Mother of OSU's Wesson Brothers Unloads on Michigan Students, Officials
I love absolutely everything about this. LINK.
"I have NEVER seen a more disrespectful student section than Michigan!"
January 30th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
sounds like a case of bitchitis.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:22 PM ^
Bitches gonna bitch.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
Oh cry me a river. I've heard horror stories of Michigan fans visiting Columbus. She was also whining about the officiating. She needs to take her L and move on.
January 30th, 2019 at 11:16 PM ^
Wait! What??? Is she talking about a Crisler crowd? You mean the place where the fans who actually show up sit politely while enjoying white wine and brie? What kind of alternative reality is this?
January 31st, 2019 at 5:31 AM ^
Yeah, she was probably upset that a bunch of Michigan politely told her, "SIT DOWN IN FRONT!"
January 30th, 2019 at 7:41 PM ^
So when Grant Bowman's MOTHER was wrestled to the ground by OSU fans and had her son's Jersey ripped off her, THAT was fine.
January 31st, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
That shit actually happened? I heard they tried to beat up an old lady when somebody's grandma tried to walk into the stadium wearing a Michigan jersey. I don't remember the player.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:42 PM ^
Wanna shut the student section up? Tell your boys to play better.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
Spitting and cussing? Oh my god! Too bad they weren't being normal, civilized fans and pooping in coolers.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:05 PM ^
Highly suspect. And why would we do that when we are stomping them? It was probably osu fans doing all of it. At least that's how they treated their own when they were losing to purdue in football last year.
January 31st, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
I believe what she said, and also believe she didn't handle it the right way....let me explain....
years ago as a student, i think it was around 1992 or so, vs MSU, i sat in very good seats around 5th row it think it was, and right next to the big C mike peplowski's parents, his father was sitting next to me...pre-game he told me was his father, etc.... that didn't keep me and fans from yelling at msu players, disses... for instance, i'd harass his son mike with yelling "hey peplowski!!!! hows your girlfriend and my kid?" and it'd actually get mike's attention and he'd look over and wryly smile. i remember thinking at the time that this big oaf shouldn't lose focus so easily, with a rival fan, but maybe it was because i was sitting right next to his dad....
of course, i apologized to his parents and said, that this goes with territory sitting here, and its not personal, and just enjoy it... they were uncomfortable at first, but it did assuage them a bit...i told him not to worry, and just enjoy this banter... it really made him relax.. becuase the language around us was caustic. and his son on floor during stoppages, his eyes would wander and kept looking at us and wondering why his dad was talking to a M fan... i could tell mike was curious and eyeing us to see if his dad was in trouble, sitting where he was...
some of the students did take it too far, but it was actually precipitated by mr. peplowski when hes openly rooting for msu while almost all surrounded by M fans and many students. but boy if he yelled anything anti-M at refs or players, then the fans would get personal, and ON him...not the players... i'd tell our fans to throw the insults at the players instead, and many did, many drunkards didnt, the latter would tell me to go root for sparty... that crossed a line a bit but so be it.. there are ways to do things in good taste.
anyway, at the end of the game, he pulled me aside, shook my hand, and said that i "had alot of class, unlike most of the fans next to us". this was despite him hearing ME diss the msu players , even his son, with somewhat sketchy taste....
i fake tipped my hat to his son on the floor as to say goodbye, and he acknowledged back. i almost felt i had to protect his parents, yet, they should not have been sitting there...
now, had i not been there, it could have easily escalated...really.. because mr. pep was vocal toward refs and players etc, and what the lady said is probably true but she didn't know how to roll with it... but tough shit, because she should know what its like for M fans at the horseshoe....
January 30th, 2019 at 10:01 PM ^
Brian can easily add this woman into Marcus Hall's double bird of the week posts. . . .
oh the irony.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:44 PM ^
The tone of this article is pure gold. It is great to win these games so that jealous rivals can focus on our ‘arrogance’ again!
January 31st, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^
IIRC didn't the play by play guys mention, on more than one occasion, Kaleb Wesson's hatred for Michigan? Which he then acted on late in the 2nd half. No fucks given ma'am
January 30th, 2019 at 7:44 PM ^
Coming from a woman who bore a thug.
January 31st, 2019 at 9:11 AM ^
a pair-a-thugs
January 30th, 2019 at 7:45 PM ^
Somebody call a Waaaaambulance.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:45 PM ^
I’m taking my ball and going home lady.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:46 PM ^
Ug-ly par-ent!
Clap clap clapclapclap
January 30th, 2019 at 7:47 PM ^
if this part is true: WOW spitting, cussing, throw foam lights at the guest team.
then she is right to call the students out. call it what it is, that would be the exact stuff we would complain about if we went to ohio.
as far as the officiating stuff, yeah, waaahhhmmbulance time on that.
January 30th, 2019 at 8:08 PM ^
Cussing? Ya damn right there was cussin' last night. And I'm pretty certain Kaleb wasn't speaking in the King's English during the dust-up he instigated.
As for spitting...not sure I believe that.
January 30th, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
i'm a little skeptical re: spitting also. any students on here want to verify/deny her account?
January 30th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
I’m a student that was there and obviously I can’t say for sure, but I would think if there was any type of throwing things or especially spitting, that it would’ve generated some kind of reaction from the OSU bench and clearly there wasn’t any reaction from my perspective.
Dont wanna speculate too much but this could very well be the mother “wishing” that these events occurred into her own reality, so that she could sound more intelligent bad mouthing our school and fan base.
As to the Fuck Ohio chants, arena people were clearly trying to stop us from chanting it, so while blaming fans is petty but acceptable, blaming administration just doesn’t make sense.
January 31st, 2019 at 12:48 AM ^
Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black if she’s upset with “Fuck Ohio.”
January 30th, 2019 at 9:30 PM ^
I was 4 rows behind OSUs bench and saw nothing of the sort. I was making fun of both Wessons the whole game for not getting up to run back on defense and for air balling a 3 of course, but I saw no one spit or say anything directly to the parents. I did notice people throwing the light things, but only in the upper bowl and not in the student section. I'm also not a huge fan of the "fuck Ohio" (even though I agree) and "You suck bitch" chants, so I don't usually participate in those though.
January 30th, 2019 at 11:04 PM ^
I was at the game. Lots of students threw their foam lights down over the rows in front of them near the end of the game but I didn't think any reached the court or the bench. When it comes to cussing, I wasn't near the OSU bench so I don't know if there were any hecklers right behind them, though there usually are at almost any game for any team. There were a few big F*** Ohio chants that started in the student section that the arena employees tried to shut down, which she might be referring to.
January 30th, 2019 at 11:05 PM ^
You don't believe that Ohio State players were spitting? They poop in coolers.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
A person can’t fart in public without someone recording the event and yet this woman who’s seen this behavior twice can’t produce one shred of evidence to back up her claim.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:25 PM ^
I posted a long comment since I sat right by her, but the tldr is that no one spat, the only cussing was fuck Ohio, and it was one foam glowstick that might not have even been intentional and weighs almost nothing. Child's play compared to any OSU game I've been to in Columbus, including basketball, football, and sometimes hockey
January 30th, 2019 at 9:53 PM ^
thank you to all of the folks who were there and weighed in on my comment/question: if true. glad she is wrong and i have sympathy for the thought ohio is the pinnacle of bad fan behavior so no need to cry them a river.
January 31st, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
My 3 year old son has a foam sword we play fight with sometimes. You could smack me in the face with that thing and it wouldn't hurt. I know because this accidentally happens a lot with a 3 year old. If she's complaining about that maybe she should have taught her son, whose basketball talent appears to consist of being a shitty OT playing Center, to get tougher.
OSU fan complaining about cussing is vintage "shocked that there's gambling going on in here." Have some perspective, Ms. Wesson. YOUR SON PLAYS FOR OHIO STATE.
As for the spit. I presume it was buckeye tears after Kaleb got poster-blocked by Jordan Poole.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:49 PM ^
what the hell are foam lights?
January 30th, 2019 at 11:51 PM ^
They gave everyone in the crowd a big foam glowstick last night
January 30th, 2019 at 11:23 PM ^
I’m with XM on this one. I think our fan base is better than, “Well they did it so it’s OK.” We ARE better and we generally act like it. Sounds like her account may not be 100% accurate but let’s not rewrite basic ethics.
spitting on people in any context = unacceptable (glad to hear people refute this)
profane chants = bush league IMHO. I like to think I can take kids to games without having to apologize. I know there are others who might think this is an outdated and naive viewpoint, but I still wince at the “You Suck” that got added to one of our cheers. Scream at the opposing team all you want. Be clever, not crude.
Throwing things = silly. Throwing nerf items isn’t the same as getting batteries thrown at you or beer dumped on you, but should anyone have the right to violate your personal space just because you wore the wrong jersey? Again, I get it.....foam, but is touching another person in any capacity necessary to cheer for your team?
We are on of the great fan bases in the county and I’m proud we hold ourselves to higher standards than Ohio and Staee.
January 30th, 2019 at 11:37 PM ^
sounds like getting hit by one of those foam lights thrown en masse is like getting hit by confetti, then complaining about it.
January 31st, 2019 at 12:37 AM ^
"You suck" is now not ok at a college sporting event?
You forgot to say "get off my (snow covered) lawn" at the end of your post...
January 31st, 2019 at 10:20 AM ^
Don't throw things is a pretty easy rule. I definitely do not support throwing anything at anyone at a sporting event. But there's also tons of shenanigans that happens in the student section (e.g., throwing them everywhere at each other that I'm generally okay with) and they occasionally fly outside. It happens, and I don't think it is at the level of throwing batteries at people.
As for the "cussing" - I dislike the "bitch" that has been added to the end of "You Suck!" and will not say it. But saying "you suck" is pretty innocuous at this point and frankly a lot better than a lot of other stuff that gets said. Now, I won't be saying "you suck" when we're down a ton and punting in the 4th because.... yeah.
January 31st, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
You suck embarrasses me too. Not that it is immoral- it’s just stupid. Can’t we be clever like Northwestern or Duke?
January 31st, 2019 at 1:03 PM ^
I hate the "you suck" cheer because it feels like tempting fate. And also I've heard it at too many football games where it wasn't readily apparent whether it was the opponent or us who actually sucked. So it's a NO for me.
January 31st, 2019 at 1:35 PM ^
It's particularly disconcerting when we stop the opponent on 3rd down and then they pick up the first down after going for it on 4th down.
January 30th, 2019 at 7:47 PM ^
The throwing of the foam lights was definitely over the line for me too.
Uh, what is “throwing foam lights” again?
January 30th, 2019 at 8:09 PM ^
They gave out sticks of foam, filled with lights, and it sounds as though they were thrown.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
So...really soft Nerf balls with harmless LED lights inside were or were not tossed in the general direction of some OSU fans? Maybe? How awful.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
How considerate of the Michigan fans to share.
January 31st, 2019 at 1:41 AM ^
The Michigan difference: covering them in foam first. Doubt OSU would have done that.
January 30th, 2019 at 9:52 PM ^
probably osu parents that got marshmallows banned in the big house, too!!!
January 30th, 2019 at 9:17 PM ^
Thanks. This sounded like a euphemism for something horrible.