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First, I would like to thank all of you guys who have served or are serving in the military. I never served, but most of my friends did and I have the utmost respect for you guys. Thank You.
I grew up as a Buckeye fan. When I was a child, I thought the song "Fight the Team" was the theme song for ALL of college football. I remember being surprised to find out that other schools played different songs (oh, the innocence of a child). I grew up just south of Youngstown, where I had the pleasure of watching JT coach. I attended YSU for a little while, then went to OSU. I lived in Cbus for 5 years or so before moving back to the Youngstown area. Things have changed up here in Y-Town since JT went to OSU. This was always more of a Steelers/Browns/49's pro football town that never gave me my full fix of Buckeye info in the local papers or TV news. This all changed when they showed the JT hiring live on all the channels up here. This town lost it's favorite son in JT, but has now really embraced all things Buckeye, which is really nice because of all the good high school football talent. I spent 2 years watching MoC in high school and made it down for the Texas Tech game last year to see his first game. So, I'm sure you can see how extra disappointed I am in how things have turned out. I also lived behind enemy lines in Grand Rapids Michigan for a few years. I watched the Desmond Howard game up there with my Michigan fan roomate. I loved informing him every time we watched scUM play that every good player or coach they have ever had was from OHIO. And since he was a Detroit Lions fan, I loved all the jabs I got in about Chris Spielman.
I only played football one year because I was too small. I would've gotten killed if I continued, so I played basketball (point guard) and baseball (short-stop), but football was always my favorite sport. I have worked in the Telecom industry for the last 6 years, but it has crashed and I'm in the process of deciding on a career change. I'm even considering moving back to Cbus. I make it down there for 2-3 games a year and still love it there. I got to go to the new Arena District for the first time after the SD State game. Very nice. I have yet to go to the Schott, they had just started building it when I moved back to Y-Town, so I hoping to go sometime soon. Well, I think I've bored everyone long enough.
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