Pro Football Team: tOSU

1. Ohio State was my safety school
2. My degree has not prevented me from having a successful career
3. Outside of the midwest hiring managers tend to be football fans from the SEC, Big XII and Pac10 so being from Ohio and not having a degree from OSU has actually helped me out in interviews before.
4. Congrats to OSU for all of their success.
5. Some of my good friends are Buckeye fans.
6. Buckeye fans can be the most obnoxious pricks on the planet.
7. OHIO fans should class it up and not get into these online pissing contests with buckeye trolls, but what the heck.
8. Both marching bands are good, the 110 is more "exciting".
9. OSU doesn't represent the entire state of Ohio, stop referring to yourselves as ohio, no other school in the country calls themselves by the wrong name so ignorantly and arrogantly.
10. Congratulations on your cavalcade of bandwagon fans that have no affiliation with your school.
11. I don't care where the two schools rank on any list you have, or care about anything that happened 100 years ago, I love my school as much as you love yours. Its not arrogance, its pride.
12. I hate that some OHIO students and alumni self identify as Buckeye fans first and its not out of envy- fans put their money where their mouth is and these people should be financially investing in the university they have their degree from, not one they don't.
13. The Buckeyes are good enough to make it to the championship game this year, their special teams play will prevent them from winning it.
14. I wish our mascot hadn't acted like a fool but that picture of him punching brutus in the eye makes me laugh uncontrollably.
15. GO OHIO.

Which is the reason a lot of us came on here as well.  (Defense of the alma mater).  Just some of us have more tact (or maybe age - man I'm getting old) to discuss it in a better way.

I would never expect you guys to "bow down" to Ohio State.  Just as I, as a Buckeye, will never bow down to a fan of the SEC (with their nonsensical rants that one team in the conference beating another team means their entire conference is better) just because Ohio State hasn't beaten them in a bowl game (nevermind we're 7-2-1 against them in regular season)

I expect to be teased on this board.  That's fine......just have something realistic to back up whatever it is your saying.

Good natured ribbing is what makes forums fun to post on.

To Buckeye Rican: IMO you are fine to hang around and talk about football. Though I'm ashamed to admit it many of my best friends are buckeye fans, so personally I can't hold it against you .

To the rest: Go away.

I chose Ohio University because it is a good school with a beautiful campus. I got into Ohio State, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Case Western as well. I never applied to Miami, but I'm sure I wouldn't have had trouble getting in there either. I would say that all public schools in Ohio are comparable with OHIO, OSU, and Miami at the top. We can debate who is better until we are blue in the face but there is no objective way to decide.

For graduate school I never even considered a school in Ohio. You know why? Because the best programs, with the right focus, are at Delaware, Maryland, and UVA. I got into all three but chose Delaware because of an assistantship. My degree from OHIO didn't seem to hinder me in this respect. In fact, another OHIO Alum got into the program at UVA as well. I was told by my department chair that this is unheard of as that program usually will not accept multiple applicants from the same undergraduate institution.

The football team never factored into my choice for undergrad or graduate school, but I will proudly root for my Bobcats and now the Fightin' Blue Hens (gonna win an FCS championship lol) until I die. I will also continue to hate everything associated with Ohio State Football or Fiami, but I'm allowed to because it's what makes college sports fun!

Personally I appreciate the beauty of women, but to each their own.

Women appreciate the beauty of me.

Half of O.A.R. songs are about Ohio State specifically.
Saving Jane re-did Hang on Sloopy with the associated O-H-I-O in it.

Listening to Buckeye supporters is like being cornered by a Jehovah Witness.  They don't take no for an answer and they won't shut the hell up.  Go back to Columbus and preach to the ignorant masses.
I don't give a rats ass about what schools you were accepted into, your socio-economic status or your love for Ohio State.
Your team won the game. Congratulations. Get a life. Drink some more red kool-aid with your boyfriends.
As you leave, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Actually, both are correct depending on what verb tense you're using -  "chose" if past tense, "choose" if present. Understand the difference, foreverbuckeye?



(Now, I could be wrong. If so, please understand that I have a degree from both The Ohio University and an o$u)

I don't listen to them nor do I know much about Palmerfest (other than where it's located).

Some on here are so consumed with tOSU that this is actually about par for the course.  (not all but a good number).

I read something by another poster yesterday that I think makes the most sense that I have seen about the use of Ohio. Ohio is the state, not any university. I went to Ohio University, not Ohio. I was an Ohio student starting at the age of 4, I was not an Ohio University student until I was 18. There is nothing wrong with any university, college, high school, etc. to use "ohio." Making the claim of the name of the state doesn't make any sense.

Also about going to the Ohio State University if you are a fan (instead of Ohio University). Ohio University would lose half of its attendance. There are many reasons to go to a University. My father works at Ohio University, so I went to Ohio University for free tuition. Had it not been for the free tuition, I doubt I would have. I can't say where I would've gone, however. Ohio State University is an enormous school and many people may not want to go there just for that reason, too big. Academically, they are an excellent school.

actually, if I must, I will explain this, although first I must admit, several of the responses to my last really long rant were very mature and made me feel as though you understood where I was coming from (but from the other side) and understood that I was frustrated, and believe it or not, those responses have really helped to make me chill a little bit.

I understand that I am not the first to come in here and talk smack, but I guess the difference was that I was not doing it to necessarily be a jerk, but more so out of frustration...actually, I will openly admit that I was immature, and for that I apologize to those with your good (even though in opposition) responses...

that being said, because of the way this sentence is written, it can only be 'choose' that is correct and not 'chose' - explanation? because if you use the word 'chose' in this sentence, it changes the meaning...using the past tense means that it is not still happening anymore...aka, the schools are no longer up and running or taking in new classes. If you use the present tense of this, 'choose,' then it means what was intended...

People choose Ohio and Ohio State for different reasons. --> this means that it is still happening, and it covers people who have made the decision in the past, present, and will in the future...

People chose Ohio and Ohio State for different reasons --> it implies 'while these schools were still accepting students, people chose...'

It is a minor detail, but that is the difference in this particular example. Sorry, I could apologize for the rest, but when I know that I am right (professional writer/journalist) with something that has to do with grammar, I have a REALLY hard time letting it go...haha.

Thanks for putting up with me, and you won't hear me admit this to the jerk OU fans, but you have an amazingly beautiful campus down there in Athens...and it's even prettier than Miami...don't tell my sister that I said that...