Brian's Trip to Columbus
Last year, I read a story that Brian wrote about a trip to Columbus several years ago. He went with several friends, including "Cripplesticks", his term of endearment for his med school friend who used crutches.
I would love to find the story. I have searched for an hour, but keep coming up with blanks.
If someone can find a link, I would really appreciate reading it...if you haven't read the story, you should.
Go Blue! Let's kick some Buckeye ass tomorrow!
November 26th, 2010 at 11:09 PM ^
http://mgoblog.com/content/pride-buckeyes
it's cripplewitz btw
November 26th, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
Thank you very much - timeless story that should be reread every year...I apologize for getting the name wrong.
November 26th, 2010 at 11:31 PM ^
What a great read! I never knew what it would be like to go into Columbus until now. That should be reposted every year before the game.
November 27th, 2010 at 12:10 AM ^
Had knives pulled on them in Columbus in '06.
Stay classy.
November 27th, 2010 at 12:11 AM ^
November 27th, 2010 at 2:08 AM ^
Been to Columbus for The Game twice. I survived. I don't feel like there's any need to find out if the phrase "Third time's the charm" has any applicability to this situation.
November 27th, 2010 at 2:24 AM ^
My one and only trip to that place was 1998. I actually traveled to the game with a friend who happened to be a fan of that team. We hit a deer on the way down and that foreshadowed the weekend for me.
We stayed at one of his friend's apartments and actually had a good time Friday night. Saturday was different. There were two of us who are Michigan fans and six of them who I guess are fans of that team.
It was cold and they won. I took a lot of body blows before and after the game without provocation. The worst part was after the game when one of the guys I went to the game with announced he had to kick my ass on principle because I am a Michigan fan, He said he liked me as a person but still had to kick my ass. He played baseball at that school and I am admittedly a small non athelete. He proceeded to essentially kick my ass. I was then informed I better turn my Michigan jacket inside out or I might get my ass kicked again. They won, I kept my mouth shut, and this happened. It sucked and confirmed that most fans of that team suck.
November 27th, 2010 at 2:41 AM ^
So, wait, you just let him kick your ass, after he specifically enumerated to you (in what seems to have been a rather prolonged monologue) that he was going to do it?
November 27th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
and Brian didn't throw a punch after a guy soaked him in the face with a beer......I hope he at least gave him a shove, or maybe a difficult math problem to solve.
November 27th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
...swept his leg.
"Gee, doesn't look like you'll be playing much b-ball anymore."
November 27th, 2010 at 5:46 AM ^
I lived in Columbus for 2 years. I lived in a small city called Zanesville, Ohio before the rest of my life besides the 4 years in Japan. Zanesville is about 45 miles east of Columbus so they are also huge OSU fans. It is really sad that OSU literally controls Columbus. Columbus will never have a big money making sports team except for OSU. As I was growing up I saw how ignorant the OSU fans were so I became a Michigan fan. I also had a cousin that was like a big brother to me who was a big Michigan fan. I would hear every excuse imaginable about why they lost a game. It didn't matter how bad they were outplayed there was one reason that they lost the game. If you don't believe me then ask an OSU fan why they lost that national championship game against Florida. I gaurantee that they will say it was because they lost Ginn. I have almost gotten into fights I do not know how many times because of ignorant OSU fans. They are completely ignorant about every college sports team other than OSU. This story by Brian is a classic example of why I am and will always be a Michigan fan.
November 27th, 2010 at 6:43 AM ^
The other day on a thread from a first time traveller to Columbus I posted similar stories from my past there. Because Michigan fans simply cannot believe any fan base would act this way many could not believe it could be that bad. Sure wish I had this link then. I live and work down here in Hell....I mean Ohio...this baby is going to get printed and put on the desk of a lot of co-workers.
November 27th, 2010 at 7:40 AM ^
True story.
November 27th, 2010 at 8:54 AM ^
a DISTURBING story. It should actually be posted in the locker room for the players to read