Eleven Warriors

As a Browns fan losing is what is expected so no punch in the gut feeling for me.  However this weeks loss to the Colts pissed me off because the Browns were the better team.  When tOSU loses it stings pretty bad and basically ruins my weekend so there is definitely a difference to me.  I am a huge Cleveland fan but much more dedicated to the Buckeyes!

I was just talking about this yesterday with a buddy of mine.  I'm a Bengals fan, and I've finally realized not to expect anything out of them.  So, when they lose, I'm still able to go about my day like a normal human being.

Not even close to the same with the Bucks.  No matter the kind of year, I fully expect to be celebrating a win after each game, and when they lose it completely takes it out of me.  During the 05-06 season, I remember when we lost at happy valley and ruined any hopes of a NC appearance.  My roomates and I had plans to go to several parties to celebrate that night, but after the loss, all we could do was sit on the deck, fighting back tears, and drowning our sorrows. 

I'm a DIEHARD Ohio State fan and I truly feel those wins and losses. I enjoy the NFL and do have favorite teams (Jets and Titans) but I guess since I didn't "grow up" with an NFL team, their losses don't really affect me much.

It is always worse when the bucks lose because the browns lose every weekend almost. I root for them to win and hope but never really expect it like I do with tOSU. I get so mad after the buckeyes lose that sometimes I wont watch any sports TV or go on any sports websites till they win again.

When it comes to football, I am 98% Buckeye, 2% Steeler. I seriously get more upset if the players on my fantasy football team underperform than if the Steelers lose. 

I never really followed sports till my senior year of High School. I was debating on what college I wanted to go to and decided on Ohio State. This was my 02/03 year of High School by the way. I decided to start following the buckeyes since I knew OSU was a big football school. That was obviously the year we won the National Championship and it was a great ride. I eventually graduated in March of 2011 (took a 3 year vacation) and have never missed watching a buckeye game during all that time. I truly feel like Ohio State is a part of me.

Now I am originally from the Dayton area. My Dad is a browns fan so I grew up watching them but was never into them. I always like the Bengals more because they were only an hour drive away. I consider myself a Bengals man footballwise, however there is no competition between them and the buckeyes! Buckeye for life!

If the Buckeyes lose I am distraught and life as usual ceases to exist for a certain amount of time.

If the Browns lose, it's called Sunday. 

I think we get worked up over Buckeyes losses because every game counts in the NCAA... Wasn't it just a few years ago we had a NFC West team make the playoffs with a below .500 record?  You can lose 6-7 games in the NFL and still make the playoffs.  I'm from TN and have become accustomed to the Titans being average so it doesn't bother me that much.  I get really worked up over the Buckeyes losing mostly because they lost, but I also have to hear a bunch of SEC rhetoric from friends and co-workers. 

@Fido:  Perhaps you are right, but it doesn't make the (Browns) losses any easier for me to take.  Yes, NFL teams are more evenly matched, which in my mind makes it even more gut-wrenching when a game turns on one or two plays.

So I get depressed when the Browns lose, because they (usually) could have won, but I get mad when the Buckeyes lose, because they (usually) should have won because they are usually the better team.  And if the Bucks lose a close game against a comparably talented team, I am both.

I'm a Bears fan so I've only experienced a loss one time for two of my beloved teams. I'm also a gigantic White Sox fan so I got the watch them crumble like decaying teeth this year-after that, nothing seemed to suck as much.

At this point, OSU has exceeded my expectations. The only game I'll be upset over is Penn State. Even a Michigan loss, even at home won't matter to me because its Michigan. The Yin to our Yang, the water to our oil. Penn State fans are so weird, stupid, crazy, and hellbent on making the OSU game a rivalry (despite our empty feelings towards them) that a loss in Creepy Valley would crush me.

As far as the Bears-they are a legit Super Bowl contender, and pushing Atlanta for best team in the NFL. Any loss at this point will piss me off. To the OP, tough loss last night man. 3 Red Zone TO's....killers. Detroit lost that game yesterday, Chicago didn't exactly win it.

With that said-The Bears have the best D in NFL by a country mile.

I get upset when the Buckeyes lose, but the really strong emotions pretty much are over about 20 minutes after the game is, but later in the night I'll sit there and thing DAMN.  I don't have an NFL football team I love.  NFL football to me is more about fantasy than it is the actual teams and games.  I just don't care that much.  HOWEVER, the one pro team I love is the Reds, and I damn near cried when they lost to the Giants, and I am genuinely aggrivated when they lose regular season games, again, the emotion usually goes away pretty quickly but still.  The loss in the playoffs this year though brought me back to 14 year old Brian in 1995 when I was so sure they were going to win it all and the Braves swept them.  I was beside myself back then.  This team, I didn't think was going to win the world series, but I was upset they lost almost like I was when I was a kid.  It's good, however, to have a team I can feel emotion about and not just be apathetic toward the outcome because of years of horrible baseball.