Dude you really aren't helping yourself at all here, I don't mind you having your own opinions but this excuse is lame.  You are already admitting that you only buy OSU tickets to make money and you don't buy season tickets for OHIO because of their schedule.  If you are a real fan of OHIO and you have some extra money you use it to buy season tickets or to donate to the Ohio Bobcat Club.  

I personally don't have a alot of extra money but I was able to donate to the Ohio Bobcat Club and buy my two tickets for our game against OSU and I still will probably go down to Athens for at least Homecoming.  I even made it to the Toledo game because Monroe (who lives in Cali)  gave me two of his season tickets to attend the game.  Show some real commitment to this University and its Athletics program and you will gain a lot of respect on here.

If you do actually give annual to Ohio then I apologize, I don't know your facts.  But just from your posts that seems highly unlikely.

Thats good, you need to clarify these kind of things though when you starting getting into it with members.  Let them know your more of a basketball guy than football guy.  Though I'll tell you from some you won't get any sympathy because if you complain or criticize the football team which you don't give any money to, well then what should you be expecting from the football team?

I'm not trying to 'get into it' with anyone.  I'm getting hammered because I also support tOSU (would it be different if I supported, say, Oklahoma?) and I'm defending myself.

If you've been on this board for more than a year, I would assume that you know I follow basketball much more attentively.  If you're newer, now you know.  And if I'm buying basketball tickets, I am (indirectly) supporting the football team financially.  This also holds true for all of the negative-revenue sports.

Orlando, you're proving my point.  The hate, envy, whatever you want to call it over OSU drives it all.  All I did was voice what Vegas confirmed today.  The people who think OSU is our rival are crazy.  They are nowhere close to a rival.

Miami and Zippy are rivals, and I wish meteor showers upon both Oxford and Akron.

It's OK to root for UNC hoops.  They aren't our rival.  The last time we played them, they didn't even give us a game. 

They were awful, just awful.  I am not one to get cynical and all doom and gloom after one game, but if that is the team that plays out the season, we don't even make it to 5 wins.  Now I do believe we can and probably will improve, but Saturday's game was atrocious.  I give very very little credit to Toledo and expect them to do nothing this year.  I even left a little early for the first time that I can remember because I was so disgusted.

I know we set them up with 14 points from the 2 turnovers, but let's not forget the missed to pretty easy field goals and a PAT and we made a real long FG, so 27-10 is more like it.  I didn't like the play calling, and the offense was unbearable to watch.  I've seen Boo do some great things on the field, but he was awful.  I miss Theo BIG TIME.  I miss Taylor Price, Chris Garrett, Chris Rodgers, and David White.  We lost too much talent on this offensive unit and over-estimated them.  They can improve, but as it stands now...This offense is one of the worst in the country. 

Sorry, but I found myself longing for the offense I saw the last time I was at Peden when we played Temple.  That was a talented bunch that was fun to watch, and this unit is a far cry from that.  Let's hope for some good practices and significant improvement in the weeks to come.