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December 29, 2006
Loyalty For Bowling Green State University
It is Friday, Dec 29, and I'm working. LOL. Seriously I am. This column is the result of a couple encounters I've had at family functions the last few days. As some of you know, my whole family graduated from BGSU except my younger sister, Beth. She went to BG for one year and then transferred to Kent State, where she earned her degree.still life cd key
My aunt and late uncle are/were BG grads. We are a BGSU family. My grandfather on my mom's side did attend Ohio State and played basketball there in the 1930's. Mrs. Freak is an OSU grad but roots BiG time for the Falcons.still life cd key
At my nephew's birthday party two weeks ago, I saw an old friend who knows my loyalty to BGSU. He asked who I was rooting for in the BCS Title game. When I replied "the Gators", he responded with "How in the hell can you root for Florida??" He is an OSU fan. When I told him Meyer coached for BG and I'd like to see him win, he said "Well, if BG was playing in a BCS Bowl, I'd be rooting for them! You have to root for OSU cuz you're from Ohio!" Bullshit. I don't subscribe to that line of thinking. He was actually stunned and couldn't understand how I could "dis the Bucks". My nephew's birthday party theme? You guessed it...ALL Buckeyes all over the place. I'm sure my brother in law, Shane, pushed pretty hard for that.still life cd key
At our Christmas gathering last night at my parents house, we weren't there more than an hour and my nephew started bragging about OSU and how some kid at his school roots for Michigan. He couldn't stand the fact that some other kid actually roots for UM. Shane, my BIL, attended Akron for a few years but is a huge OSU fan. Here's where the plot thickens...He pushes OSU on his kids all the time and they are now OSU fans. One of them started singing "BG" last night and I responded with "SU" and they came back with "stinks, stinks, stinks!". I laughed it off since they're kids but I think you see where this is going. Shane starts bragging about how OSU is gonna show Florida what a "real college football team" can do. I kept my mouth shut for the most part.still life cd key
When it was time to go, my sister Beth, Shane's wife, asked me who I thought would win the game on 1/8. I told her I'd like to see Florida win for Meyer and I'm tired of all the OSU stuff I see, hear, read and must inhale every day. She replied sarcastically, "Well, when you're the #1 team in the country, that's what happens". I was thrown back. Since when did my sister ever follow another school but Kent. I replied "Well, OSU could go 0-12 and the media in this state would still cover what toothpaste Tressel uses every day". My older sister, Brenda, a 1987 BG Grad, constantly wears OSU gear but rarely says anything about BG. Brenda is a very successful teacher and coach thanks to her education from BGSU and yet doesn't seem to care for the school much. I will buy her some BG gear when the Freaklings and I head up 1/6/07 for women's hoops and hockey.still life cd key
The point of all this? Why is is a crime in this state to support one school only...just one? Why is it I am expected to follow, support and cheer on OSU just because I'm from Ohio? Why do I get looks of disbelief when I tell people I only support BGSU? It has gotten to the point where I feel like punching someone when I get a reaction like that. YOU support the team(s) you want and I'LL support the team I want. Period. If you don't like it, tough. I get accused of "brain washing" my boys to like BG. Personally, I don't care who they want to follow...except that school up north. I gotta draw the line somewhere. Wink Jake does root for OSU a little cuz Dana went there and I don't have a problem with that. But it's ok for others to force OSU on their kids like what happened to me when I was a kid? The double standard is sickening.still life cd key
I don't have a problem with OSU as a school, any of their teams, players or coaches. It's the obnoxious attitude the majority of OSU "fans" have. Not all of them...but more than not. This arrogance makes it very easy to root against OSU in everything. My dad, Class of '64, is feeling the same way these days. I have to say most of the OSU fans here at work are pretty cool and compliment BG's athletic teams...even though only one actually went to OSU. 90% of others went to Kent, Akron, Miami and UT> When I try to bring up the success in the class room for all the BG teams compared to OSU, nobody wants to hear that. When I mention BG has owned OSU In hockey over the years except for the last decade, nobody cares. When I mention that BG men's hoops is 2-3 lifetime against OSU and every game has been played in Cbus, who cares? When I mention OSU's athletic budget is 10-15 times the size of BG's and should be winning titles every year, they can't answer that. I call OSU the New York Yankees of college sports. The team with the most $$$ wins. So why can't OSU win an NCAA National title in anything. Remember, the NCAA does not recognize a 1-A football champ. OSU won the BCS title 4 years ago but not an NCAA National title like BG in 1984, hockey. When I mention the NCAA investigations on a regular basis in Cbus but BG never has been found in violation, I get the "Well, the NCAA only cares about the big schools". Really? Ask Marshall and SMU about that. Many of them are so blinded by OSU's success on the gridiron that nothing else matters but winning. None of the other athletic teams at OSU matter...except hoops since Matta has gotten there. Now all of a sudden they follow hoops too.still life cd key
Thanks for letting me rant. I don't have many folks over this way that I can talk BG stuff with so it's always a pleasure to be here with my Falcon Family. This Falcon will be Orange and Brown, only, forever. My loyalty to BGSU will NEVER waver. I am so very proud of our STUDENT-ATHLETES at BG...on and off the playing surface. As for any other schools? Don't look to me for support because it's NEVER gonna happen.still life cd key
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