I was not fortunate to be born a buckeye as the first few years of my life were in New Hampshire. My parents moved to Ohio when I was 2 1/2, so that is all I knew. My father was a professional football fan and we closely followed the Browns when I was little. He died when I was ten and I did not really start to follow football again until high school. Most Saturdays in high school I was playing sports, so my friends and I never watched too much
OSU football.
During undergrad I had more time and more of an interest in
OSU football. Undergrad was at Kent State and there was no football to follow there. Plus, a friend from high school played for
OSU.
Once undergrad finished up I packed up for Columbus for a Master's degree. I did not get too attend as many games as I wanted as too many Saturday afternoons working or studying, but the experience was amazing.
Now live behind enemy lines and have a wonderful wife and two great boys. My wife thinks I am nuts with how I love
OSU and she cannot stand the football, for the most part. Every once in a while she talks about watching the boys play football in the future. They are 2 1/2 and 8 months so we have a ways to go. I think deep down she would love to see them play for
OSU one day. Heck, she is okay with sending them both to
OSU for school as well.
Clarity, thanks for the board and the post. I knew that you were fighting something but did not know the details. Thanks for sharing and you are in our prayers. If there is anything I can do, just let me know. One Buckeye Down, All Buckeyes Down.