4 posts tagged “football”

While I am thrilled Ohio State managed to wrangle a BCS Bowl Game appearance on January 5, I'm not thrilled it's against Texas.

By the way Hotrod, the Pittsburgh Passion would be happy to play the Wolverines-- we know one of the players, and she's confident the team is ready and willing.

When you grow up in Ohio, especially in Central Ohio, you have a clear choice: Bengals or Browns. (Let's not get into those that support neither and yet somehow claim to be Ohians). I was raised Browns fan, for better or for worse. Having gone to college and lived in the Cincinnati area, it was all the more easy to stay a Browns fan. There's really nothing worse than a Bengal. And now that I've lived in Pittsburgh for a few years, it's been simple to maintain my hatred for the Bengals, but of course harder to maintain my love of the Browns. I've caved, I'm a Pittsburgh fan, with the Browns still holding an important place in my heart.

And you already know my allegiance to the Buckeyes.

So when I read this today, my reaction was something along the lines of... Carson Palmer can go fuck himself. I am remembering with some glee that moment when the Steelers busted his knee. And looking forward to a rematch.

And for those of you reading this post with mixed emotions (i.e. a hatred of the Buckeyes but a love of the Steelers), let's not forget this little Carson Palmer gem from Sports Illustrated: Palmer stated that: “I hate the Steelers more than I hate UCLA.”

I will be watching with glee tonight as the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner leads the number one team in all the land to victory! Might I note that he's the sixth player from OSU to win the trophy (Archie Griffith won twice)...

This beats the last BCS National Championship game OSU was in, where I was forced to eat Chinese food in NYC in the ultimate sacrifice and MISS the game, almost, altogether... managing to worm my way into a Cuban bar with a television set for the final minutes of the fourth quarter and the most exciting overtime ever. I apologize in advance for the Disturbed soundtrack that accompanies that video. (You might imagine that those Cubans were none too pleased to have an out of control Ohio girl screaming at their TV as they were attempting to close down the bar for the night, and since we were playing Miami).

For your listening pleasure... the Buckeye Battle Cry.

GO BUCKS!

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Halftime Update:
I would like to be the first to admit that the first half was utterly pathetic for the Bucks. Beyond the opening play, I hardly uttered a cheer. Wouldn't even recognize the team. Bah.

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Postgame Comments:
Allow me to say that was the most pathetic Buckeyes performance I can remember in my adult life. I literally cried, which is very difficult to admit (not in most cases, but in this case, because I really didn't know I cared that much). I don't want to rationalize it. I am sure that having 51 days off between games, losing Ted Ginn, Jr. early in the first quarter, and having a Heisman hangover played roles, but WTF. The offensive line might as well have been playing checkers while the defense was eating Troy Smith for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and as Taco Bell has now so stupidly put it "fourth meal." The zone defense for the Bucks worked about as well as wearing blindfolds might have. I can think of about 4 total plays in the entire game that even approximated their performance throughout the year. A sad commentary.

OK, so my previous post exuded excitement over the OSU win over Michigan. But I am not thrilled by the prospects of a rematch in the National Championship game. It's a total crock, and being a chick and all, let's face it, I'm not following the vagaries of the BCS rankings system day in and day out, but I know enough to know that they seem to create a ridiculous scenario every single year. And this one just takes the cake.

But The Onion never lets me down in my time of need when it comes to situations like this. In what hardly seems like an Onion post at all, we get this. Here are a few of my favorite parts:

"Well, of course I'm sad we lost, but since we're still the No. 2 team in the country, it's hard to feel all that bad about it," said Michigan quarterback Chad Henne, who finished with 21 completions on 35 attempts and two touchdowns.

"I mean, come on—we could have lined up in alphabetical order in the end zone dressed in nothing but helmets and socks and whacked off for 60 minutes, and the BCS would still send us to the Tostitos Championship Game," Tressel told the assembled reporters.

"I got chills when he [legendary coach Bo Schembechler] quietly looked at every player there, and everyone in the locker room could see how profoundly moved he was," said Wolverines tailback Mike Hart. "Then he told us, 'You know, men, it isn't your fault, but this whole thing is really a bunch of bullshit."