Last Wednesday I opened up my work e-mail and lo! Appearing before my tired eyes was an offer of tickets to the game yesterday. A deck, near the thirty yard line. Beautiful. And then I looked at the weather forecast and knew that there wasn't a chance in hell that you could ever get me in an aluminum-lined hotbox for three and a half hours to watch Ohio State dump all over a completely outmatched out of conference foe.
I did something similar once, attending an Akron game in 2007 in which I managed to get rained on and still sweat through my shirt in a 30 minute chunk of my life that I'll never get back. I stayed through that entire game (which Ohio State was leading 3-2 at halftime), mainly because I'm an idiot who didn't realize that if Ohio State lost, me staying would've been even more of a bad decision than going in the first place.
To everyone who went and stayed yesterday, I salute you. You're dumb, but you're better people than I. On the positive side, you got to see the Buckeye offense start to click and the makings of a nascent quarterback controversy. So that's fun. Let's see how everyone else reacted to the game!
THE PLAYERS
Thankful for my brothers and glory be to God.
— Demetrius Knox (@Meech_Dream14) September 23, 2017
We have the best damn fans in The Land
— Jeffrey Okudah III (@TheJeffOkudah) September 23, 2017
Appreciate it bro
— BenVictor (@BinjimenVictor) September 23, 2017
THE ALUMNI
Parris Campbell and Buckeyes young WRs are developing. Its impossible for WRs to get better if you dont put the ball in their hands ..
— Cris Carter (@criscarter80) September 23, 2017
There ain't nothing like a noon victory in Columbus on a beautiful day #GoBucks
— Patrick Elflein (@elflein65) September 23, 2017
Haskins is nice!
— Chimdi Chekwa (@ChimChek) September 23, 2017
Throw aways shouldnt be counted in completion percentage throw aways shouldnt be counted in completion percentage throw aways shouldnt b
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) September 23, 2017
Huge return by Campbell. You can tell he was trying to make up for that fumble...apology accepted
— Jay Richardson (@JayRichardson99) September 23, 2017
GUYS...
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, but have you heard of pic.twitter.com/DyXSnhjzeQ
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) September 23, 2017
GUYS!
Drue in the Shoe
— Drue Chrisman (@DChrisman91) September 23, 2017
THE REST
It's a little big, but thanks to Chase Young for giving Rowen a glove from the game/making his day @OhioStAthletics pic.twitter.com/tbecgHzTxL
— Brent Saneholtz (@brentsane) September 23, 2017
Squad @nbsmallerbear @dh_simba7 @Austin_Mack10 @JonathonCooper7 pic.twitter.com/rGMuNWxfWk
— Tino Bovenzi (@TinoBovenzi) September 23, 2017
It's why we play #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/j9yz6zFFEO
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) September 23, 2017
It was a one, but excited to introduce the fam to the Shoe. Let me hear you #BuckeyeNation...O-H... pic.twitter.com/gUlDl7OPcu
— Terry Johnson (@CoachTLJohnson) September 23, 2017
Its about time to remind you that UNLV was paid $1.3 million to play this game.
— James Grega Jr. (@JGrega11) September 23, 2017
Next week is Rutgers! Do I smell an upset? No. No I do not.
