Ohio State just did what at halftime?!?!?
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I'm not sure of the correct word used to describe the back and forth "comeuppance" between fan bases. The game away from the field. Always a part of "rivalry" and can add a lot of fun. Was an entertaining element during the "Ten Year War". What is the word I am looking for? "Sportsmanship" vs "Gamesmanship" are elements.
Buckeyes and their fans continue to not get how this game is played; and continue to take it too far. More crude than clever.
Remember when the Hotel the Wolverines were staying in the eve before The Game had the water cut off in the middle of the night? No toilets or showers! Two visits in a row.
M beat the Bucks in 2003 in the 100th The Game. For many years a group of us held down a great tailgate spot on the corner of Kipke Dr and "Tunnel Dr" and the grass island that separates the parking lot from Kipke. That day we had one of our best tailgates. Featuring incredible spare ribs. We had a lot. Sam Webb knew we threw a great tailgate and brought Marcus Ray and Charles Woodson and entourage over pregame. A large part of our group was made up of the parents of the players. The party continued throughout the game for those who didn't go in. This was the after game meet up place for players and their family. We built a great rep for food but more so the vibes. It had become a great destination.
Enough back story
During the game the word got out to the police working the surrounding area. They are not very busy during the game and they congregated in groups of ten enjoying all the "too many" ribs we had. M won the 100th The Game 35-21. Back at the Victory Celebration we still had groups of police officers popping in and out. Good compadre ness.
The buckeyes had four busses waiting for them outside the tunnel. Waiting for them to leave the locker room mingle with family and friends and face the bus ride back to C Bus (Columbus). The busses full they started out on their way out to Kipke Dr. Right past out tailgate and a right onto Kipke Dr.. We yelled out "here they come; lets serenade them with "The Victors". We lined both sides of the drive and were loud and proud. The lead bus took the corner too short and clipped the rear of a pick up truck parked in the last row.
The truck owner was in our group. We started taunting, and chasing down the bus and several of the officers leapt to be our heroes. Chasing the bus down and stopping it and getting an accident statement
and info from the bus driver. This is all taking 15 mins or so. The other three busses are all waiting lined up. In a sea of M fans. We had a captive audience of defeated buckeyes who
had to sit and endure.
This all happened right in front of us. I stood in the front of the crowd. The officers had the driver off the bus. The door to the bus open. Their sat Jim Tressell in the front seat.
Face red with anger and humiliation. Impulse over took me. Three big steps and I was on the bus right next to the empty drivers seat; looking down the aisle at the buckeyes first team units. Their "stars". And Tressel two feet away. I loudly yelled out; "One two, you know what to do"; and thrusting my arm and fist started singing the greatest fight song ever written; "Hail to The Victors Valiant". Knowing I was pushing it I quickly exited back out of the bus and disappeared into the crowd w/o further involvement.
The next year in C Bus Tressell had a plan to get back at us. "Comeuppance". A fake report of a "bomb threat" from the dangerous M team required a Bomb Squad to stop and search each member of M Team and coaches and entourage and their baggage as they waited to enter the locking room. Sitting ducks for the buckeye fans to jeer at.
Fortunate that our M Team of outstanding citizens all survived the search and didn't have to worry about illegal substances they might have brought along to celebrate their end of the season victory.
This was Tress's version of "comeuppance" from the bus incident the year before. I'd say they don't know how to play the game.
Storing up urine for their squirt guns to drench M fans on their way into "The Hole" is going way too far. Butt you can see where their version of "comeuppance" comes from when their band displays this type of "sportsmanship/gamemanship"
Also thought the "poop flag" they used on the M flag; looked a lot like the Cleveland Browns logo. "Brownie, The Elf" or "Dancing Turd" as I call it. I mean; the turd had eyeballs. Cute.
Looking for help with that word that escapes me to describe the clever back n forth between fan bases. Anyone have other stories , examples of this?
WATCH: Ohio State band dumps on Michigan with crude formation during halftime of Purdue game
This will add some fresh fuel to the already intense rivalry
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I'm not sure of the correct word used to describe the back and forth "comeuppance" between fan bases. The game away from the field. Always a part of "rivalry" and can add a lot of fun. Was an entertaining element during the "Ten Year War". What is the word I am looking for? "Sportsmanship" vs "Gamesmanship" are elements.
Buckeyes and their fans continue to not get how this game is played; and continue to take it too far. More crude than clever.
Remember when the Hotel the Wolverines were staying in the eve before The Game had the water cut off in the middle of the night? No toilets or showers! Two visits in a row.
M beat the Bucks in 2003 in the 100th The Game. For many years a group of us held down a great tailgate spot on the corner of Kipke Dr and "Tunnel Dr" and the grass island that separates the parking lot from Kipke. That day we had one of our best tailgates. Featuring incredible spare ribs. We had a lot. Sam Webb knew we threw a great tailgate and brought Marcus Ray and Charles Woodson and entourage over pregame. A large part of our group was made up of the parents of the players. The party continued throughout the game for those who didn't go in. This was the after game meet up place for players and their family. We built a great rep for food but more so the vibes. It had become a great destination.
Enough back story
During the game the word got out to the police working the surrounding area. They are not very busy during the game and they congregated in groups of ten enjoying all the "too many" ribs we had. M won the 100th The Game 35-21. Back at the Victory Celebration we still had groups of police officers popping in and out. Good compadre ness.
The buckeyes had four busses waiting for them outside the tunnel. Waiting for them to leave the locker room mingle with family and friends and face the bus ride back to C Bus (Columbus). The busses full they started out on their way out to Kipke Dr. Right past out tailgate and a right onto Kipke Dr.. We yelled out "here they come; lets serenade them with "The Victors". We lined both sides of the drive and were loud and proud. The lead bus took the corner too short and clipped the rear of a pick up truck parked in the last row.
The truck owner was in our group. We started taunting, and chasing down the bus and several of the officers leapt to be our heroes. Chasing the bus down and stopping it and getting an accident statement
and info from the bus driver. This is all taking 15 mins or so. The other three busses are all waiting lined up. In a sea of M fans. We had a captive audience of defeated buckeyes who
had to sit and endure.
This all happened right in front of us. I stood in the front of the crowd. The officers had the driver off the bus. The door to the bus open. Their sat Jim Tressell in the front seat.
Face red with anger and humiliation. Impulse over took me. Three big steps and I was on the bus right next to the empty drivers seat; looking down the aisle at the buckeyes first team units. Their "stars". And Tressel two feet away. I loudly yelled out; "One two, you know what to do"; and thrusting my arm and fist started singing the greatest fight song ever written; "Hail to The Victors Valiant". Knowing I was pushing it I quickly exited back out of the bus and disappeared into the crowd w/o further involvement.
The next year in C Bus Tressell had a plan to get back at us. "Comeuppance". A fake report of a "bomb threat" from the dangerous M team required a Bomb Squad to stop and search each member of M Team and coaches and entourage and their baggage as they waited to enter the locking room. Sitting ducks for the buckeye fans to jeer at.
Fortunate that our M Team of outstanding citizens all survived the search and didn't have to worry about illegal substances they might have brought along to celebrate their end of the season victory.
This was Tress's version of "comeuppance" from the bus incident the year before. I'd say they don't know how to play the game.
Storing up urine for their squirt guns to drench M fans on their way into "The Hole" is going way too far. Butt you can see where their version of "comeuppance" comes from when their band displays this type of "sportsmanship/gamemanship"
Also thought the "poop flag" they used on the M flag; looked a lot like the Cleveland Browns logo. "Brownie, The Elf" or "Dancing Turd" as I call it. I mean; the turd had eyeballs. Cute.
Looking for help with that word that escapes me to describe the clever back n forth between fan bases. Anyone have other stories , examples of this?
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