I’m not a football fan, but I feel as if I live right in the heart of darkness, just about a mile from the Ohio State University’s famed horseshoe-shaped football stadium.
Whenever there’s a home football game, the whole neighborhood goes into lockdown. Fans from all over take every single parking space for miles around the stadium and litter our yards with their cans and bottles. On nights before a really big game, it’s difficult to get any sleep. The revelers arrive early and make a lot of noise, blaring marching band fight songs and shouting “O-H! I-O!” all night long.
The biggest game of the year is always the Ohio State – Michigan game, a classic rivalry dating back to the early years of the 20th century. This year the game is bigger than ever, because both teams are undefeated, and polls rank Ohio State as #1 in the nation, and Michigan as #2. I just went out to get some lunch, and already High Street is at a virtual standstill.
The Ohio State – Michigan rivalry is often represented as a face-to-face showdown between Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler, even though it’s been many years since either man coached. While I was out getting lunch, I picked up a copy of a free local paper called Columbus Alive. Right about now, I’ll bet they’re wishing they could take back this cover.
Bo Schembechler died today while taping a TV show about tomorrow’s game.
B. Moore | 18-Nov-06 at 8:29 am | Permalink
if football fans are your biggest problem, you ain’t got none. like gnats, they soon will go away… besides, you bought the house where it stands; seems you knew the job was dangerous when you took it.
MAY I SUGGEST: instead of raising hell about disorderly football fans, perhaps you go join then? break the routine, a little fresh air a nice warm couch-fire?
burn the town down wheather you win or loose… by the way what do the gendarme fear most? winning or loosing?
ME, i always regret missing the fun in Athens for halloween. big party on/off campus with just enuff good clean dirty fun to make it ornery.
i remember reading about the arrests in Athens a few years ago in the CD. several drunken disorderly, one alledged sexual assult. handful disturbing the peace. and for this the police in Athens are worried? hell that kinda light duty for a college town weekend.
FYI: i’ve bet a buck on Michigan…