Article on OSU Fans

[scarletmike]

I couldn't think of another existing thread to put this, but if there's a fit, mods feel free to move it there.

Be forewarned that you may be tempted to throw your computer halfway across the room at points of the article. While there are some bits and pieces of truth and half-truths in the article, I found it to largely be trash, but figured some here might be interested in it. So without further ado, here it is...

Cracking the Bucknut
How Ohio State fans came to be so obnoxious, and who we should blame for it

When you are born and raised in Columbus, you were born a Buckeye fan, no matter what," the caller says over the line, his voice pocketed in static. "Now, the reason why we see it so big up this way, and even the whole state, is because it's The Ohio State University. There is no other university that is better than Ohio State out there, period.

Inside the booth at AM 850-WKNR, there's a beat or two of dead air. It's the last hour of The Really Big Show. Co-host Aaron Goldhammer has his eyes pinched shut, his head shaking from side to side.

"Wh ... Wha ... What?" he says, cranking out the word bit by bit, lacquering on another layer of sarcasm with each syllable. "What do you mean by that? There's no university that's better than Ohio State? I went to a university that's pretty good, it's NYU. I liked it."

"And you like that," the caller says. "But to me, I am The Ohio State University."

"Yeeaaaaaaaah!" host Tony Rizzo cuts in. "What's your name?"

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[NFBuck]

WTF is "clevescene"?

 

[Dryden]

The school has a longtime reputation for producing a class of fan that patrols the school's legacy like a rottweiler circling a junkyard, teeth bared for the most harmless of insult or lack of proper respect.

*cough* bullshit *cough*

 

[Buckeye513]

Death threat is in the mail.

 

[scarletmike]

I actually found it because of a PedSU fan posting it on Facebook and letting curiosity get the better of me.

 

[Buckeneye]

Who cares? I honeslty could give two shits what anyone thinks about our fanbase or the traditions.

Chances are somewhere down the line, your a fan of a school that had your ass kicked by the Scarlet & Grey. (Mark May...)

 

[MaxBuck]

Chances are somewhere down the line, your a fan of a school that had your ass kicked by the Scarlet & Grey.

Well, of course. Goes without saying.

 

[BigWoof31]

I would assume the Author has never been to Tuscaloosa.

 

[Dryden]

I would assume the Author has never been to Tuscaloosa.

This is a Cleveland outfit. Their deal is to lecture other fanbases around Ohio how to be civil and not get so wrapped up in their sports.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Bruce Hooley is still grinding that axe, huh? what a loser.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

This is a Cleveland outfit. Their deal is to lecture other fanbases around Ohio how to be civil and not get so wrapped up in their sports.

And the award for best use of Extreme Sarcasm goes to...

 

[End of Line]

tldr lol. Every fanbase is like this to an extent..

Anyways, the point that got to me is how often the author wrote "swag". I absolutely HATE that word.

 

[Muck]

Clicked on link...scrolled down...saw how long...

 

[Buckeye86]

Bruce Hooley is still grinding that axe, huh? what a loser.

Is that seriously written by Hooley? I won't click on the link to find out myself.

 

[Muck]

Is that seriously written by Hooley? I won't click on the link to find out myself.

Kyle Swenson

His other articles include: 'Columbus Pizza Delivery Guy Says He Was Fired for Cracking on OSU' & 'Ohio Is Racist, Says Harvard Study'.