Jim Harbaugh So Weird He Refers To Ohio State By Name
The title is the only cool thing, but what a title.
Jim Harbaugh So Weird He Refers To Ohio State By Name
Edit: Why the negs? I thought it was interesting to see that the national media thinks Harbuagh is crazy (in a good way) even when he does absolutely nothing weird. Sort of fits the the Onion's meme of him sitting in every seat.
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I never bought into that "Ohio" crap. It's ohio state or osu. The thing that's obviously juvenile in my case is that I refuse to capitalize their name in print or ever call them THE ohio state unibleghbleghbluh. Just call them by their name. I'm tired of all these witty off-field joke/jab victories while getting our asses kicked on it. In the case of Hoke & "Ohio", I'd always seen that as a weak ploy to create a team unity of anger on our side. I just happen to think neither team should need any extra motivation by now. It's the biggest rivalry in sports. The kids know and they either want to play hard for the multitude of obvious reasons or they don't.
Hoke just said Ohio in a press conference, that's it. It was never an attempt to unite the team or be used as motivation. The media blew it up and turned it into something it never was.
Wait, no, that's not how it went at all. You're correct about his first usage, but then he played right along after that, followed by Beilein and nearly the entire athletic department. Yes, the media played their part but I'd argue that this here message board did most of the work. Lets at least be honest in our arguments, please.
Personally, I wouldn't mind the entire state of Ohio shutting the fuck up about football. In that sense, Hoke's use of 'Ohio' was appropriate.
Seriously. Screw those guys.
Cut the BS and lets play dammit!!
Let the other guys talk. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Harbaugh will have Michigan working like fictional character Clubber Laing, with an even bigger "chip" on their collective shoulder. Anyone can talk and come up with stupid names like "That School Up North." Harbaugh will start proving it on the field, a lot earlier than many people think.
MSU has trademarked "Chip on their shoulder" so we can't use that.
Ohio is Ohio University.
Our other rival is MSU. If I call them something else it's "Buckeyes" or "Spartans"...that's it. I never use the other name.
OSU/MSU, Buckeyes/Spartans, Losers/Sore Losers. End of discussion.
It appears that the discussion did not end as you had stated it would.
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Haha, thats what I was thinking. You're going to need at least 40,000 mgopoints before you can dictate like that
Almost a day later and it's still going on. I think "Sparty" is acceptable when referring to State.
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...continued discussion: The transcript is on the front page and there are 2 press conference threads.
He said a lot of things...I couldn't care less how he refers to OSU, didn't when Hoke did either. Only thing I hated was how the media and everyone on here would get their panties in a bunch on how a grown man chose to refer to a university.
Who the fuck cares? Say it how you want...is Brady Hoke going to suspend you from being a fan or something? Jeez, it was always so obnoxious...everyone doesn't have to speak the same damn way, if you don't like it, call them what you want to call them.
Okay, now end of discussion. /drops mic
Fuck yeah!
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It still hasn't ended. What the crap, man!
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Oh my gosh I refer to Ohio State by name too! I'm just like Harbaugh!
/s
but are you wearing khakis?
says "Ohio". Thanks to MGoBlog and Drupal, you're just like Hoke!
As a fanbase we badly need something real to discuss
athletic apparel and turkeys aren't good enough for you?
So... what ever happened to that turkey? Still harrassing people? Did he wander off?
maybe we need a new thread to update us on the situation.
"As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly".
-Arthur Carlson
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Les Nessman, my brother.
...of "WKRP In Cincinnati".
"And then Mr. Carlson had the helicopter land in middle of the parking lot. I guess he thought he could save the day by letting the rest of the turkeys loose. It gets pretty strange after that..."
August 1st, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
Embedding that.
...I can't think of anything right now however.
You go first...
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I can't wait for football to start
Never understood why Hoke referring to them as Ohio is considered so taboo while their head coaches refer to us as TTUN and their freaking Governor annually bans the letter M. Seems odd to only hold one side of a rivalry to this standard.
Get out of here with LOGIC man.
Kidding aside, its a great point and funny the whole dymanic.
The fact that it became an issue and actually was posed as a question means it worked.
Its kinda like them barely beating Hoke and then saying, jeez are you ever going to give us a game.
I think it's because there is an existing entity called "Ohio" already and they also play FBS football.
Quite frankly, I like the TTUN/Ohio stuff. I think it's interesting. I think it adds tension. But I think calling us Ohio wasn't creative. It lacked originality and wasn't clever. Then you guys lost to the actual Ohio in basketball immediately after Hoke started using the term and it made the whole thing a big joke. Killed the credibility of the insult.
Tl:dr
The idea was good, the execution was poor.
Calling OSU Ohio wasn't creative but it was brilliant considering how it upset buckeyes despite many facets of your school being referred to as Ohio.
Because the majority of or fan base is dumb.
Our* wow like a self-fulfilling prophecy, eh?
BJR, I posted this earlier and still don't understand about the fans of "THE Ohio State University" is their level of anger and animosity when Brady and others keep calling you all Ohio!
1) But when they score a touchdown, their cheerleaders bring out flags on the field that spell:
2) There fans spell:
3) Their band spells out a script:
4) Their stadium is called:
5) Their fight song says…”Fight the team across the field, Show them Ohio's here….”
So if they want to be called Ohio State, can't they just spell the extra 5 freakin' letters!
Even our spelling challenged little brother at least attempts to spell STAEE. They do not go around calling themselves THE Michigan State University and yes I know Ohio University exists, but then why not spell out STAEE??? And please, do not answer back with your record over the last 7 years vs. us, that is a fact of life not an answer to a question.
maybe work on ur grammar if you want to go after msu lol
I don't know how to answer the question. It doesn't personally offend me.
Irrational weirdos get mad when you call them by not their name.
But o-h-i-o IS your name, so I am still not clear why even the irrational ones don't like it. Anyone new to college football who saw these 5 examples for your school would swear up and down that it is ohio. Below are some other "state" schools and the flags their cheer teams bring out and they all have "state" in them. I know THE ohio has enough funds to swing for the additional 5 flags.
You're arguing with someone who agrees with you and you're asking me to defend something I have no control over. Idk what to say.
I give him a pass. To post on here from an opposing school, ESPECIALLY OSU, and not troll deserves some sort of award. I give him the "thick skin" award and ask not to treat him too badly lest we get some real trolls on here !
Now you have to move to Canada and become a curling fan.
if I knew WTF was going on there. Even Canadians have difficulty explaining curling to me, and none of them admit to ever doing it or going to whatever they call a meet.
Not everybody has the stones for curling.
Not everybody has the stones for curling.
saying TTUN is pretty gay (nttawwt)
So, "Ohio", which was new (I'm not going to say it was creative or clever), you didn't like because it wasn't original...but "TTUN", which was Woody's and thus not original, you like? Ok...
OSU never stopped calling you TTUN?
Question or statement? I did a Google search for John Cooper and TTUN, nothing. So whether a statement or question, both might be addressed here. No go away armpit.
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Statement. I'm not sure what John Cooper or Tress ever called them publicly, but I know fans have used the term since Woody coined it.