needed degree at tOSU just so I could live in Columbus and go to games. this would be fine if I was single but would impose incredible hardship on my family, esp the kids. however, I still think about it.
3. love Brent Musburger. think he's greatness.
4. hate the BCS and miss the old days when winning your conference mattered and if you won your bowl game everybody was happy. the fixation on winning a NC is nuts. the south cheats big time - we're never going to consistently keep up with the bunch of ignorant racists and cheaters that make up the SEC.
5. I hate scUM way too much.
6. I get ridiculously down when the Bucks lose. it's just a game, I tell myself. and no Buckeye player or coach worries about me - "wow, sorry we blew it for BuckeyeMark today." um, no. but I just care too much. stupid but I cannot seem to stop.
7. Tress drives me crazy sometimes. and I don't "In Tressel we trust" near as much as I used to.
8. I valued/loved the Rose Bowl win way too much. it wasn't the NC game or anything -- but man I wanted a win. over Oregon no less - and yet I loved it.
I have yet to look at my diploma (which I earned like 4 years ago)... I have no idea whose signature is on my diploma
While we're at it...
1) I wish Laurinaitis would of had the Intensity of Malcolm Jenkins,and I feel the 07 team really lacked leadership (beisides Malcolm).
2) I went to college in central florida,(1 hr from gainesville), and was unfortunate enough to be there for the uf/lsu disasters...not a confession more of a frustration of living thru that for 2 years afterwards.
3) I feel like our offensive line will fall face forward on 3&1's in our first game,and fail to get any momentum until the 4/5th game...AGAIN
I won't air all of my dirty laundry, but I'll come close.
1. I could care less about Michigan outside of The Game. I dislike a few players here and there (Hart, Graham), but I have no daily interaction with Michigan fans, and those I know/have met have all been reasonable people.
2. I think "Regiment De Sambre et Meuse" is a far more heroic anthem than either Across the Field or the Buckeye Battle Cry, and should be our fight song (with rewritten lyrics, of course)
3. I think anyone who believes Bo and Woody "hated each others' guts" is a putz. This isn't professional wrestling.
4. Our "Superfans" - Buck-I-Guy, the dude with the stupid sombrero, the dudes with the S&G pom-pom hair, and the Legion of Laurinaitis, are all tools
5. I applied to Michigan, as well as Wisconsin and Illinois, coming out of high school. I was accepted at all three (*sips latte*), but couldn't even come close to affording tuition at any of them.
don't bother looking. that was in the no-fun-zone era that she administered. girlfiiend graduated in 2006, i took the 5 year plan(awesomeness) and graduated in 2007.
I think the extra year gets you out of that "i miss college" phase. I miss the fun, not all the other stuff, like being dirt poor and going to classes, finals, etc. she doesn't share my feelings on the issues. just a theory..
I love Tress, but Woody is still the face of Ohio State Football. He won a lot of National Championships, was a hands on coach who was trusted and loved by his players, he refused raises and gave time and money to charitable causes, he had spunk, fire and character while being a character.
An addendum re: fight songs (and this will kill me, but I can deal with it) - Michigan's fight song is the best in college football.
My confession is holding this coaching staff responsible for the problems, rather than lauding them for their successes. Ivan Maisel's recent article on demographic shift is probably more important than we thought. Teenage population decreases across the midwest have been in the 10-20% range. The shear volume of top players is simply shrinking in the region, and only rising in California and the south.
You could blame recruiting, but the average #1 reason a kid picks a school is so that mom and pop can come watch the games.
All this said, I left Ohio 5 years ago, and regret hating on it while I was there. People leaving a dying economy is why football has declined alongside it.
4) I think BigTen expansion talk is a crock of shit, and Jim Delany is a huge tool,who will smirk when nothing happens.
1) I have deep respect for the University of Michigan football program. I don't "hate" Michigan in the visceral sense of the word. I might "hate" some UM students because they put on unwarranted airs (you might be a Michigan alum if you've ever quoted the US News College rankings to your acquaintances), but the Michigan football program is an impressive entity. Michigan measures itself against Ohio State, and Ohio State measures it against Michigan. Without Michigan, Ohio State would be much less storied and tradition-laden. Now, when November comes around, I want us to beat them badly, but that doesn't mean that I don't respect their program.
2) I loved watching Michigan beat Florida in 2008 and I cheered the entire game for UM. I might have even choked up a bit when Lloyd Carr was carried off the field. He was a curmudgeon and a sometimes doucher, but God damn, he was our curmudgeonly foil.
3) Rich-rod is a skeez and deserves to get booted.
4) On the other hand, I do hate Penn State. A bunch of sniveling cry babies that over inflate their program's import.
5) I applied to Michigan's law school and wrote a pompous personal statement about how me being a Buckeye would improve their school. I got rejected, but was admitted and attended more prestigious programs. That non-refundable application fee was the best $75 I ever spent.
I don't think I've heard it in about 6 years....
that's not really a confession, we already knew that.
and I've gotta disagree with you on why kid's pick schools: it comes down to playing time and chances at the NFL for elite recruits. Kids want to play right away, and they want to leave for the NFL in 3 years in most cases.
It does seem like a distant memory, doesn't it?
+1, Chekwa sucks. Prove me wrong this year!
the only time i hear it is when i sing it, with the alternate lyrics of course.
is Chimdi your new Anderson Russel for some reason?
I have to agree on point number 4. I have respect for UM, but i just hate PSU fans. Doesn't help that they actually take this manufactured rivalry seriously, when everyone knows our real other rivalry should be with Illinois. PSU completely ruined this conference. If they dislike the current big ten so much (with their pushing so hard for expansion) why not just leave and go back to being independent, and we can go back to 10 teams, and play a round-robin schedule
I second all your confessions, except I only hate PSU during Oct. and Nov., and only hate Michigan during The Week.
I was accepted into a grad program at Michigan but they offered no funding. I went to a slightly more prestigious school that did offer me funding. If Michigan had offered funding, I'm not sure if I would have pulled the trigger, anyway.
There was an article in SI last year about a study that was done on football recruits and the schools they pick. Proximity to home was #1.
is this for recruiting for elite programs/recruits or all schools/layers?
players
I just have to say that al this out-pouring of non-hate and "almost went to" TSUN is disheartening. Even though I've been out of Columbus and Ohio for almost 4 years, that block M still makes my blood boil, say obscene things to women and generaly gets me P.O.ed.
The only thing that comes close in smugness are USC fans, the scUM of the west.
Ewww, one observation. I do believe that Hawkeye fans suffer from a "Sense of entitlement" more than any other fan base, even more than ours. Granted we have a very audacious fanbase. The Buckeyes have kind of earned their place. Iowa has done what? They won some BCS bowls but have failed to defeat the Bucks like the Bucks have failed to beat the SEC. I can't read through a blog about the Big10 anywhere without (figuratively speaking) seeing an Iowa fan jumping up and down, waving their hands, yelling "Look at me!! What about Iowa!!" They are a good team but talk about fans who thinks their team deserves more than what they are getting?? Iowa fans take the cake.
No one is disputing that he has a great job, but c'mon when he first got the job he was at least not affraid to talk about Ohio State. Now he's bought into ESPN's product they are trying to sell. Bash the Big 10 because they started their own network and praise the SEC that ESPN basically purchased lol. It's not rocket science. Kirk can make money w/out Game Day. But Game day is not as good without Kirk. He can say what he wants on there. SEC fans still won't respect him because of where he went to school.
The reason is that they both suck.
+100
1. In 1999, another writer at 11W (he can admit if he wants too) and I started drinking Guinness around noon for the UCLA night game, for some reason we thought it might be a good idea to increase our buzz with some prescribed pain killers around 3pm. We slept through the second half and missed the only good performance from that dude who wore #8 and played QB for us. Luckily we were watching it on TV, so no security needed, just some thick skin from the bombs our buddies gave us after we woke up.
2. I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.
#4 made me laugh out loud.
When I read number 2, I was about to start going off, but you made up for it with 4.
are #1 and #2 related?
I am still crying about that Disaster in the Desert.... DAMN YOU, IN-AND-OUT BURGER!!!
WOW you took this one serious!
Haha I love it.
No, #2 is just a shout out to Digital Underground.
I learned my lesson, haven't missed a game since.
ew... Burger King Bathrooms are nasty. Arby's Bathrooms are much nicer for that.
Southbay, I never want Michigan to win. I'm so tired of hearing about how clean their football team has been, their athletic department had one of the dirtiest basketball programs in the history of college athletics and all we get to hear is how they never had any infractions in football. I say it's just that they never got caught. I won't get physical about Michigan or anything stupid like that. But I will never root for them to win. I love seeing them suck, and hope they do for a few more years.
I'll admit right now, I don't like that Woody Hayes is the Icon of Ohio State football. I hope Tressel wins another title or 2 and can become that guy going forward. I wasn't alive when Hayes was coaching but I think the times he came unhinged and did stupid things cast a dark cloud over the program. That sort of stuff hurts your national image much more than a few losses in big games. You will never see Tressel do something tarnish the integrity of himself of the university.
I also think the O-Line will play pretty good this year.
Oh yeah, I also think it's awesome to see this many replies without a troll inspiring it!
1) I buy into the penn state rivalry to fill in until michigan gets it together (but i do live in PA)
2) I always kinda liked pete carrel...
1. I have never been to a game...couldn't afford it growing up, and during my freshman year I figured i'd be around for a few more, so I didn't need them (next season I was living in barracks in San Diego).
2. I never watch the script Ohio...after the LSU game, I deemed it bad luck.
3. I actually kind of like Wisconsin and Minnesota.
4. I thought about taking out a second mortgage to go to the "Disaster in the Desert"...glad I had to go out to sea the next day and couldn't make the game.
5. I skipped out of one of my kid's birthday parties to watch the 06 game.
6. I hate Robert Smith, and think Terry Glenn and Chris Carter are idiots. Carter based on heresay, Glenn cause I knew him.
7. If not for scUM, Cooper would have been considered one of our greatest coaches ever.
[Len Bias joke]
2,4,5 - Right on!
Everyone who played for Woody thinks the guy is God. You will never here an ex-player say anything bad about him. I think the media made his image worse...he was all about equal rights, and even went so far as to quell protests on campus during Vietnam.
That being said, I love Tressel and he is the greatest coach we have had during my lifetime, and I would love to see him win 2 - 3 more titles. Dude is an awesome coach, and even better human being. Took time out of his busy day to talk to me, who is basically a nobody, and even gave one of my kids a blanket because I gave him a ship's ballcap.
I went to high school outside of Ann Arbor, 4 of us hopped the fences, and I have a picture on my desk to this day, two of us in OSU shirts and two in MSU shirts, mooning the stadium.
- I don't think that Tress is a great X's and O's coach at all. I think he's benefitted from a weak Big Ten while having a disproportionate amount of talent. I love the guy and I'm glad he actually cares about improving the lives of everyone he's involved with, but the offense should be out of his hands.
- I hate Florida (or if you root for conferences, the SEC) more than Michigan at this point. When Michigan starts winning again I'll get back to hating them with the intensity of a thousand suns. I still want to ruin at least one great season for them like they did to us in the '90s.
- I don't really respect Herby. People have mentioned objectivity, which is required for an analyst, as the reason he doesn't always present OSU in a positive light. I agree for the most part but I still feel like he goes the extra mile to devalue OSU or the Big Ten around his SEC/ESPN buddies. Chris Spielman does it right - he can recognize the weaknesses/strengths of the team and talk about them without sounding like a raging homer/hater.
I think Herbie really went South after the LSU game... He was defeated going in, and hasn't got his mojo back.
Time for confessions!
1) I once told a girl(who went to scUM) that I was a Wolverine fan so she would have sex with me! When I "finished" said, "Go Bucks." She was so pissed!
2) I cheer for Michigan occasionally because they are so close to Toledo.
3) I had tickets to the Toledo Vs. Michigan game and I gave them away because I wanted to watch the Buckeye game instead.
4) I had a serious man crush on Jake Long.
5) I married a Michigan fan! She says she is impartial but it still hurts.
6) I think Beanie was faking it and I thought he showed piss poor leadership.
7) I think Big Kat was 10x better than Hawk
8) John Cooper was an amazing recruiter!
9) If it wasn't for football, I would rather live in Ann Arbor than Columbus.
1. I only truly love three teams: OSU football, OSU basketball and the Yankees.
2. At this point, I hate the Red Sox way more than Michigan. That disturbs me a bit because I hated Michigan the first 31 years of my life way more than I hated Boston but since 2004, things changed.
3. I think Red Sox / Yankees is the best rivalry in sports though OSU/Mich is just a #unt hair behind.
4. I struggle to watch Big Ten games not featuring Ohio State because I generally think our conference plays boring football.
5. I don't want the conference to ever expand but not solely because OSU/Mich wouldn't be our last game of the year. It's more about the fact I'd rather take the safe (or wuss) approach and play as few games as possible because one loss that late in the season costs you any shot at the BCS title game.
6. I still loathe that we wore throwback uniforms last year.
7. I will go to my grave loving Clarrett because without him we don't win the title. I could care less about how the national fans/media perceive us, I just want wins. I don't want to me like the 'Canes from back in the day, but a little off field shenanigans don't bother me if we're winning. I think a lot of this has to do with being a yankee fan. You get used to people hating on your team so much that you actually prefer it - that way everyone at least has an opinion of "your" team.
8. I think Krenzel mostly sucked but Tressel was at his best governing what we did with Krenzel under center so we got away with it.
I hear you. I was never a huge Beanie fan and I took my fair share of heat around here for saying it.
Dude, I think you are really a Michigan fan. There it is. Someone had to tell you.
I think Krenzel faked it and asked out of games when he was "concussed" or "banged up" but could've gone back in. And I think Tress let him because he knew that McMullen had a higher ceiling as a passer.
6 - Sort of agree. I think we won a lot of games because of him too. The offense would have been unwatchable without him. (See USC 2008)
7 - I agree so much. I love Big Kat, he was our last true head hunter. Hawk was great in his own way but he never really intimidated anyone. Laurinaitis was quietly efficient, totally reliable and especially unimpressive - truly the Honda Accord of football players.
8 - Agree but he just couldn't beat Michigan. He will never be able to escape that fact. He should have pulled in a few NCs with the talent he pulled in.
9 - Hell no. Just....no.
I take it she is not the same girl as #1?
1) Since Jan 2007, I refuse to drink Gatorade. Enough said.
2) I've been in 2 weddings which occurred during OSU football games (this was before you could get updates on your phone). So I had friends who were not attending the wedding update me via text every 10 minutes. (OSU won both games :))
3) In my 15 or so trips to Michigan I have deliberately driven out of the way to miss Ann Arbor.
4) of said trips I only purchased gas once- I just couldn't find myself to push my car from the UP back to Ohio. . . sorry guys
5) despite our loss to Penn St. in 2008 I really like ESPN's montage on Paterno.
1. I tried, but they don't sell powdered Powerade. I have vowed never to spend another dime in Florida, after the bball loss. Enough is enough.
Completely agree ont the Dr. Robert Smith point....
Please don't say the 'C' word any more - I'm on my 3rd hefeweisen - I'll become an angry drunk...Why punt to Woodson...?
confessions from a current student:
1) the OH- -IO chant is cool like twice, after the 6th freaking time, everyone needs to shut the hell up. stadium OHIO is still awesome however.
2) i missed 3 Sunday noon basketball games that i had tickets to to watch the Penguins on NBC. sorry.
3)i hate the idiots that chant "SEC" after a win by a conference member. because of these morons i now have to cheer for Penn State or Illinois because of made up things like "media/fan conference perception" and "regional allegiance". I'm an OHIO STATE FAN not a BIG TEN CONFERENCE FAN, this needs to stop, like yesterday.
4) Block O is terrible, the seats are awful, we have no view of the video board, most people i sat next to were morons who acted like it was a social event and not a football game, they were more concerned with catching a friggin' tshirt than watching the crucial 3rd down play. i road tripped to state college for the PSU game this year, and i hate to say it but, gulp, i envy their student section, ours is a joke compared to theirs.
YANKS! I'm going to the best baseball stadium in the world on saturday
I hate the ***holes who invite 5-6 friends to crowd into your row so they can drink and be ***holes together. Be loud, be proud, but don't be a douche bag and expect everyone to be cool with it. Watch the game outside or at home.
I hate Michigan, the athletic program. Seriously hate them. The uniforms make me angry. I like watching the torture that is Rich Rod.
I'd go there for my Masters of Engineering or Business.
Bet you wish it was the 2001 game with Belli-sorry.
@ 6
2004ish even
Agreed. He may need to come out of the closet.
A Russ was frustrating, Chimdi Chekwa doesn't suck, but he doesn't deserve the "of course he's the #1 corner" position he has.
Neither of these guys hold a candle to Dustin Fox. Dustin Fox was ass. I felt like I was in the twilight zone every time someone on TV complimented his game in any way. Just thinking about him gives me the same feeling I get when I think about the 1998 MSU game or Tim Biakabutuka, *Shudder*.
I don't remember...look it up.
The only confession I have is...
I want Tressel to adopt most of Urban Meyer's philosophy of offense.
5. I really believe that I am not a fair weather OSU football fan, but the fact that I finally stopped caring about the Cincinnati Bengals and the NFL after 12 years (1994-2006) makes me wonder if I really would have the fortitude to keep cheering my heart out if OSU were ever to go through a decade long bowl-less streak.
4. I also like Brent Musburger. In fact he is my favorite sports commentator.
3. I also love Lou Holtz as a studio guy for ESPN. I just find him all-around likable. He seems like a great guy and has good wit. I also like that he owns his homerism and doesn't take himself too seriously.
2. I hate using admissions standards and the like as an excuse for struggling against certain competition. Yes, tougher standards do put you at a disadvantage, but I am in favor of doing whatever it takes, within the rules that apply to everyone, to win. Using those excuses is just a coping mechanism for people like current Michigan fans when they can't feel good about their football team's performance.
1. I love John Cooper and was against his firing. I think it is because I did not become a OSU football fan till 1994, when I was in third grade. So I did not see him as an outsider, and his teams for the first five years of my fandom were amazingly talented and dominant. I loved that he would blow out the inferior competition. I was glad that, except probably 1997, his teams during that period were at least clearly better than UM even though they usually did not prove it on the field. I loved that he continued voting OSU #1 after losing to MSU in 98 even though I disagreed with it. I miss getting to see so many star quality NFL Buckeyes on Sundays. The only thing that bugged me about him, besides the UM losses, was the RichRod-esque press conference after the MSU loss. That said, it took Tressel only 1 season to make me see the light.
You two must be a barrel full of monkeys at games.
couple more
1. The BCS is my favorite postseason setup for any sport. It's nice to imagine what might have been if there had been an expanded playoff setup in 2005, 2003, 1998, etc. But I like the early season to mean as much, or close to as much, as the end of the season. The only thing I might like more would be to get rid of the regular season and turn it into an all inclusive playoff with seeding based on the previous season's final standings. The losers would countinue playing each other to determine final placings. But that's probably impossible.
2. I like preseason rankings. They're something to talk about, and the idea that they skew the final rankings is a myth.
i didn't know the yanks were playing at dodger stadium this weekend.
Nope, no way.
just f5'd in my own mouth
dodger stadium is nice.... minus the bangers.
How can you not dislike Desmond Howard?
getting trashed at a football game is completely stupid. you can literally be drunk at any point in the day, whenever you want. why would you get tanked for an OSU game so you are completely out of it the entire time? have a beer before, but lets not have 6. if you need alcohol to have fun at an Ohio State football game, well then get your head examined.
seriously.... hate desmond. 1. he's a traitor to the state of ohio and 2. well, you know.
what will 6 do?
1. Ohio Stadium just isn't the same since the renovation.
2.I would love to see the uniforms from the Michigan game last year be worn more than once a year. I get the tradition thing, but we wore many different uniforms before the '68 season.
3. I made a bunch of money betting against the Bucks vs USC in '08
4. I've always loved Brent Musberger
5. I was seated with Buckeyeman at dinner on the first night of the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer this year, and I didn't punch him in the face.
I regret #5 the most.
1. I currently am an undergrad at a university much closer to State College although I call the 614 my current home.
2. That being said, somehow all my friends from school think I will automatically become a sixer fan due to The Villain. Actually, The Villain may be the greatest nickname ever (he seems like the nicest guy)
3. The last game I did not pay whole hearted attention to was January 2006. Never again.
4. I've had the privilege of attending many great Buckeye games including the '02 Fiesta, '07 away Penn State game, and this past Rose Bowl. And this seems like blasphemy but the greatest "atmosphere" for a game I've experienced for me may have been the '05 Texas game.
5. Oh and I could really care less about the NFL. College Football as a whole is so much better
1. I did not think we were gonna win a National title last year. I rooted for Bama all the way.
2. I honestly thought we were gonna run the I-Formation more last year. Guess I was wrong.
3. Rooted for Michigan against Charlie Cheeseburger.
4. I could believe that we lost to Purdue
5. I didn't go to the Iowa game, and I had the chance to...
I regret 5 a lot, but not as much as 4...
I think we can all forgive that, given how things turned out. I'll take this past decade over two wins any day of the week.
No matter what they say, I think #1 is bragging more than a confession. Take that, Michigan, and I congratulate you, sir!
@Sam - Yea, assigned seating is lame. Why don't I just squeeze in beside you and bring 6 of my friends. Let's see how everyone around you likes it.
southbay pointed out that my original post was not a confession...so i'll do better...
1) I applied to Michigan for graduate school.
2) I hate the current Ohio State jersey stripes, and they look terrible on fan replicas. In the past I defended the change, but in reality, I think it looks stupid. The fact that 2006 was the first year does not help one bit.
3) I hate the SEC more than Michigan - and because of their intolerable conference pride, I hate all 12 of them equally. Where I'd probably refrain from smack talk with a Michigan fan these days, I would certainly cuss out a Vanderbilt fan while sober in church if they brought up 0-9 (and I'm not making it up, they f'ing do that).
4) I promised my wife that I wouldn't trash talk Oregon fans at the Rose Bowl, partly because it has gotten me in trouble in the past, but mostly because I wanted to be a good representative since our fans get a bad rap. However, there was a kid wearing a UCLA zip-up with aviator shades bitching about how slow the line was moving down the steps during halftime. I said to him, "Not used to this kind of crowd here, are ya?" He flicked me off, and I laughed. Just couldn't resist that one.
5) I think Maurice Clarett was stupid. But I also think our program is just as dirty as any other when it comes to player benefits.
Thanks 11w, I think we all had a little something to get off of our chests, judging by the huge number of comments
It's a football game. If you absolutely need to be sober to enjoy Ohio State sodomizing Miami University, that's your problem.
I personally haven't had this happen, but I've seen it happen to others. It's a nuisance, but those people are usually gone by the third quarter if the game isn't close (these are also the first people who will stop being "lifelong-Buckeye fans" the moment the team goes 6-6)
GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
They still don't have the right to do it, I don't care when they leave. No one is entitled to sit where they want and annoy people who probably paid a lot of money for tickets. If we weren't already crammed in like sardines it wouldn't be a big a deal.
Nice! I'm going July 16th vs. the Rays. I ran into some free, primo seats about 20 rows behind the yankee dugout thanks to my sis-n-law. It'll be my first trip to the new place. Hit the old one for about a dozen games over the last 5 years or so. Enjoy. You'll get to see CC pitch, I think. Vazquez sucked tonight. Even the outs were loud.
Nope, No need to come out of the closet. I live in Toledo and have to deal with my fair share of Wolverine fans. I will always bleed Scarlett & Grey.
Haha...No, I should have clarified that!
Trust me.....with the body she had I would have said my name was Tim Tebow!
I think that creepy guy with the "Big Nut" Jersey on is really a child molester!
Chief, I should confess that I gundecked the entire Load Center Rover watch on the USS George Washington in Norfolk, Virginia in 2002 so that I wouldn't miss the national championship game against Miami!
When we won the Championship, I jumped and down so hard I pee'd my pants. Not a little tee-tee or tinkle mind you, but full on bladder burst.
Oh, and I actually cant watch the games in real time--I throw up from the anxiety--I have to DVR them, fast forward til I know what happens, and then pretend to watch them for the first time with my boyfriend later that night....
...unless we lose, then I say I 'accidentally' saw the score so there is no reason to watch.
Good thing he's not a rocket scientist, 'cause he might just find the coorelation between the loss and the 'accident.'
Holy s#it!
(can't say I blame you. Good thing nothing happened!)
Sometimes I wear ladies underwear.
Oh, you meant sports confessions.
1) I'm actually kinda glad we lost to Purdue this year. I really enjoyed just going to the rose bowl and winning as opposed to all the BCS drama.
2) I think Missouri got robbed in 07, and we had no business being in that game to begin with.
3) I went through a phase of teenage rebellion against all things OSU athletics which unfortunately spanned from about 99 to 06. I still watched some things casually then, but I was not paying nearly as much attention as I should have been.
4) I like Texas quite a bit (the team, not the state). As a corollary, I think that bowl game was a much of a turning point as the oregon one in terms of getting our post-season mojo back. Yeah, we lost, but it actually looked like we showed up and played for the first time in years.
5) I always liked Gonzales better than Ginn - Ginn's hands were just never all that impressive.
6) I occasionally read mgoblog - sometimes even for reasons other than schadenfreude.
That said, all this love for the michigan fight song is making me a little sick. I attended an away game there during the Cooper years and sat directly across from their band as they played it eleventygabillion times. That song is now burned into my head like some sort of satanic macarena. It brings me physical pain. Just because something is catchy doesn't mean it's good. Ebola is catchy too.
Very nice use of "satanic macarena"!
Perhaps my biggest confession of all is, losses don't ruin my day. Sure I get pissed but about 20 minutes after the game, I've over it. Also, while I love the team and certainly DVR/record games I may not be able to watch, I never skip work, weddings, birthdays, life events for games. I love the team dearly, but I guess I'm not as a big a fan as others. I'm not knocking those who do, I just can't do it myself.
My Confessions:
1.) I've been to Michigan once in my life and only for two nights to Soaring Eagle Casino (where I met up and banged a chick 6 ways from Sunday that I had only met on a message board). I didn't buy gas though, left dehydrated and I've never felt clean since!
2.) When I was a child I was a fan of the Gators because I liked their colors. I've tried to burn the pictures, but some do still exist.
3.) I applied to Notre Dame for college. If they had offered scholarships I probably would have gone too.
4.) I never purchased season tickets while I was a student. I was definitely more interested in getting laid by lots of drunk easy chicks, plus Bellisorry was the QB at the time.
5.) My wife prays for Buckeye victories because she knows I'll be in a bad mood the rest of the day/weekend if we don't win.
6.) I blame my sister for our loss to Purdue last season. The same couple who scheduled their wedding so that it was on a bye week decided to have a hay ride birthday party at a farm in the middle of no where with absolutely crappy radio reception.
7.) I believe that one changed call different in 2002, and we'd already have a new flashy football coach by now to keep up with the Jones.
8.) I don't think that OSU will ever get a flashy football coach after seeing what RR has done to Michigan's once storied program.
9.) After the two MCN debacles, I never wear my jersey on game day anymore. For a while I repped on Fridays, but the douchebags at work mandated that "casual" Friday still required a collared shirt.
10.) I always root for the Hoosier football program for no other reason that I feel sorry for them, much like I would a special needs child.
There...I feel better....except I will always feel dirty about banging the Michigan chick.
I tolerate Lou Holtz only because he pisses off Mark May so much.
tOSU fans RESPECT lloyd carr. he was a stand-up guy with a tremendous amount of respect for tradition. don't get me wrong, i hate his guts, but i RESPECT the man. he coached the right way. however, none of that can be said about the current sleazeball POS currently coaching scUm now.
Ohio is no place for flaming liberals nor those who own a Michigan shirt. Take your sh*t elsewhere, traitor.
What an embarrassing thing to say. Your white trash girlfriend will end up dumping you for your dickheadedness,
pretty clear you never had the stones to bang a Michigan chick
Some things are just too embarrassing, "slippy," and better left unsaid. Even in the confessional.
I have to confess that I miss Keith Jackson and his "Whoaaaaaaaaa Nellie!", folksy comments during the games, even though he is a big time Buckeye hater.
I also confess I like Bob Griese and think he is a class act, "taco" comment, notwithstanding.
Funny shit right there JBuckeye, I don't care who you are.
Freakin' hilarious!
They must be playing the Toledo Mud Hens...5/3 Field was voted the best(minor league) stadium in country.
(had to plug my hometown team, you understand)
Well, I'm from Toledo, and I hate the fact there are so many damn Wolverine fans here(although a lot less lately, it seems. Go figure).
Here's my confession: ever since I was a little kid, I thought USC had the hottest cheerleaders in the country. And I still feel that way.
As for your #9: Ann Arbor sucks, and the people drive like crap there.
I agree with your point 100% Brian. I hope Michigan sucks long enough so some team, hopefully Ohio State, currently #5(I believe, don't quote me), overtakes them on the "all-time most wins" statistic. Then I won't have to listen to my fellow Michigan fan co-workers repeat it because they lost the only positive thing left for a Michigan fan to brag about. I enjoy seeing Michigan and Rich Rod suck.
Common man! PSU has been a great addition! Think of all the great games Ohio State and Michigan both have had against them.
And now, we may get Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, or possibly all three! I would love it! To hell with ND.
Dude! I just have to give you a fist bump for #5! That is incredibly poignant and hilarious!
#2. You obviously have not had the "pleasure" of getting food thrown at you because you are a fan of the visiting team at Camp Randell. I believe the UM fans learned this on a visit there once.
#4. Damn. How's this for a confessional: I have a picture postcard, FRAMED and autgraphed by "The Buck-I-Guy."
1. I fell asleep watching the OT of OSU Northwestern in 2004. I had been up all night the night before, but still, I missed the score that ended the game and woke up disoriented to find OSU lost.
2. I do root for Michigan until we play them, based on all of the time in the '80s and early '90's where we inevitibly had early losses and needed all the help we could get to get back in the MNC hunt.
3. I think Neutron Man was kind of a douche.
1) Had an all-expense paid trip to the 2001 UCLA game that I bypassed for the wedding of my (then) girlfriend's co-worker. Even worse, a year later the couple had divorced and the girl and I were no more. I finally got my trip to the Rose Bowl in January under much better circumstances.
2) Went through a phase in middle school where I rooted for Notre Dame
3) I am single-handedly responsible for our 2000 loss to Minnesota for a multitude of reasons
4) I feel that we have the least attractive campus in the Big Ten
5) I am one of those who roots for Michigan to win their non-OSU games, especially against USC or the SEC
6) I would tailgate in a tie & khakis (SEC style) long before I do it in a jersey of someone 10 years younger than me.
7) I would tailgate with Natty Light if my wife & friends wouldn't disown me.
8) I was in school for the Steve Bellisari years. That's not a confession; I just wanted to provide some perspective.
9) I love JT but I thought that Glen Mason was a better hire at the time.
10) I F5'ed with the aforementioned lady in 1) at the 50-yard line of the indoor pratice field.
Amen Charlie! Ohio is a midwestern, very conservative state. There are pockets of "east coast type" liberalism in Cleveland, Toledo, and Columbus. I voted for Ken Blackwell, not the knucklehead Strickland, and that is a confession I am comfortable with.
Why would a Buckeye fan even possess a "Misheegoon" t-shirt? I'd rather wipe my buttocks with it than wear it to bed. I'd feel dirty.
On #2: I agree wholeheartedly! The Big Ten should expand WEST not east! Rumor is that Nebraska is interested, along with Missouri, in joining the Big Ten. If the Big Ten lands Nebraska, which would be a coup, Missouri and Kansas and possibly Iowas State could follow. Nebraska has the football tradition that PSU had before joining.
Pitt, UConn, Rutgers don't have the tradition and add zilch to the excitement of the Big Ten. Syracuse has tradition, and wouldn't be so bad off an addition, but would take more of PSU's recruits and make them unable to compete with OSU.
I've accepted Boren and believe he made a youthful mistake. I think he possibly just thought the Crapperines helmets were kewl or something.
Actually I've got pictures to prove it, not that you or anyone else will ever see them. Just for my own personal collection.