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FWIW, ESPN has Debuted BuckeyeNation

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FWIW, ESPN has Debuted BuckeyeNation

You may need one of those devices used to view solar eclipses. If you have one, click here. Or don't.

LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe

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June 19th, 2012 at 3:58 PM | Well... (Score:5 Normal)
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...there goes the neighborhood.

L.S.A. '88

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June 19th, 2012 at 6:29 PM | Or for that Matter (Score:5 Normal)
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There goes the Internet...

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June 19th, 2012 at 3:59 PM | Oh The Horror (Score:5 Normal)
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lego vomit GIF

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:01 PM | I thought ESPN hated OSU? (Score:4 Normal)
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I thought ESPN hated OSU? Or so our Buckeye brethren told us.

For a' that, an' a' that, 
Our toils obscure an' a' that, 
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, 
The man's the gowd for a' that. 
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June 19th, 2012 at 4:01 PM | I see a link (Score:5 Normal)
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that says police blotter. Am I in the wrong place?

ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules

 

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:14 PM | Do you see a bunch of large, redneck-ish (Score:5 Normal)
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looking men, peeing and running from cops, all while tattooing each other and rigging raffles at the same time? If not, you're in civilization, which excludes you from being anywhere near something resembling Ohio.

Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:04 PM | we're doomed. (Score:1)
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we're doomed.

Formerly known as PahokeePahokee

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:13 PM | Now when someone tells me to (Score:4 Normal)
no joke its hoke
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Now when someone tells me to "go to Hell" I will know where they are talking about. Thanks ESPN!

Vice.com

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:18 PM | we're in ur website (Score:5 Normal)
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June 19th, 2012 at 4:18 PM | Wait - this is great news (Score:2 Normal)
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Now that Ohio has officially seceded from the Union, our nation can return to greatness.  

What?  It's just something ESPN made up to generate page views?  Awww hamburgers!

"Nobody cares what you think!"

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:20 PM | Well, if I hadn't clicked on (Score:5 Normal)
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Well, if I hadn't clicked on that, I wouldn't have known that OSU took a scholarship punter for 2013 today.  So that's worth something.  Although, not much.

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:22 PM | Why solicit clicks to this crap? (Score:1 Normal)
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Don't give it credit by adding to it's hit totals.

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:23 PM | Oh yes, if we don't click on (Score:5 Normal)
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Oh yes, if we don't click on it then it'll go away.

I poop excellence
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June 19th, 2012 at 4:22 PM | Cool they got a punter. How (Score:5 Normal)
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Cool they got a punter. How many long snappers you got Urb?

Yea, that's what I thought. None!

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:42 PM | This is when the whores come (Score:5 Normal)
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This is when the whores come in.  Men laying their trick-money down.  Twenty dollars to pay the rent?  Maybe not.  Maybe instead I'll spend it on the whore.

 

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:46 PM | Ah, Tommy Boy.  So many good (Score:1 Normal)
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Ah, Tommy Boy.  So many good lines!

"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | Why don't they have a Spartan (Score:4 Normal)
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Why don't they have a Spartan nation for all of their intergalactic fans?

903 wins most in college football

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:54 PM | They are starting with (Score:5 Normal)
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They are starting with nations now and will move onto bigger things like the universe when they get to msu.

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June 19th, 2012 at 7:00 PM | They have one ready (Score:5 Normal)
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But it's laying in the weeds.

They no longer call me Bisbiño

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:53 PM | Were we the first to get a (Score:1)
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Were we the first to get a nation site?

903 wins most in college football

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June 19th, 2012 at 4:57 PM | IIRC they came out with a (Score:1)
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IIRC they came out with a couple at the same time an Michigan was in the first group.

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June 19th, 2012 at 5:03 PM | I can't wait to read the (Score:3 Normal)
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I can't wait to read the comments section there.

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June 19th, 2012 at 5:15 PM | Just Guessing... (Score:5 Normal)
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I am guessing that this is the part of the workout where Meyer shouts, "This is a raid".

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3

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June 19th, 2012 at 5:21 PM | are they running to the wall (Score:5 Normal)
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are they running to the wall to piss,or are they running from the cops after pissing here?

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June 19th, 2012 at 5:56 PM | They are running to get some (Score:2 Normal)
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They are running to get some Kool - aid because they won the drill!

2011 Nebraska State Champ "We're Michigan." @tannerwooten not that funny, though.

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June 19th, 2012 at 6:06 PM | i hope its blue kool aid. (Score:5 Normal)
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i hope its blue kool aid. thats what everyone else is drinking.

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June 20th, 2012 at 9:27 AM | Free tattoos! (Score:2)
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Free tattoos!

...confidence is the stain they can't wipe off...

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June 20th, 2012 at 12:17 PM | Free Zima (Score:1)
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Someone opened a cooler and shouted "Free Zima."

"Nobody cares what you think!"

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June 19th, 2012 at 5:28 PM | I imagine that the website is (Score:5 Normal)
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I imagine that the website is mainly pictures of Brutus tattoos and videos of people getting kicked in the balls

Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick

 

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June 19th, 2012 at 6:23 PM | Buckeye rationale: (Score:2 Normal)
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"They felt bad for throwing us under the bus and realize we are the reason that ESPN exists. This was overdue.  It doesn't change my hateful sentiment.  They still have it out for us."

Formerly akron_wolverine and columbus_wolverine.  New home, new name.  A year in Columbus was enough.

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June 19th, 2012 at 6:45 PM | hmmmmmm.... (Score:2)
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Can I get an A-Meh...

If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone

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June 19th, 2012 at 7:22 PM | internet (Score:2)
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Cancelled. Welp, it was fun while it lasted

Follow me on Twitter @gfraley05

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June 19th, 2012 at 8:40 PM | Pointing (Score:4 Normal)
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Front page shows Urban Meyer pointing. They copy everything from us.

Maize Rage class of '13

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June 19th, 2012 at 8:41 PM | Pointing (Score:2)
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EDIT: Double post

Maize Rage class of '13

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June 19th, 2012 at 10:32 PM | Ha! (Score:1)
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We were first though...so suck it Ohio.

“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”

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June 20th, 2012 at 12:10 AM | A while after (Score:1)
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A while after "wolverinenation". Michigan fan base = winning

Password is taco

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June 20th, 2012 at 9:11 AM | ESPN debuts buckeye nation. I (Score:1)
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ESPN debuts buckeye nation. I don't give a shit.



Is it football season yet?

It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk

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June 20th, 2012 at 2:27 PM | OK (Score:1)
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So, when do we get our "Worst Nation Ever" T-shirts?

 

 

 

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