Here is something that has always bugged me and I've always wondered about it. I noticed it years ago and noticed it again when my wife and I went to a game. I've never heard anyone talk about it:
Has anyone noticed, that in the original horseshoe, in the arch that leads to the opening of the actual stadium (in the closed end), there are concrete decorations in the form of flowers located along the top of the arch. Although faded, the flowers are YELLOW and the background behind them look BLUE....I'm wondering if this is still the case? Has there ever been a thought to changing these colors, painting over them or, god forbid, restoring them to their original state of blue and yellow? Has anyone ever noticed this? And yes, I hate TSUN enough to NEVER wear that color combo, or allow it anywhere near my house, car or business. So, maybe I'm a bit OCD about this but I'm curious if anyone has noticed it and if so, does it bug you? I mean, we have THOSE colors in the House Of The Buckeyes?
P.S.
And yes, I'm paranoid about posting a forum that may not be up to W11 standards. With all the talk about limiting forums, stupid forums, repeat forums, etc- I'm just glad there is a place we can agree to disagree and have some fun, learn something new perhaps, and chill out to excellent Buckeye info.
They're m*chigan's colors because m*chigan won the stadium dedication game
Seriously? Really? Damn....Well- some traditions may die hard but THAT? Time for a makeover!
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
I also meant to thank you for the 411!
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
I believe the story behind the colors are before they were finished, it was agreed that the colors would be those of the winner of the game that year. scUM won, so they are blue & gold.
I'm sure there is somewhere online where you can get more information.
WIBUCKEYE
Thanks WIBUCKEYE- learn something new everyday! Just another reason to hate TSUN.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
hehemmmm... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/11/16351/a-home-at-the-end-of-the-world
even scUM needs a little love every now and then, Jarrett
theDuke
You're a big softy THEDUKE. I think those colors make The Shoe look fat...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
haha... yeah. you're right! agree 100%. fat AND ugly. lol
theDuke
I get more annoyed at Ohio State students I see every year randomly wearing M*ch*gan gear walking to and from class...we get it, you're a rebel...
"I'm up there with Chris and Dave Pass, getting ready to broadcast that game, and that band came out of that tunnel, I was wiping tears out of my eyes and all the memories came back." ~Urban Meyer
Here, here! Glad to see this. I remember being 6 and I was wearing a new "East Main Street Elementary School" sweatshirt. It was blue with that damn yellow and there was a tiger on it. I was so happy to be wearing it- pretty proud of it. I showed my big brother (15 yrs old) like "see what I GOT?!"
He just looked at me and said "you know those are ichigan colors...." I never wore it again...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
In my time at OSU I've only seen 1 person wear Michigan gear across campus. I also knew one TA who went to Michigan but wasn't a douche. I'm surprise you've seen so many.
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
I'm hoping it's just because I'm in the right place (Columbus, of course) at the wrong time. Saw three people on campus in TTUN gear in the span of about a month...Doesn't seem like a ton, I know, but let's just hope they aren't multiplying. 26-21 should've helped that.
"I'm up there with Chris and Dave Pass, getting ready to broadcast that game, and that band came out of that tunnel, I was wiping tears out of my eyes and all the memories came back." ~Urban Meyer
....I'm so tempted to give myself a helmet sticker right now....must...not...try....but...I'm so....close...to....200....
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
you had that comin'. You know that, right? hahaa
theDuke
that is just bad luck right there...
Shameless plugs for helmet stickers will almost always be down-voted. Its like flirting with girls at Hooters, you think you're getting somewhere, until the next table shows up.
Nothing like dancing on the field in 02...
At least those colors are easy to miss. If I were the caretakers of Ohio Stadium I'd let that area get as dirty and obstructed as possible LOL
"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever
JARRET...If your next comment can manage to use Bielema, maracas, Hoke and Twinkies I will helmet sticker ya up...
100% of unprayed prayers go unanswered
B1G 10 BUCKEYE
Soooo, word on the street is that Bielema and Hoke were in the same town trying to get a blue chip recruit when they happened to meet at the same 7/11...there was one twinkie left and Bielema shoved Hoke out of the way to grab it...but just as he held his hands in the air, jumping up and down in joyous victory, Hoke kicked him right-square in his maracas! Boom, Bielema fell down like the sack of potatoes he is and Hoke walked away with the twinkie AND sweet victory.
That's all I got for today...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
There was an article on here that mentions this history. I think Ramzy talked about it in one of his pieces this season.
"I'll fire when I'm god damn good and ready! You got that?" - Pete "Maverick" Mitchel
Michigan Stadium should have to get a Scarlet and Gray tramp stamp as we own that ass.
D. Anthony
Funny, I snaped this at The Game last weekend....
Are you sirius? Glad things didn't turn harry there...
Good shot, thanks for posting. It will probably never change- but if we would have WON that dedication game, those would be scarlet and gray. So, I wouldn't be too upset if, one day, we painted it the "right colors." It hits a wrong chord with me, even though the reason it's there is cool. It just looks so wrong...and I'm sure it gives the fans of TTUN great satisfaction every time they venture to OUR field...argh. And what Buckeye wants to allow any ichigan fan satisfaction?!
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
The one cool thing about the blue and yellow being there, after all these years is that is represents the Meeeeeshigan Yin to the Ohio State Yang, in phyisical form. It was painted at the start of the rivalry - at least the start in the 'shoe, and is still there. We are two programs, locked inextricably together, in perpetual battle. Without them, we are lesser, and visa versa. Think of it this way - it helps keep the hate alive......
Would be cool if they could put something like LED lights there instead of paint and change the colors based on who wins The Game every year. Of course with Meyer as our coach the colors wouyld be scarlet and grey for quite some time.......
KU-KUH...KU-KUH...KU-KUHHH, LUKE, GIVE INTO THE HATE...KU-KUH...KU-KUH...KU-KUHHHH
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
actually no, the way the bet was worded, had we won, there would be scarlet and grey, somewhere, permantly a part of Michigan's stadium.
It's sun and blue, nike owns the copyright maize
Someone could always "accidently vandalize" it by painting them scarlet and grey.
BTW, I'm just kidding...
sort of.
P.S. I can't find the OSU bowl ban comeback thread. :( I need it to use against a "friend".
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. - Woody Hayes
With all the down votes on this forum, I'm wishing the "need a sense of humor" button or the "you don't get it" button was a reality. You got one up vote from me cuz I don't know why anyone would down vote you for your comment- jesus.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
Jesus up votes and down votes?? I NEED TO START TAKING THIS MORE SERIOUSLY
TOMMY, me thinks it's more serious to some than others! Much more serious.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
Turns water to wine and whine to sticker-free helmets...
Thanks for the ups. I'm not sure where all the hostility comes from. I put that I was kidding but even that wasn't enough.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. - Woody Hayes
In a sense, I kind of like it. In an age of crumbling traditions and shuffling of conference members, its a beacon which always keeps it present in our minds who our enemy is.
"Because the rules won't let you go for three." - Woody Hayes
THE Ohio State University
The "House that Harley Built"
http://www.offtackleempire.com/2010/8/4/1604147/tres-big-ten-stadiums-oh...
I see a lot of articles referring to rumors or implying color choice, but no "concrete" fact that states the colors chosen are to honor the winner of the dedication game.
What colors would logically be chosen for contrasting flowers and the sky other than the current ones?
It's a good story though, fitting for the Roman gods and the Pantheon, which the Rotunda was modeled.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
12-0
26-21
I'm a friend of thunder is it any wonder lightning strikes me
If you ware blue jeans you are not a real Buckeye.That is the cold hard truth.Live it or we the real Buckeyes will know when we run into you.You are a fan of one of the surrounding states.As the insane followers of TSUN are fond of saying "If you ain't a fan of TSUN, then you ain't _____".Well that there says if you can understand plain Iglish,if you are a fan of said blues, then you are indeed ____.LOOSE THE BLUE. Get it out of your life and never let back,it wouldn't have been there in the first place if you were a Buckeye. GO BUCKS!
I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
I would finish reading this comment, but I'm wearing these jeans.
Taquitos.
If you are somebody's grandpa, I am jealous of them.
Bofuquel you are hands down one of the best commenters on here.
I wear Jeans....I just don't call them "Blue" jeans....
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
Exactly - think "indigo"
I dont know if this is what you meant by this but your comment made me realize that we are bordered by states with blue teams.
michigan, penn state, wvu, kentucky, notre dame.
I never realize that either- interesting. I have a little ditty I like to share when talking football;
"All evil teams wear blue: ichigan, notre lame and florida." I throw in byu to my Utah (Red) friends.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
Hey, if it wasn't for Michigan we wouldn't have "Carmen Ohio" (composed on the train ride home after an 86-0 loss in Ann Arbor), "Script Ohio" (first performed--but not spelling itself out, as our famous rendition does--in 1932 by the University of Michigan Marching Band; it inspired Eugene Weigel to create the famous "script" version in 1936), and the Gold Pants.
Great stuff again Hodge and very true on all accounts. However...it still isn't enough for me to respect them up north. I'd say for me, personally, it was 2-10-1 in the late 80's to 90's. That may have done it...plus two Heisman's that were born and raised in Ohio. So I'd like to add this from Cris Carter and Chris Spielman...because if it weren't for Ohio...tTUN would have no talent...yes I said it!
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
You know what's funny, though? Spiels wanted to go to Michigan--he said that in the HBO special--his dad called him a traitor and basically forced him to go to Ohio State.
It cracks me up that we worship the guy as the ultimate Buckeye, yet he's a guy who--by all accounts--was really digging on Schembechler's vibe in Ann Arbor.
Not to say that he's not worthy of his illustrious praise--he's one of my favorite Buckeyes--I just think it's funny how much we could be hating the man, had his father not pushed him to Columbus.
That's called good parenting. You need to show your children the error in their ways. My oldest absolutely loves it when I do that for him.
Spielman, as a recruit, went so far as to show up in Bo's office for an interview. It didn't go well.
Wow, didn't know that. Wonder both parties are exaggerating a little, as their tales seem to be slightly conflicting.
I like that little exerpt. I don't doubt for a minute the validity of Spiels rolling in with torn jeans and dip in his lip.
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Hodge, that is a good list of Michigan donations to Ohio State traditions that you have come up with, but I would like to add another one. This one isn't as great as the three you mention, but it is a recent addition to the list, and thanks to Jim Tressel's love of them, one can't not think of tOSU when seeing one. Yes, I am talking about the sweater vest, first originated by the 1907 Michigan football team.
I actually first learned about this connection from the article linked below. The irony wasn't lost on me, and I'm curious if any others knew about this before then.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/fashion/2012/02/santorum_s_sweater_ve...