December 16th, 2021 at 7:29 PM ^
Interesting perspective on the game. I wish I could have attended.
Go Blue! Beat the Dawgs!
December 17th, 2021 at 7:54 AM ^
Was Ben Hartsock suspended as a player for punching a Wisconsin player in the eye? Or was it the other way around? I can’t find it on the internet because it would have been just before all that.
December 18th, 2021 at 7:15 AM ^
Why do you keep downvoting me? I've never spoke to you ever.
Mgoblog is like high school.
December 16th, 2021 at 7:58 PM ^
Ever since I’ve been working from home I’ve had the chance to listed to Hartsock & Brock Huard’s show on Sirius XM. I know he’s a Buckeye, but it’s really hard not to like that dude.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:27 PM ^
They play well off of each other. It's my favorite show on ESPNU. You can't NOT like him.
December 17th, 2021 at 12:01 AM ^
It's usually good. I try to catch it when they have our man Big Jon on the show. ESPNU has been pretty solid this season.
December 17th, 2021 at 12:04 AM ^
My only complaint is the tangents they often go on that are not CFB related. The other ESPNU shows do it as well, such as Childers-Neuheisel, but not as much.
My favorite ESPNU CFB show has to be Mark Packer. I like his takes and I like how he will let his callers speak and rarely talks over them. Very respectful. He knows that his listeners are what drive his show. Seems like a really good guy.
December 17th, 2021 at 7:03 AM ^
I like Packer also, but only get a chance to listen on my way home for 30-40 minutes. I think he's been a bit too critical of Harbaugh vs, say, someone like Tom Herman (when he was still at Texas). I mean, Jim has earned some of that, but I get the feeling that he's just not a fan of Michigan overall. That's okay - he's been pretty fair this season and tends to give teams credit when due, and crap on them as earned. He does give Dabo a free ride, though. All the whining from Swinney the last few days has been given the green light. I mean, the guy went to Clemson and knows him personally, so I guess... I just don't like it!
December 17th, 2021 at 3:30 AM ^
Interesting. I knew about Brock & Saulk.
Didn't know he also did Brock & Sock...
December 17th, 2021 at 5:47 AM ^
After the game he talked about sitting on the heated bench with Jansen under a UM heavy coat. Said he couldn't believe he was doing that.
Also said that when the score was 35-27 he said to Jansen "your boys are going to do it" Jasen replied "SHUT YOUR MOUTH UNTIL ITS OVER"
December 16th, 2021 at 8:00 PM ^
If the last time Harstock was in the stadium was the 2003 before this, we need to make sure he is at every OSU game in Ann Arbor from here on out
December 16th, 2021 at 8:01 PM ^
That was a cool perspective to see the game and festivities. Thanks for sharing.
December 17th, 2021 at 10:13 AM ^
I like listening to him. He's pretty straight forward and no BSing
December 16th, 2021 at 8:06 PM ^
Ben seems like a genuinely good dude.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:07 PM ^
Cool video. Enjoyed watching the game from a respectable buckeye's perspective.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:11 PM ^
"Fritz Criss-ler"
December 16th, 2021 at 9:49 PM ^
I cringed and rolled my eyes each time.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:12 PM ^
a.) that guy is cool. would have a beer with him 10/10.
b.) presented in a very respectful way, good on him.
c.) we need to teach him how to say crisler. it does NOT rhyme with 'sizzler'.
d.) every time i see that TD in the 3rd quarter with their safties eating a truckload of quiche and not challenging the lead blockers, it shows severe weakness. if i was the DC for ohio (heaven forbid), i'd have yanked those dudes off the field right then and there.
go blue. love our school.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:25 PM ^
He'd be a good guy to belly up with and trade good-natured insults and stories. Too bad all OSU fans aren't like him.
December 16th, 2021 at 11:25 PM ^
to be honest, i think most former players are that way. it's primarily the dickwad fans that are not.
December 17th, 2021 at 2:02 PM ^
Yeah exactly. I’ve listened to AJ Hawk on Pat McAfee’s show, Cris Carter on Rich Eisen’s show, and Ryan Shazier on Rich Eisen’s show after the game who were good sports about it. I think especially the guys who’ve played in the NFL like these guys and Hartsock, they’ve been in locker rooms with players from all sorts of schools so they’re used to the banter and friendly back & forth.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:24 PM ^
AJ Hawk is pretty decently funny to watch on Pat McAfee. His head is ginormous ?
December 16th, 2021 at 8:30 PM ^
Hartsock is just a good ol farm boy and a genuinely good dude. I’m glad someone like him got this platform for a common person’s perspective.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:39 PM ^
Great watch! I could nearly feel the cold, lol. You can appreciate the speed of the game in his film. It was funny with all the birds flying around the day before, it was a portend to all the birds you saw given on game day, lol.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:41 PM ^
He talked about this on his Sirius show a couple days after the game. He is good friends with Jansen and after he shared his experience, I have a newfound respect for him. Prior to that, I didn't really like him that much. It was very un-Buckeye of him to appreciate the joy we Michigan fans had and I in turn really appreciated his transparency. He gained a new fan.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:45 PM ^
How many pins are now 4227?
December 16th, 2021 at 8:51 PM ^
Guy is a class act and appreciates the sport. Most players from the rivalry are respectful of one another because they know how much work goes into making it to that level.
Day's comments were those of a guy that didn't quite get it, and I think Harbaugh nailed it....OSU has had too much success in the rivalry recently and coaches like Day were indeed born on 3rd base and behaving that way.
College football is better when this rivalry is meaningful and there is mutual respect between the teams.
Fans will always be fans, and obviously you can expect angry drunken behavior there...but players and coaches usually get it.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:54 PM ^
This is a good watch. Must have been amazing to have that up close view that day. He seems like a nice guy with a good football tradition take on the The Game. Thanks for sharing.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:56 PM ^
Mike Macdonald looking like a student at Michigan.
December 16th, 2021 at 8:59 PM ^
Fuck this guy. He always wore his heart on his sock. Thanks for the deodorant side story . . . you stinky turd. This video is for the birds. Could only make it 2.5 minutes.
December 16th, 2021 at 9:35 PM ^
And a flock of black crows to you, MJ.
December 16th, 2021 at 9:53 PM ^
Thanks EQ. I love your tender caressing. See you tonight my love.
December 17th, 2021 at 6:16 AM ^
Murder of crows to you, however.
December 16th, 2021 at 11:14 PM ^
Username checks out...
December 17th, 2021 at 6:55 AM ^
You've gotta be the only koala in the world that hate reads this website.
December 16th, 2021 at 9:04 PM ^
Any vlog that commences with buying deodarant. . .
December 16th, 2021 at 9:17 PM ^
Herbert Crisler became "Friz" because,
1. as we all know, his last name was pronounced Krise-ler AND
2. as a joke because Amos Alonzo Stagg nicknamed him after the world-famous violinist Fritz Kreisler.
P.S. Michigan's field hockey team's roster includes a Stagg.
December 16th, 2021 at 9:57 PM ^
Beat Georgia.
December 16th, 2021 at 10:01 PM ^
That was fucking awesome. It is the best you-are-there retrospective that I have seen of The Game, even if it was done by a (respectful) Buckeye.
Some random observations:
- The all-blue unis are BAD ASS. They made us look like the angry kick-ass had-enough bullies we were. We should always wear them when we play Ohio State.
- Who would think that yellow pom poms could be intimidating, but they were. They were a relentless pulsating amoeba that followed Ohio State everywhere.
- The snow was pure fucking magic. Like movie magic.
- You could tell from the very beginning that this was going to be a different day. It was not going to be Ohio State business as usual.
- OMG, the birds. Omen.
- Like 1969, the legend of this game is going to grow and grow.
December 16th, 2021 at 11:20 PM ^
These are crows. Murders of crows that seem to be around A2 this year in record numbers, at least by the stadium and other areas. They show up when the weather turns cold (OSU game this year) and then for a month or two on and off.
December 17th, 2021 at 9:50 AM ^
+1 for proper use of murders of crows.
The Michigan Diference.
December 16th, 2021 at 10:23 PM ^
I was there in Columbus in 2002 as well, it to was awesome even though we lost.
December 16th, 2021 at 10:34 PM ^
Wow thanks for sharing. Incredible video.
December 16th, 2021 at 10:40 PM ^
I really enjoyed watching that. It was awesome, and done by a Buckeye no less.
I guess they're not ALL horrible people, just most of them.
Go Blue, beat the dogs!
December 16th, 2021 at 10:44 PM ^
Hey does this guy have to seem like such a likable guy? I am just going to act like he is secretly not a former OSU fan and ex player.
December 16th, 2021 at 11:37 PM ^
I like Ben Hartsock. He and Brock Huard do a good radio show on ESPNU channel 84. This piece was one of the better personal experiences that I've seen. It really captured the energy and spirit of that day. Good job.
EDIT: my nitpick -- it's CRY-sler, not CRIS-ler.
December 17th, 2021 at 12:03 AM ^
That was a great vid. Thank you for posting this.
December 17th, 2021 at 1:17 AM ^
Great footage, including a view where you can actually see what happened on that 4th down where the ball came out of Smith-Njiba’s hands and then somehow (but of course it did) bounced off Hawkins and immediately back to him.
December 17th, 2021 at 10:00 AM ^
AND IT DIDN'T MATTER THIS TIME!
FUCK YEAH!!!
December 17th, 2021 at 5:27 AM ^
He's really good on ESPNU radio with Brock Huard.