Go Buckeyes (Sunday, and Sunday Only)

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
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Go Buckeyes (Sunday, and Sunday Only)

That's right. You heard me. Go Bucks. O-H, and whatnot.

I've noticed a number of people on Twitter saying that they still can't root for OSU this weekend, even though an OSU win (coupled with a Michigan win over PSU) means Michigan's first Big Ten regular season title since 1837 1986. So, as someone who would really like to see that, I simply don't understand the impulse to root against the Buckeyes in this situation.

So, my question to those who will be rooting against OSU is this: what's up with that?

EDIT: I forgot WBB was taking on Ohio today. Title changed to reflect the fact that for today, OHIO SUCKS, and we wish all of the bad things in the world to happen to them and no one else.

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:26 AM | I need a shower... (Score:5 Normal)
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I need a shower...

Bears Beets Battlestar Galactica

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:35 AM | I have heard the only way to (Score:3 Normal)
Mtruck
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I have heard the only way to remove the stench after rooting for Ohio is to take a bath in a mixture of pickle juice, captain morgan, and baby oil.

Lucky for me I already have 2 of these in my home.  Will need to buy the third before Saturday.

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:42 AM | How (Score:1)
jaggs
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do you not have Captain Morgan in house?!?

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:45 AM | I drank it all last night (Score:3 Normal)
Mtruck
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I drank it all last night celebrating the win over Illinois.

March 2nd, 2012 at 12:21 PM | You can't buy the baby oil (Score:5 Normal)
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It has to be freshly pressed from only milkfed tender young babes. Otherwise, the dark lord will not perform the unholy magic necessary to scrub clean your soul.

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March 2nd, 2012 at 1:18 PM | actually thought I heard that (Score:2)
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actually thought I heard that tomato juice works

March 2nd, 2012 at 4:15 PM | K9 flea bath shampoo works (Score:1)
RowoneEndzone
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K9 flea bath shampoo works too, or so it has been written.  

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:27 AM | I want them to win (Score:5 Normal)
cclittle
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for obvious reasons. But I don't ever want to see that thread title on mgoblog. Ugh.

For the record, I'm not a eugenicist.
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:42 AM | There is a BIG difference between (Score:5 Normal)
sheepdog
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WANTING them to win and NEEDING them to win.  Lets not get those two confused.  We all need them to win, and rooting for them to win based on selfish ambition is different than flat out wanting them to win.

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM | This. Very much this. (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
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No one here LIKES the Buckeyes. It's just a means to an end.

I am being Twitters

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:23 AM | I will be cheering against Sparty (Score:1)
Maize and Blue ...
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but I can not bring myself to cheer for Ohio.

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:56 AM | We're not rooting for OSU, we (Score:3 Normal)
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We're not rooting for OSU, we are rooting against MSU. We want MSU to lose!

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March 2nd, 2012 at 12:04 PM | In the same vein, one of my (Score:1 Normal)
tsabesi
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In the same vein, one of my dad's favorite games is ND v. USC every year because 'one of them has to lose'.

March 2nd, 2012 at 3:44 PM | Thank you kind sir... (Score:0)
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:28 AM | FUCK THAT (Score:0 Flamebait)
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM | That outburst of anger was (Score:1)
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That outburst of anger was not towards your point being made, but towards the title. change the thread title. you're just asking for it.

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hailing from Evansville, IN...

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:29 AM | I can't bring myself to root (Score:3 Normal)
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I can't bring myself to root for tsiO no matter the circumstances.  I hope Michigan claims the title, but I can not and will not for any reason ever support that school.  That's why I have the 2007 and 2008 MNCs on DVD, so I can watch them get embarrassed time and time again.  

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM | not rooting for OSU is no (Score:5 Normal)
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not rooting for OSU is no different from Dantonio refusing to root for UM a few years ago, which would have given MSU a trip to the rose bowl.  we can be better than that.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:43 AM | I think the more OSU fans (Score:1)
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I think the more OSU fans you've had to endure firsthand, the harder it is to 'rise above'.  

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM | I'm glad you're here to tell (Score:5 Funny)
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I'm glad you're here to tell us these things.

 

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM | I can still remember that (Score:1)
74polSKA
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I can still remember that sinking feeling when Ginn Jr returned the opening kick for a TD in 07.  I felt better as the game started swirling clockwise for Ohio.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM | If it works out that way, (Score:5 Normal)
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If it works out that way, great.  Can't ever bring myself to root for OSU, though.  

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM | Yeah I was asked by my (Score:3 Normal)
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Yeah I was asked by my girlfriend if I could root for the buckeyes this morning... I answered yes and then immediately showered.  I still feel dirty, but maybe a new banner will cleanse me.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:31 AM | Got to agree.  I mean if they (Score:2)
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Got to agree.  I mean if they win, at least we have a shot at a share of the title.  If they lose, then MSU gets to sit up on top by themselves.  Gotta say, rooting for the Buckeyes is the lesser of two evils in this scenario

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March 2nd, 2012 at 12:29 PM | Not just a shot at the title (Score:5 Normal)
jmblue
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Not just a shot at the title - we play PSU earlier in the day, so if we've won, an OSU win gives us the title.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:31 AM | I agree but (Score:5 Normal)
74polSKA
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I'm rooting against both teams, just rooting against Ohio less.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM | good point of view.   (Score:2)
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good point of view.

 

Semper Fidelis

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:50 AM | Either way (Score:2)
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When I see the final score I will be both satisfied and unsatisfied.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:56 AM | Even if Ohio loses, take (Score:3 Normal)
74polSKA
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Even if Ohio loses, take satisfaction that they will drop into a tie for third if we win and Wisconsin beats Illinois.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM | If Michigan beats PSU... (Score:4 Normal)
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I will absolutely root for OSU - otherwise I won't, b/c I think a Buckeye win in that situation would cost Michigan the No. 2 seed, and the championship would of course be out of reach.

Anyway, not rooting for OSU to win if Michigan wins makes you the equivalent of Mark Dantonio, hating your rival more than wanting to win yourself.  Also, since when does anyone want to see MSU win?  It's not like OSU is playing Northwestern. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:37 AM | I should have clarified (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
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This assumes a Michigan win. If they somehow yak it up to Penn State, I'll go back to rooting for my usual team in any OSU/MSU matchup: random meteor.

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM | I agree with the premise of (Score:5 Normal)
saveferris
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I agree with the premise of your thread, but it is a little premature.  However, if you were just trying to liven up an otherwise slow Friday morning, well then....well-played.

 

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:50 AM | Yep (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
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I've got the day off from work today, so I figured I'd spice things up (and I figured the debate would arise at some point).

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 AM | While it would be hard to root against the meteor (Score:3 Normal)
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I think we'd want MSU to win if Michigan loses to PSU.  An OSU win in that instance would make them the No. 2 seed, whereas (I think) Michigan would be the No. 2 if they finish with the same record as the Buckeyes, i.e., if the Buckeyes lost. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

March 2nd, 2012 at 1:51 PM | I don't want a random meteor (Score:0 Redundant)
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM | I hear you... (Score:5 Normal)
Blue in Yarmouth
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I remember people talking on this very blog in the past about how stupid MSU was because they wouldn't root for UM in football when a UM win meant MSU would benefit. People talked about how childish and stupid it was and how "little brother-ish" MSU was because they were biting off their nose to spite their face.

When you care more about hating someone else....anyone else, rival or not, than loving your team...I would say you have a problem. Bottom line here is an Ohio win means if we beat PSU we get a piece of the B1G title. If that doesn't outweigh your hatred for Ohio I think you need to get your priorities straight.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM | Those two words will NEVER (Score:1)
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Those two words will NEVER come out of my mouth!

 

Go Blue!

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM | Are you talking about OHIO?!? (Score:5 Normal)
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Are you talking about OHIO?!? I thought buckeyes were poisonous nuts. 

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts - Richard Feynman

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM | I laughed out loud until I (Score:5 Normal)
74polSKA
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I laughed out loud until I realized I'M from Ohio.  I'll just pretend they are referring to Hoke's "Ohio" for tsio.

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM | Weird, but that is taken from (Score:3 Normal)
Y-Town Go Blue
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Weird, but that is taken from Youngstown State's Student Newspaper.  Although I did laugh when I read it, it's from an April Fools type edition.  Yay YSU

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM | The enemy of my enemy is my (Score:4 Funny)
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The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 AM |   (Score:2 Normal)
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-Hail-
 
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 AM | Go (Score:2)
Le_Blue
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Go wash your mouth out with soap for uttering such filth

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM | Well, we have to beat Penn (Score:5 Normal)
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Well, we have to beat Penn State first.  Should we do that, Ohio will get my full support in the Sunday finale.  Winning a Big 10 title overrides any impulse I might have against rooting for Buckeyes.  Only a Spartan would put their petty hatred above their personal gain.

 

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM | Someone please delete this (Score:1)
JHey
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Someone please delete this thread, or at least change the name!

Change it to "who to root for this weekend, or something like that, please!

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM | Hail to the VICTORS (Score:3 Normal)
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I root For Michigan. f*** ohio, f*** sparty. I will be watching the wings instead. 

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:42 AM | Exactly, you root for (Score:5 Normal)
AmaizeingBlue
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Exactly, you root for Michigan, so why wouldn't you want Michigan to win a Big Ten Title???

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM | I refuse to say Go ____ until (Score:4 Normal)
AmaizeingBlue
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I refuse to say Go ____ until we beat PSU on sunday, then I will be all in for the buckeyes, but until then I'm not going to dirty myself by saying this if we just lose on Sunday anyway.

If you don't root for Ohio on Sunday if Michigan wins, then you are more of an Ohio hater than a Michigan fan, plain and simple.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM | I'll be pulling for the Bucks (Score:4 Normal)
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I'll be pulling for the Bucks (assuming we beat PSU). Anybody who doesn't is just a moron or a turd. Who wouldn't want a B1G title? I don't care if it's not an outright win, it'd still be a huge milestone.

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM | As long as you don't add (Score:2)
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As long as you don't add "State" while cheering for them. Stick it to them while "cheering" for them.

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