MattisonMan

October 8th, 2013 at 8:25 PM ^

Yeah, this misses the mark. 

If you really want to laugh at Ohio, just read the comments. One bro attempts to come back at the author by reminding him that although the SEC wins football games, the South lost the 'real war' - that being the Civil War.

I guess the lesson is that the art of making fun of Ohio is to let them do the talking.

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phil

October 8th, 2013 at 8:34 PM ^

thought the article was pretty good, but the comments from the bucknuts defending ohio are priceless.  

Completely reinforcing everything said in that article - I read one guy talking about how Columbus is the capital of the midwest and how much culture they export to the rest of the world referencing Abercrombie and Fitch.

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Seth

October 8th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^

SEE? THIS IS NOT FUNNY MY T-SHIRTS ARE FUNNY BUT THIS ISN'T FUNNY I HATE YOU ALL ARRRRRGHHH BUTTHURT BUTTHURT

/s

^sarcasm.

^but could you imagine if I was like that?

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E. Gordon Gee

October 8th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^

I personally love hate articles written about us but this one was marginally ok. The posters and writers on MgoBlog take better swipes at us than these guys when our players or coaches does something stupid or leading up to The Game, most of which is ROTFLOL material. Jokes and puns that are both sardonic yet refreshing to read about OSU. Thankfully, I have a sense of humor and enjoy these things. This nugget from the article is spot on though: 

In addition to the boastful self-loathing, Ohio State fans have zero self-awareness. Ohio State fans lead the nation in emailed Onion articles with the heading, "Look at this bullsh--!"Everything that is said about the Ohio State fan base is "NOT TRUE" and written by "HATERS," -- which they helpfully spell H8ERS -- who are JEALOUS of the state of Ohio's continued crawl towards 21st century obsolescence. Most SEC fans will readily acknowledge that vast numbers of their fan base
 fulfills every stereotype that could ever be levied against them, but Ohio State fans somehow feel superior. It's a big deal to them that they live in the North. They like to look down on the South, despite the fact that Ohio State has never beaten an SEC team in a bowl game.That's 0-9 all time.(Stop with the emails, you had to vacate the Sugar Bowl "win" over Arkansas.)  If you polled every Big Ten fan and asked, "Which fan base is the dumbest in your conference?" Ohio State would receive 100% of the vote.   The final kick in the teeth to Ohio State fans?They already know living in the South is better than living in Ohio -- hello, they see your Facebook updates in the December sunshine, asshole -- but they keep thinking to themselves, as they curl up in their Eddie George jerseys late at night...

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Section 1

October 8th, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^

Sport, if you are going to chide millions of people whom you don't know for being "stupid," you ought to employ your very best English grammar.

So let's have another go at your thread title.

"An article to be read by everyone who hates Ohio State."

Now, to the text of the linked column.  Seriously?

If you polled every Big Ten fan and asked, "Which fan base is the dumbest in your conference?" Ohio State would receive 100% of the vote.    

Well, no, actually.  The Ohio State fans I know, are generally a lot more knowledgable about their passion, college football, than are any other fans in the conference.  Is it so clear that the Penn State and Michigan State fans are not "the dumbest"?  This is a conversation that I am embarassed to be having with myself at the suggestion of "Outkick the Coverage."  I'm sorry, really, to have gotten involved in this thread.  I'd like to wash my hands now.

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LSAClassOf2000

October 8th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^

The article about the Volunteers is almost worth it just for the photo of the "VolsForLife" tattoo on someone's arm, complete with a view of Neyland - that's some dedication. That, and the comments below that article pretty much descend into a pit of SEC fan stereotypes. 

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ClearEyesFullHart

October 8th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^

"Spot on" yes, "a little mean" for sure. I suppose you didn't claim it was funny though. Seriously though, how did we end up with two of the dumbest fan bases in the country as B1G rivals? Lets just declare Northwestern to be our new rivals. They can slide into ND's slot.

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quickaskzoey

October 9th, 2013 at 12:34 AM ^

I used to read a bunch of Clay Travis' stuff before he started becoming more sexist, misogynistic and just a general douchebag, and he's probably going to have Kentucky basketball fans and Bama football fans as 1-2 on this list. So I think we're good.

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Blue_in_Cleveland

October 8th, 2013 at 9:19 PM ^

Kind of ironic how the author claims OSU fans are so dumb when he can't even spell barbell right. Overall a rather juvenile, contrived piece. Half of it could be arbitrarily said about some fans in any fan base. He does get a few things right though, for instance how Urban was a cheater in the eyes of OSU fans while at Florida, but is a saint now.

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Seth

October 8th, 2013 at 9:55 PM ^

There's an OSU fan in that thread who goes on about OSU has the biggest fanbase in the country, based on that thing in the NYTimes awhile ago.*
 
I think when you consider the vastness that is space-time, it is not just a likelihood but a near certainty that somewhere out there is intelligent life that has also managed to create college football and broadcast it to a larger audience, therefore the Algomobron Nehesofats of Mime College** on Seti Tyrus VI are actually the largest college football fanbase, at least among the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex.
 
The argument over who has more fans probably will never be solved--before the Mimes everyone thought the Gorkon Paggersnaggers of the University of Gorgoblath--which stadium recently expanded onto a third moon--were the biggest fanbase, yet the bounds of the known universe may not be even a trillionth of the vastness of the whole of reality, and it's likely we will discover other universes with even larger fanbases.
 
The only thing we can all agree on is that in the entirety of space-time, no matter has ever been formed into such a perfect type specimen of a douchebag as Earth's Clay Travis.
 
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*Nevermind that the study said Mizzou has the same number of fans as Nebraska. The problems with that study were myriad. For one, it only counted the contiguous United States and therefore left out the entirety of Zoltan's dominions.
 
** Full name: THE Stephen M. Ross College for French Pantomime. Miming has become big business on Seti Tyrus VI ever since they replaced iPhones.
 

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