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A new era starts tomorrow. Let's RISE

HINYG8

You never come back from Copperhead Road
We all have those markers. Those of a certain age know where they were when JFK was shot. Those who witnessed it know who they were sitting with watching man first walk on the moon. We share the emotion and the sadness of the moment when we lost the Challenger. We spent days hurt and angry together...and can instantly connect to a common, shared thread the day of, and weeks after, 9/11.

Football, of course, isn't that dramatic or grand, not really, but for Buckeye fans each coach too marks an era, marks a time in our lives. Woody. 'Nuff said. Earle. Coop, Tressel, Meyer....clear and distinct periods in the timelines of our lives.

The Buckeye tree gets a new ring tomorrow, marking time and change. We don't know what is in store for the program, but we do know all Buckeyes will consider it as common ground in our lives. Years from now we will look to reflect on even non football moments and ask ourselves: did that happen when Urban was here...or was that Day? That will be our shared anchor to clarify our 'when'; these changes become the reference points we use to measure time. They are of course nowhere near as grand as walking on the moon, but they provide an equally distinct time and shared experience. We know the 'when', and it starts tomorrow.

But what has yet to come even close to clear is the HOW. How is he going to do? What will the Day era be like? I was excited to see that Coop elevated the program, but was more than ready to beat TSUN. Really wanted a change...and was expecting we'd go get THE BIGGEST, BADDEST NAME IN THE GAME to run the program. Then the Senator strolled in and I was hopeful, but can't say I was optimistic. I thought we were going to go backward.

Fast forward and the vest is leaving us. I thought oh man, we had it so good. That was a great run. And then we actually got the BIGGEST BADDEST NAME IN THE GAME... and we kept climbing.

The air is getting thin up here where we are now. I don't know if it reasonable to expect us to keep falling up, or to keep raising the bar.....we are in some elite space right now. But there is room to keep climbing. There is a peak up there still. There is still a dog or two ahead of us to chase down and surpass. I think, for all Urban did accomplish, the door for better is still cracked open.

We left a few on the table. Can Day get those when we hit those crossroads?

This time I am hopeful....but this time I am also even optimistic; more so than when Tress was announced. I'm more confident with Day than I was even when Meyer was coming because I had no idea what the impact of those sanctions might be, and no idea if we could do better than Tress did. I was too young to appreciate in real time what Woody did. I had never seen us at the level Tress had us and didn't dare expect for more.

So here it comes, sports fans. Tomorrow Day will lead the team into a new era, a new chapter. Will he be able to take us up to a new level...will all our haters be even more disappointed and spiteful, or will the Buckeye train finally need to rest a bit and let the others gain on our tracks?

I think something awesome this way comes, again. I expect our detractors to be bitter and stunned that we manage to do what they can't...and that is continue excellence. The king is dead, long live the king!

Tomorrow a new era comes to ole Columbus town.

Let's go Bucks!
 
Our first drive of the game:

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