Sound Off !!! - Introduce Yourself

[Naplesbuckeye]

I was born and raised in Bowling Green. I attended OSU from 1994-1997 and then finished at BGSU in 2000...yea 6 year plan! I attempted to walk on OSU as a Free Safety but was cut. I had offers from a couple MAC schools but thought that I was better than I was.

I got my degree in Sports Management and worked for NFL agent Criag Domann as an intern for 6 months. I tried to recruit several Big Ten Players including Rodney Bailey and almost became an agent however the lack of income coupled with Chicago living expenses dampened the dream.

I now work in real estate for a custom home builder in Naples, Florida and look forward to talking trash to Canes fans.

[Ex-Wolverine]

Born in Pontiac, MI and raised in metro Detroit. My Pop Warner team was the Madison Heights Wolverines, and we wore UM uniforms and helmets. Maize and blue.

High school, I played alongside Jon Jansen, captain of the 1997 National Champion Michigan Wolverines, who, in high school, was the biggest MSU fan I ever met. Our school colors were maize and blue.

College, I took a few years of community college (6, actually) before heading off to UM. I think you know that they wear maize and blue.

I hated UMichigan. The people are INSANELY liberal. It's not that they voted for Gore and supported Dean, these people are INSANELY liberal. Tons of socialists, tons of members of the revolutionary worker's party. The campus newspaper speaks about the need for "diversity" every single day, and people like Dean are seen as far too conservative to be president. Joseph Stalin would be considered a moderate. You cannot be white, male, Christian, or heterosexual on that campus, and if you are, you have to hate yourself and denounce your race/gender/religion/sexual preference or else you are tabbed as a "racist" or whatever "ist" fits.

The people are rich and stuck up, and as someone from a meager background, I never fit in. Ugliness abound.

I left UM for law school this past fall. OSU was my first choice, but I was waitlisted there, and I had offers elsewhere. I went where the money was, taking a free ride at UToledo. They wear, as you know, maize and blue. (ok, so they call it yellow...)

Law School was miserable, and I realized that I wanted to do something else with my life. I want to research college athletics and hockey, which is an extension of what I did in undergrad. The best program in the world for that is OSU. I didn't think I'd get in, but I did.

The people at OSU have embraced me with open arms, so I return the embrace. I never hated OSU like I was supposed to. I hate Stanford, Oregon, Wisconsin and most of all USC.

Before I even got my acceptance, I was pulling for either UM or OSU to get Ginn. I assumed I wasn't getting in at OSU, but still I was pulling for them to get Ginn just so USC couldn't get him. I HATE USC, and this year made it even worse.

So anyway, I am a new Buckeye. Takes time to make that transition, but I have embraced the Bucknuts as they have embraced me. I am excited for this fall and hope I will get football tickets so I can experience a football stadium where people actually care.

[Woody1968]

I was born in Columbus in 1974, grew up in Westerville and went to Westerville South. I have always been and always will be a Buckeye fan. When I was in Elementary School, I used to play football every day at recess. One of the other kids who played was Luke Fickell.

I took a few years off between High School and College, but I graduated from Columbia University in 2000, and am a 3rd year law student at the University of Virginia.

[Sloopy45]

Born in the Bronx, NY in 1975. I lived there until the age of 14 when my family moved to a small town in Connecticut right on the NY/CT border. Since then, I lived in C-Bus spanning 6 football seasons during college ('93 to '98), then back to CT for 3 years, then Miami, FL for a year, and now back living in Connecticut. My Buckeye odyssey is as follows:

It all started when my Dad was making his college choice. I come from a family loaded with Civil Engineers, and my Dad was looking to follow in the family footsteps by going to the best College of Engineering he could get into. He wanted to go away for school, and he preferred a school with great athletic programs. He applied to Ohio State, Miami (FL), and Kansas State. My Grandfather wouldn't let him go to Miami because of the beach (ripped up his acceptance letter), so it came down to Ohio State and K-State. Ohio State had the better Engineering program, so off he went to C-Bus. His first semester started in January 1969, just in time to see the National Championship parade.

I was raised a Buckeye, but to be honest, CFB was never my favorite sport and I didn't follow it closely enough to call myself a die-hard fan growing up. I went to many games with my Dad (we'd fly into C-Bus for the weekend or go to the Kickoff Classic at the Meadowlands), I had all the clothes, slept with a Brutus doll when I was really young, but it wasn't until the Jim Jackson Basketball team when I became a big Buckeye fan. That was my last three years of HS, and to seal the deal, my Dad took me to the '92 OSU-scUM game to see Captain Kirk Herbstreit lead the Bucks to Cooper's first non-loss against tsun. From then on, my college choice was locked in stone, I fell in love with the Bucks, and I've been a huge fan and a proud alumnus ever since.

I graduated in December 1998 with a BSBA in Marketing from the Fisher College of Business. Clark Kellogg was the guest speaker at our commencement.

[O-S-U]

My name is Trey and I am a 27 year old who lives near Atlanta, GA for work. Graduated OSU in 1999

[Helpinghand]

Helpinghand is GLAD to be HERE!

Great family who really understands football. Great board.

[BuckeyeSoldier]

alright, im feeling social so why not...

I am a 21 yr old Medical Labrotory Technician for the Army, stationed currently in Germany...

I was born in grant hospital and grew up in Perry Country Ohio attending two different school districts there until i turned 16 and was offered the oppurtunity to finish highschool at Ohio University for free and have the credits i earned count double as college and highschool. After i graduated HighSchool at 18 I followed my heart and tried to go to get my bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond because i had hope to marry a girl from Fairfax county Virginia. That idea was smashed pretty much as soon as I got there and having been blinded by teenage hormones i had put myself in quite a hold financially trying to pay for this school and the girl of my dreams now no longer in the picture i left after only one year. came home and was Job searching to pay for an instate school i could afford and just happened to walk into a recruiters office that was in the same building as a place i was applying for so i figured i would listen to them. Turns out i was attracted by that whole 50,000$ for college and a college degree from George Washington University in medical labrotory sciences from the one year long training the army would send me to so here i am, out of debt (i LOVE the fact that i dont owe ANYONE any money) and trying to take advantage of the free college as much as i can while im in so i can use the 50,000 when i get out to take a chunk out of a PhD in Genetics most likely back at tOSU when i finish my 5 years.

I have 4 brothers, I am the oldest. I consider myself to be quite fortunate in that we all got some good genes. Math and Science have always come especially easy to me and getting fat has never even been an option while i can fairly easily max an army physical fitness test. although I am not the most athletic of my brothers by any means. My next brother Cody is basically in my build but being 6 years younger than me he has always been made to play with kids double his age and has for as long as i can remember always been able to outrun everykid in the grade above him at his school, i fully expect him to earn an athletic scholarship SOMEWHERE, not likely at a big ten school but possibly MAC for basketball if he keeps growing. You guys here might have a small intrest in my second to youngest brother though, Colten. He is a little freak of nature, the kid could do chin ups when he was two. Last year in his first year of basketball he starred on my brother Nathans team which was two grades above him. Then this past year he was old enough to play with kids his own age and averaged over 20 points a game in 4th grade while the next closest on his team had an average of under 3. He is faster and stronger for his age than anyone i have ever met and he has a serious mean streak to him, I am encouraging my dad to take him to tOSU summer camp this year to get him a little instruction from the coaches there granted he is only 10 but If he doesnt get hurt I garauntee he will be playing for somewhere when he is old enough.

My whole family is made of HUGE buckeye fans everygame day we fly a huge block "O" flag over our house and i have managed not to miss a game yet since i have been bounced around everywhere, i regretted being in texas for the NC game a few years ago but it was still fun watching it in a room full of miami and long horns fans. then last season was when it got really hard to find the games, i had to be up at 6 am most days bcuz i was in hawaii and they only like to show pac 10 games there so it was normally up at 5 am to drive to a sports bar to see the games. i am curious if i ever saw mililanibuck there, if ya went to players sports bar lemme know mililani and then this years fiesta bowl i was in germany but the game was televised at like 1 AM on the Armed forces network so i still got to see it although i admit i didnt stay up that late enough to watch the entire national championship game. ok.. this is long enough.. bye bye

[RAMdrvr1]

Yeah, but what about the girl? Keeping track of her?

[ysubuck]

Born in Cleveland and raised in Youngstown, Ohio.

Graduated from Youngstown State University and moved to Columbus a few years back.

Always rooted for the Buckeyes but became a fanatic once Coach Tressel got the job (being a Y-Town fok hero!!).

Looking forward to some great times here at Buckeye Planet!!

[BuckeyeSoldier]

the girl left me the first day i got to college.. took a while to get over that.. recently got back in contact, found out she is married but not happily.. wants a divorce and i think i was actually about to get her back but im in the midst of second thoughts..

[NorthShoreBuck]

I'm more than a little late to this spot.

Born and raised in Barberton Ohio. My grandfather introduced me to sports (OSU) when I was very young. I follow OSU football and much like Mili really got hooked in the 1968 year. I appear to be 3 or 4 years younger than the old man!

I played football through out my life but was not big enough or fast enough to get a ride at OSU.

I played at Marshall and my roommate's girlfriend attended OSU. After having knee surgery I actually tried to attend an OSU game as opposed to sit for a Marshall game. The coaching staff was not happy.

I have traveled and lived all over the country and it is amazing where you will find an OSU fan.

I make it back to Ohio once or twice a year. All my old buddies are big OSU and unfortunately browns fans.

[exhawg]

I recognize most of you so I'm guessing you know me. I think I could get to like this place as long as nobody tells donny about it.

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....

[Tipdogusaf]

I am 22yrs old currently in the in my 4th yr in the USAF. I am stationed at Pope AFB, NC. I am married and have a 18 month old daughter. I never attended OSU but my Dad, Mom, Uncle attended and my Sister is currently attending. I spent most of my childhood in growing up in Circleville, Ohio. I have been OSU fan since 1990 or so.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Tipdog: What's your AFSC? I know how tough it must've been becoming a fan under the Cooper Era, but with JT now in town you can finally enjoy bowls wins and wins against Michigan on a regular basis.