I was raised close enough to the horshoe that i could stand outside on a fall saturday and hear the crowd roar....I was a saturday orphan from the time I was 10.....my parents were crazy buckeye fans and my best friends father was a voice of the buckeyes; consequently, my parents went to every home game....i listened on the radio or tv and ran outside to hear the crowd after every score....these were the 68-79 era bucks that were so great....does anyone remember when the games werent on tv....
anyways...after high school...tOSU wouldnt offer me a schollie..they wanted me to walk on... so i went to another top20 program....played in 3 nc2a d1 tourneys and had a stint with the Reds after graduating....there, injuries and reality set in.....
still live in cbus....and cant imagine a fall saturday that doesnt completely revolve around buckeye football....since i can remember....saturdays in fall belong to the buckeyes....
ill never forget...the first osu-scum game my parents went to and left me with a sitter....going outside to hear the crowd roar after a buckeye score.....and looking up and down the streets (pretty busy roads normally) and nothing moved....no one was outside not a car moving...it was like i was the only person in the world...i knew then just how "big" Ohio State football was....that is a moment captured in time that i can still see like it was yesterday....the world stops for buckeye football....