I am sure Y-City can appreciate this. I played with a guy at ZHS who was a QB for MU. Every Facebook picture I see recently has him in OSUcks gear at the games leading up to the title. How is that possible? A starting D1 QB sniffing jock? Sad.

It is already changing.

you seem to think that the reason some of us don't like OSU is rooted in jealousy or envy, or some other emotional shortcoming that we should just "get over". If that were the case then wondering if OSU fans behave the same way would be a valid point. But that's not what this is about. Sadly, I think you've missed the point all together, I encourage you to go back and re-read the comments regarding the dislike of OSU and you'll see that this has nothing to do with their success on the football field.

+1

+2 (twice as powerful as Wayne's overused and redundant "+1")

Thanks for shedding some light on this... aside from the osu lawsuit and the century of arrogance in attempting to take our name, own our name and undermine us at every opportunity (but, yeah, get over it ) , there are other reasons to hate osu, but I do blame many of our own alumni. Lots of folks SAY they are Bobcats first, but what do their actions say?

How much money did you spend on buckeye shit this year? how many times did you post crap about the latest osu game? how big a a pimp are you all the time about ohio state?

And on the other end? Did you ever take any of that money and give to the OHIO Bobcat club? When did you get your last OHIO shirt or sweatshirt? When was your last visit to Athens? Did you buy season tickets to OHIO football and attend at least three games, which you can do for the same cost as one osu game?

No, OHIO won't ever win a national championship. I'm fine with that. I also prefer that our school never become one that has a sports "culture" because that minimizes what a great place it is altogether. But it would be nice to just see what our potential is, if we didn't have so many weak-minded fools who buy everything they sell in cowtown. Grow up and be your own person. Grow some balls.

This story reminds me of my time at Stanford. My classmates came from 31 countries. We were in residence, meaning we were quartered in a dorm. We developed strong ties to Stanford. One day at lunch, 7 or 8 of us were sitting at the same table. The subject of school allegiance came up. So we put on the table this question: To which alma mater did we feel the strongest emotional tie? It was unanimous: Regardless of our country of origin or residence, we all felt the strongest tie to our undergraduate alma mater. In my case, I have a third alma mater - a law school - and I have virtually no emotional tie to it.

This is a great assessment and hits the nail on the head about why this is so frustrating! 99% of OSU fans couldn't give two craps about OU, yet if I don't worship at the Shoe like it's some kind of a holy shrine then I become some kind of a weird, whiny, crazy fan with a Napoleon complex! I agree 100% with you that you can be a fan of both schools, but do it the right way!

Yeah, but doesn't that happen at Browns games too? And Steeler games? I think most big time programs have obnoxious, passionate fans that belittle the opposing team's fans. I caught the same crap at both OU/Ohio State games, but I shook it off because I feel like if the games would have been at Peden and I would have been wearing Ohio State stuff, more than one person would make a rude comment to me.

Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Montgomery, AL refer to themselves as Alabama? No, because they are Alabama State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Tempe, AZ refer to themselves as Arizona? No, because they are Arizona State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Jonesboro, AR refer to themselves as Arkansas? No, because they are Arkansas State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Sacramento, CA refer to themselves as California? No, because they are California State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Fort Collins, CO refer to themselves as Colorado? No, because they are Colorado State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Dover DE refer to themselves as Delaware? No, because they are Delaware State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Tallahassee, FL refer to themselves as Florida? No, because they are Florida State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Atlanta, GA refer to themselves as Georgia? No, because they are Georgia State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Pocatello, ID refer to themselves as Idaho? No, because they are Idaho State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Normal, IL refer to themselves as Illinois? No, because they are Illinois State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Terra Haute, IN refer to themselves as Indiana? No, because they are Indiana State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Ames, IA refer to themselves as Iowa? No, because they are Iowa State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Manhattan, KS refer to themselves as Kansas? No, because they are Kansas State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Frankfort, KY refer to themselves as Kentucky? No, because they are Kentucky State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Baton Rouge, LA refer to themselves as Louisiana? No, because they are Louisiana State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in East Lansing, MI refer to themselves as Michigan? No, because they are Michigan State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Mankato, MN refer to themselves as Minnesota? No, because they are Minnesota State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Starkville, MS refer to themselves as Mississippi? No, because they are Mississippi State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Springfield, MO refer to themselves as Missouri? No, because they are Missouri State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Bozeman, MT refer to themselves as Montana? No, because they are Montana State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Las Cruces, NM refer to themselves as New Mexico? No, because they are New Mexico State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Raleigh, NC refer to themselves as North Carolina? No, because they are North Carolina State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Fargo, ND refer to themselves as North Dakota? No, because they are North Dakota State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Stillwater, OK refer to themselves as Oklahoma? No, because they are Oklahoma State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Corvallis, OR refer to themselves as Oregon? No, because they are Oregon State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in State College, PA refer to themselves as Pennsylvania? No, because they are Pennsylvania (Penn) State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Orangeburg, SC refer to themselves as South Carolina? No, because they are South Carolina State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Brookings, SD refer to themselves as South Dakota? No, because they are South Dakota State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Nashville, TN refer to themselves as Tennessee? No, because they are Tennessee State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in San Marcos, TX refer to themselves as Texas? No, because they are Texas State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Logan, UT refer to themselves as Utah? No, because they are Utah State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Petersburg, VA refer to themselves as Virginia? No, because they are Virginia State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Pullman, WA refer to themselves as Washington? No, because they are Washington State.
Do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Institute, WV refer to themselves as West Virginia? No, because they are West Virginia State.

So why do the students, alumni, and fans of the university located in Columbus, OH refer to themselves as Ohio?

I guess the states of Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming had it right not using such a confusing naming system for their state schools because so many other states get it wrong.

And this reminds me of walking out of the stadium at Penn State after beating the Nittany Lions on a very emotional day for them. I was stopped in the parking lot by many PSU fans who congratulated me (like I did something) on how well OUr team played, wished us luck the rest of the season, and in many cases offered me a beer at their tailgate. It happened so often, when I got to the tailgate of Penn State people I know, I asked one of them if they are always this way or if it was the result of the "problem" they were trying to recover from. He said something like this, "Of course we have a few fans who are jerks, but a vast majority of us get along with all the other team's fans except for one. Those fans from Ohio State are real a**holes."

Game, set, match.

Dang! I have 1,000 posts and none as good as this one! Well said, sir!!!!