OK, before you make fun of me for being, say, a little slow, let me say this. I already love this site. 11 Warriors has kept me sane, as I live in a land far, far away from Ohio/TOSU. I dig everything I read and the comments are mostly rockin.
And I don't know why I never really paid much attention to the links that are listed to the lower right of the home page-just never did I guess. But if you haven't checked out the michigan sites, my god, go do it now (OK, I'm really slow). I don't have time to read more this morning, but I only looked at the Maize and Blue site. Holy cow- what a freaking cry baby. I am LOVING it. I particularly like the video of their team warming up and it's just unbelievable- there's a ichigan player with a maize and blue t-shirt on that says "us against the world!" And I'm thinking, REALLY? Shouldn't that say "poor little rich boy?" There are the typical slams which you expect (Tressel,-don't they REMEMBER what this guy DID?!! how ugly the stadium is, how there was the smell of (gulp) pot smoke around "this respectable reporter." Cuz God knows, if this guy wasn't an outstanding member of the media, he would have kicked the shit out of all those stoned, drunk OSU fans that were picking fights with the michigan players after the game...riiiiight. Ass hole.
So, I'm looking forward to reading more of what the Failed Victors have to say about little ol' OSU and hey- I suppose I'll get some crap for it but better late than never, considering looking at those damn links! This is making our victory and season last a little longer for me and I'm loving every word/whine they spew. It's like getting an extra scoop of free ice cream for dessert, yum-yum and THANKS! Just keep piling it on there...sure, I'll take another scoop, and another, and another...man, this is CRAZY! THIS MAKES OUR VICTORY EVEN SWEETER AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO READ ABOUT THEIR FAILURE(S)! I feel like I'm a kid and X-mas came early and I'm getting everything I wanted plus more.
Go Buckeyes and for heavens sake, ichigan, well...I guess that's why they are ichigan.
P.S.
I guess this is gloating...which I've never TRIED to do much of but hey- I'm getting a little older now, and things are settling down in my life. And by God, it feels SO damn good to beat TTUN and I AM A BUCKEYE! So screw it! If I can't enjoy gloating about a victory over them here, where can I? Oh- just EVERYWHERE! I'll tune it down outside of here- don't want to be a jerk about it...hehehehe.
I must admit that I completely forgot links near the bottom. In fact outside of links to Buckeye sites I don't believe I ever realized there were ones to different Meatchicken sites. Usually when I lurk on mgo I use this link:
http://mgoblog.com/users/scarlatina
She(i'm assuming this is a woman) is Buckeye so I feel better going to the site that way.
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As far as Saturday's victory goes, I haven't enjoyed winning against them this much since 2006. The fact that they talked so much trash after barely beating a Tressel-less Buckeye team makes it even sweeter. I never gloat, but I was really tempted.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
I don't really gloat either but I'm with you- I got SO much crap about last years loss- and they beat one of our worst teams in years...so man, I was ready. This gloating thing is really kind of fun this year, I have to admit. But I am pretty low key when I talk to people.
I'm a transplanted Buckeye in Utah- so I was here when Meyer was, and that was great. I always root for the home team (Utes, NOT byu) and I liked to see them win. But when he moved to florida, dude- it was horrible. Everyone, EVERYONE (after looking at the OSU stickers on my shop window) would say, "I'm a Ute fan but I want Florida to win bc of Meyer!" Like, he was still their coach or something- and now they act like the Buckeyes have NEVER been good before Meyer arrived.
So, I'm gentle and I try to educate them- I had one person tell me the term "That team up north" was first used in Utah by Meyer talking about byu as "that team down south." I quickly explained that to him, while biting my lip....It's like that here- not much history of most major programs and conferences. Hopefully the Ute Fan will be more educated as they are now in a major conference.
Thanks for the link, I"ll check it out today. Go Buckeys!
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
I lived out in Ogden, Utah for four years. The 2004 season was when I was 11 years old, and I had just gotten NCAA Football 2005. My mom was a Penn State grad, so I kind of passively followed/cheered for the Nittany Lions as a child. But that was the season that I actually started to really follow college football. I ended up as a Utah fan, and was a HUGE Utah fan until I decided to come here.
After living there, I moved to a suburb of Cincy, where I attended junior high and high school. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching Urban Meyer's Gators absolutely beat down UC in that bowl game. But yeah, he was the coach that I really grew up watching, and that 2004/05 Utah team is one of my favorite teams ever, so imagine how excited I was last year when he was announced as our coach. Hell, I missed the first 20 minutes of a midterm to watch the press conference when he was introduced.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
Even better than their site is their coach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MO9TaN3V0&feature=related
Reporter: "Did you feel like you became predictable today" Flounder: "No, not at all"
DENIAL
Denial ain't just a river in AA.
-The Aristocrats!
Went over there to click around and they were talking about Nate Montana possibly coming in as a JUCO recruit. Half of the posts were unreadable hot garbage attempting to decipher the difference between Nate and Nick Montana.
Nothing like dancing on the field in 02...
Thoroughly enjoyed reading your post, Jarrett. I, too, am positively giddy, despite being all grow'd up with gray hairs trying to take over and stuff. I know it shouldn't matter as much as it does, but I can't help it, and weeks like this one feel reeeeal good.
Thanks LIPPERTINI! I guess, no matter how old we are, we can always enjoy our Buckeyes and feel like a kid again. I don't get to many games at The Shoe anymore but when I do, it is somewhat emotional. Can't help but have the memories connected to the university, the Buckeyes, etc, come flooding back. So, I guess we can enjoy being a Buckeye at any age and be geeks about it!
And that feeling I think all Buckeyes have after beating TTUN? We all share it and that's what's so cool about the whole experience! It's nice knowing there are so many of us in the same boat, or Shoe, I should say.
Have a good eve.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
Where are these scUM links? I don't see them at the bottom right of the page.
Yes there are two Buckeyes in Ann arbor on this site!
Go to the home page, on the right there are Blogs and Forums, etc. Scroll all the way down, past those. There are three fields, "Buckeye Nation" "Big Ten" and NCAA. Click on the Big Ten field and all the big ten team links pop right up. Enjoy!
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." Groucho Marx
You might be a little late to the party due to some of the things we've heard their fans say on MBlowBlog or whatever they call it, but the links that you pointed out are useful. I will look at some tonight for the entertainment value.
Class of 2010.