Comments on: Fandom http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/fandom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fandom An Ohio State blog for the Buckeye fan in all of us. Sat, 25 May 2013 02:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ryan http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/fandom/comment-page-1/#comment-142485 Ryan Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:46:29 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=29684#comment-142485 Myself and my family are slowly turning my girlfriend
into a buckeye. It. Takes some time, but we will get the Florida born gator alum to the good side. Haha.

]]> By: Ken http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/fandom/comment-page-1/#comment-142468 Ken Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:33:32 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=29684#comment-142468 Darrol, thanks for your comment. I think your last sentence sums it up nicely, very well said.

In the ‘it’s a small world category’, my son (non-OSU grad) lives in Vegas and is probably as crazy as you & I are. He has his girlfriend (a UNLV alum) solidly in the Buckeye camp.

And, yeah, I act the same as you when Buckeyes play. Good thing I take my meds on game day..;)

]]> By: Ken http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/fandom/comment-page-1/#comment-142463 Ken Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:08:09 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=29684#comment-142463 Ryan, thanks for your comments. Funny that you mention your Florida experience. One of my frequent golf partners is a native western New Yorker. We were classmates and friends at Muskingum, so like you non-OSU attendees. Last summer, I was sporting an OSU-logo hat and he asked me ‘Why do you and other Ohioans, even if they’ve never attended OSU, cheer for them?’ I told him that ‘we are just wired that way.’

I can identify with your pacing, nervousness, etc. The first few years of marriage, my wife would don an OSU sweatshirt and watch the OSU-UM game with me. After a few years of my nervousness, pacing, sweating, yelling, etc., she cut her losses and decided that would be a good time to do some shopping. Such is life as a fan.. Thanks again, Ryan.

]]> By: Darrol http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/fandom/comment-page-1/#comment-142462 Darrol Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:37:02 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=29684#comment-142462 As a thirty year resident of Nevada I can relate to Ryan and mixed loyalties. First, I did attend tOSU back in the 60s but have been a fervent Buckeye as long as I can remember (which lately isn’t very far: I digress) since my dad and uncle were huge Buckeyes fans. Since living here I still get the same heart palpitations every time OSU plays any sport that I can watch(several years ago I watched tOSU bowling team play in Carson City and gave them some fan support). As a long time Nevada Wolfpack season ticket holder I can root for them but I get over losses quickly, not like when the Buckeyes lose and I stew about it for days. Every Buckeye game gets me going and I cheer and swear with equal emotion when things go great and bad. Its not about where you live but how you live your life as a Buckeye that counts the most.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/fandom/comment-page-1/#comment-142461 Ryan Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:53:58 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=29684#comment-142461 Ken, though i cannot relate to the military portion of your story, I have to say that i completelyget the rest. I am a buckeye transplant to florida. As a buckeye fan watching a football game is really the worst experience i go through. Nervousness, pacing, sweating, yelling at the tv. I really dont know why i put myself through it. People wonder why i love the buckeyes so much when i never attended OSU. Being a buckeye is how i was raised. At the same time i am a graduate of the university of florida and though i have adopted them as a second team and like to see them win, i dont really care when they lose a game.
Also, thanks to your father and uncle for fighting for freedom.

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