Hey OSU - come to Glendale just like you did to Gainesville
As I sit here writing this I am still basking in Florida’s dominating win over the Buckeyes in Hoops. I got to see it live, and let me tell you - the O’Dome was rocking.
My commentary is not game related - rather, it relates to some pre-game observations. I spent my pre-game time at a local bar-restaurant called "The Swamp" (any Gator of recent vintage knows it). In the hours leading up to the game, there was a fairly large contingent of Ohio State fans there.
To their credit, they were indeed "there", whether they traveled to Gainesville, or whether they where local folks who were fans.
To their embarrassment, they were generally behaving like fools - preening, boasting, talking trash, and repeating over and over again what might be the most inane back and forth chant I have ever heard.
It goes like this -
First Buckeye fan to crowd - "O-H".
Crowd response - "I-O".
Believe me, when you hear it over and over, it becomes terribly annoying, but annoying in a pitiful type of way. Good thing the state only has four letters. I’m not sure this group could have handled much more. (As an aside, after a bit, it starts to sound like that nursery rhyme - "E - I - E - I -O!")
One rather large Buckeye fan in particular was making himself well known. He was taunting the wait staff, yelling at people walking past, and telling anyone who would listen how the Buckeyes were going to beat the Gators twice.
Notably, none of these folks were present post game.
Please Ohio State fans, please.
Come to Glendale just like you did to Gainesville.
Mentioned in Austin Murphy's book 
4 comments:
Yes, because you know how much the fans, before a game, in a restaurant, take part in the final outcome of a game.
Mike,
I have to respectfully call bullshit on that 300k number. According to OSU's own web site the school has 400,000 or so living alumni. And 3/4 of your living alums aren't coming to this game.
Miami is small private school with an enrollment of 15,000 while UF has an enrollment about the same size as OSU (50,000). Our alumni base isn't as large because we haven't been as big for as long as OSU but it's still over 200,000.
The primary reason OSU will outnumber Florida at the game is because you knew 2 weeks before florida fans that OSU would be participating in this game.
Either way you are going to gave to winit on the field, not in the stands. There will be enough of us to make a lot of noise. It's not going to be a home game for OSU.
Actually UF is a having a pep rally on the day before the game in Scottsdale:
Link
Whatever.
You can own it, we live in Florida, remember?
We only plan on leasing it for a few days.
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