I live in Ohio now and hate everything OSU
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
I feel sorry for you that you had to live there to hate everything OSU.
September 22nd, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
I beg to differ. Everything about living in Ohio has always sucked and now you’re just realizing it
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
I feel sorry for you that you had to live there to hate everything OSU.
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
This is the type of hard-hitting analysis that keeps me clicking on Mgoblog multiple times per day...
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
Poor bastard.
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:59 PM ^
I live and work in downtown. My company has season tickets to OSU that they constantly try to give me. The owner of my company and GM are both OSU alums. I feel your pain, I was watching the Michigan game yesterday at my beer games, with a bunch of OSU fans. I feel your pain.
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:05 PM ^
I'm an OSU alum (and my whole family has always lived in Ohio) but I now work in State College, which for some inane reason is called "Happy Valley." I feel your pain about loving another team in the same conference as the university or town where you work. If you guys think that fans in Columbus or Madison or any other BIG town are off the rails (except Lincoln, which is reportedly home to genuinely nice fans), try living here. This place is effin' delusional, and if you had hoped (as I did) that the Sandusky/Paterno travesty would bring a little perspective to the place, you'd be wrong. One of the school's big chants is "We are...," with the other side of the stadium/arena yelling, "Penn State!" Well, a popular local bumper sticker is "We are...because he was." I shit you not. You'll see signs everywhere saying, "We Support Penn State Football." Signs saying, "We Support Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault"? Yeah, not so much.
What is funny is how much people here hate Ohio State and talk about our "rivalry." (I'm a therapist, and I had someone tell me that if she had known I went to OSU, she wouldn't have chosen to work with me.) There have been some epic games, but rivalry? Sorry, kids, but that's b/w OSU and Michigan. Yeah, you guys are in a tough stretch but these things always even out. (Take it from someone who lived through the Cooper years.) Sometimes I wanna pat them on the head and say, "Oh, you're so cute, thinking we hate you as much as you hate us!"
Sorry for going OT. I just understand the particular challenge of loving your alma mater and living in an opponent's town.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
Alright.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
I lived there for at least 7 years, in the belly of the Beast (Columbus), and I know your pain brother... You can't listen to sports radio there because all they do on the 97.1 the Fan is talk crap about Michigan... I haven't lived there for several years now, but I can imagine your pain.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:48 PM ^
Bishop and Lanuratius are the absolute worst.
September 23rd, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Well, we provide them with enough ammo..... we're low hanging fruit.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
I live in Lansing. Not as quite as bad as what you have but similar feelings
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:27 PM ^
I've lived in Lansing and Columbus... Lansing is not as bad when MSU sucks.
Minus the OSU madness Columbus is very nice especially if you make friends with people who went to like Kentucky or Louisville for undergrad and do not give a shit about OSU. Ironically most OSU fans I met while in Columbus (who went to OSU) were not as confrontational as State grads.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
So why not leave then?
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
I grew up in Columbus, there’s nothing worse than being a Michigan fan there since the year 2000. They have no appreciation for the unprecedented run of success they’ve had for several decades. The world’s most insufferable fans bar none.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
You know what's worse? OSU fan's know Michigan is bad.. Like bad bad. I haven't gotten shit talked to since Army. Most OSU fans that see me in my Michigan gear talk to me like they would if they knew I had stage 4 everything cancer.
"Sorry to hear about your team. Hang in there guy!"
"Maybe they will be better next year"
"Hopefully they will find a better coach"
I want off this planet.
September 22nd, 2019 at 5:22 PM ^
Yeah, I hear ya. I'd rather have them talking trash than the "sorry-type" attitude. At least when they're mouthing you get the feeling we're competitive. This last 15 years or so have sucked royally.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:29 PM ^
Are you familiar with the snowflakes threads?
Yeah we all know shit is wrong. You don't got to start a new thread about it because you feel like a big boy today.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:33 PM ^
You don't *have* to.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:44 PM ^
thank you "grammarly"
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Grammar is important. You get an upvote.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:41 PM ^
I grew in Ohio. They are worse now than when I lived there. Good luck in your new job search.
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September 22nd, 2019 at 4:45 PM ^
Nothing’s worse than going to work after a loss like this and all the buckeye fans say “we actually want you to be good”.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:11 PM ^
I know. Fuck them.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
I've lived in Ohio my whole life. There's plenty of reasons to like Ohio that I'm not going to list. The problem with ohio state is they very clearly elevate athletics over academics when the money and resources are available to be a world class University. It's been that way since I can remember and it's just sad to me.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:12 PM ^
That and hat they are so much better at football than we are.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:58 PM ^
For you Ohio residents- when OSU alumni talk trash about football, can't you talk trash about their academics? Remind them you chose a school for academics, and not for a football team.
6.2.5September 23rd, 2019 at 2:06 AM ^
The majority of sports fans (and especially osu fans) could give a rat's ass about academics. Their team is better and that's all they care about.
September 22nd, 2019 at 5:49 PM ^
Another masterpiece of a thread topic courtesy of none other than Goldenrod Mandude!!
September 22nd, 2019 at 6:26 PM ^
I also live in Ohio and hate everything osu ?
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:51 PM ^
September 22nd, 2019 at 6:44 PM ^
Why would you live there?
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:57 PM ^
Listen, I have lived in or been around most of the Midwest for most of my adult life and Ohio is really no different of a place to live than Michigan. Ohio is a great place to live outside of the fact that most folks there are Ohio State fans. Its like saying all of Michigan sucks because of Detroit. Or all of Ohio sucks cause of Cleveland. There are obvious areas there that suck just like anywhere else. But its a nice place to live. I just hate Ohio State. That 's what really sucks in Ohio. That university and most of its fans...
September 23rd, 2019 at 12:12 AM ^
Most of Ohio is not like most of Michigan. True story bro.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:05 PM ^
Congrats. I’ve lived in Ohio for over 30 yrs. This pain is my life.
September 22nd, 2019 at 11:40 PM ^
Same.
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:50 AM ^
Cleveland -- we're not Detroit!
https://youtu.be/oZzgAjjuqZM
September 23rd, 2019 at 9:41 AM ^
BRENT VENABLES.
He's the best defensive mind in college football today. Seems to be the only DC in college football capable of stopping Elite modern offenses (i.e. in CFP formats).
Only 48 yrs old. Has been the #2 man at top-5 programs (Oklahoma/Clemson) for the past 20 yrs (since he was 28 yrs old). An excellent recruiter -- Rivals' 2016 National Recruiter of the year.
Knows how it's done at a top program. Has enough experience to be ready 3 or 4 times over. No black marks, violations, accusations in his history. Could probably bring one of Clemson's co-OC's with him (Tony Elliott--the more proven offensive mind *or* Jeff Scott--the elite recruiter).
Dabo, Kirby Smart, Lincoln Riley, Ryan Day -- 4 of the coaches at top-5 programs in the country assumed their current positions with no prior HC'ing experience.
The answer is clear. I personally think he's the next Nick Saban.
September 23rd, 2019 at 1:49 PM ^
If Harbaugh were let go this option seems to be one of the best ones to me. Dude gets it done year after year, they lose an entire D-line and its next man up because they're loaded.