If they needed 2-3 minutes defending the student body they didn't do a good job.
This is an easy thing to explain. Repeat after me: One person making a dumb decision doesn't define a whole university. And just keep repeating that. The people that matter understand. Those that don't we should all just shrug off.
Eh. You join the tool when you praise and celebrate his act.
If the poll results were opposite, your point would stand. Though, on Facebook, most Bobcats I see are as proud as they were after the win over Georgetown. That says a lot.
One program is pompous.
One program is donkey basketball.
Clearly Ohio didn't endorse this, thankfully no one was hurt, the donkey was fired and apologies were given. And the press and media
outside of the state of Ohio feel that this is funny, not an embarrassment to Ohio. Time should continue to add perspective to this, and I have many non-Ohio alum friends that have contacted me and think it was great, both for entertainment value and for putting tOSU fans in their place.
I am also President of the New England alumni chapter, and I have heard from several alums here, none of whom feel it is a disgrace for the University. They actually found it pretty funny in light of the drubbing we suffered. Clearly everyone would have a different POV if someone was hurt, but alas, thankfully no one was.
The only people I have heard from that think it is a travesty are those that are friends and are die hard tOSU fans, or dual campers, and once reminded of Woodrow's past sins, they seem to gain the perspective that they were lacking. However, many want to state how we should give Woody a pass because his players loved him, he was an icon, (insert sentimental revisionist history here). I even have a couple die hard tOSU fans that think it was funny and think it is crazy that this is such a big deal. Now those are Buckeye fans that I can actually respect!
And look at tOSU: they are clearly struggling to be successful after "disgracing" themselves with a bare knuckled punch and choking applied by a bully on NATIONAL TV, IN PRIME TIME, 32 YEARS AGO. They can hardly scrape up the $35 million dollars they need to run their football program, outspending Auburn, the second runner in the FCS arms race, by $7 MM per year, let alone the $132 million dollars they need to run their entire athletic department. That black eye lingered FOREVER! Just look at them, they can hardly recruit any five star recruits.
Clearly Ohio will never be able to pick itself up after this disgrace. Jeesh,