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I guess I see your point. I will never understand why college sports are popular, but to each their own.
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yes but that doesn't answer the question of why people who didn't attend the college are fans of the team. whatever.
Many universities are funded by the states.. hence tax dollars.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama doesn't have a football team. Many people there are Saints fans, but the fact is that they regionally identify with the Crimson Tide.
Austin, Texas has over a million people in its metropolitan area and no professional football team. UT's football stadium can pack over a hundred thousand attendants.
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I root for The Ohio State Ball teams . I took classes there .
I root for The Ohio State Ball teams . I took classes there .
i grew up in cbus.
clark kellogg was in my calculus class at OSU.
i root for The OSU
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I guess if anyone can root for OSU then why not OU? They have Ohio in the name? People from Ohio play for them? They are named after your state? why not trade in red jerseys for green?
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I guess if anyone can root for OSU then why not OU? They have Ohio in the name? People from Ohio play for them? They are named after your state? why not trade in red jerseys for green?
I guess if anyone can root for OSU then why not OU? They have Ohio in the name? People from Ohio play for them? They are named after your state? why not trade in red jerseys for green?
OSU is the face of this state's college football programs, OU is not. If anything I don't like OU because I went to school at your rival MAC school, Kent State.
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I also don't understand why people root for college teams when they have no real connection to the school. It doesn't make a lot of sense especially in Ohio since there are two pro teams to choose from.
I also don't understand why people root for college teams when they have no real connection to the school. It doesn't make a lot of sense especially in Ohio since there are two pro teams to choose from.
People root for Ohio State because they're the regional PRO college football team. Compared to the other Ohio colleges, they're the 600 pound gorilla of football competing on the highest level, you're never going to see a MAC school competing for the national championship. Ohio State on the college level (especially since Tressel took over) is what the Browns used to be on the pro level back in the 50s and 60s. Now you could consider people that live outside of Columbus and never went to the school frontrunners, and that's OK to each their own. BTW, I don't root for OSU's Basketball with anywhere near the same intensity.
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i really hope that Ohio U. pulls the upset of the century over the buckeyes this fall. that would make my year. it would be like watching the browns beat the steelers last season.
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I guess if anyone can root for OSU then why not OU? They have Ohio in the name? People from Ohio play for them? They are named after your state? why not trade in red jerseys for green?
I guess if anyone can root for OSU then why not OU? They have Ohio in the name? People from Ohio play for them? They are named after your state? why not trade in red jerseys for green?
"Your state?" If you go to Akron, Ohio is your state too.
And, FYI, if and when Ohio U. is in some kind of a big game, I do root for them. I believe just earlier this year they made some noise in the NCAA tournament, didn't they. Beat Georgetown if I recall.
I may not "root" for them if they are playing a MAC game against Akron or KSU, but vs. an outside team, absolutely I am in their corner. And sure, it would be fine if Ohio U. got a little more run, but OSU just has a much higher profile.
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Let's face it also. The Big Ten is a much higher profile conference than the MAC. The MAC does not get an automatic BCS berth, the Big Ten does. Plus, overall, the size of the schools in the Big Ten are generally bigger than the MAC (but not as much larger as I originally believed before I did the following research:
Big Ten Student populations:
Illinois: 31,000
Indiana: 31,000
Iowa: 21,000
Michigan: 26,000
Mich. St.: 36,000
Minnesota: 38,000
Northwestern: 8200
Ohio St.: 40,000
Penn St.: 38,000
Purdue: 31,000
Wisconsin: 29,000
Nebraska: 18,000
MAC Student populations:
Akron: 28,000
Bowling Green: 19,000
Buffalo: 28,000
Kent State: 25,500
Miami: 20,000 (though when my son applied there they said there were only 14K...so who knows about these numbers)
Ohio U: 20,500
Ball St: 20,000
Cent. Mich: 27,000
East. Mich: 23,000
West. Mich: 25,000
No. Ill. : 25,000
Toledo: 21,500
The oddity here is Northwestern. A smaller private school with a much higher academic profile in amongst the larger state schools. It seems to me that NW would be better off in a conference that would be made up of similar schools. Private with high academic profiles including the likes of Notre Dame, Duke, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Rice, Wake Forest, and maybe Georgetown and Stanford. Call it the "Big Brain" Conference.
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I also don't understand why people root for college teams when they have no real connection to the school. It doesn't make a lot of sense especially in Ohio since there are two pro teams to choose from.
People root for Ohio State because they're the regional PRO college football team. Compared to the other Ohio colleges, they're the 600 pound gorilla of football competing on the highest level, you're never going to see a MAC school competing for the national championship. Ohio State on the college level (especially since Tressel took over) is what the Browns used to be on the pro level back in the 50s and 60s. Now you could consider people that live outside of Columbus and never went to the school frontrunners, and that's OK to each their own. BTW, I don't root for OSU's Basketball with anywhere near the same intensity.
People root for Ohio State because they're the regional PRO college football team. Compared to the other Ohio colleges, they're the 600 pound gorilla of football competing on the highest level, you're never going to see a MAC school competing for the national championship. Ohio State on the college level (especially since Tressel took over) is what the Browns used to be on the pro level back in the 50s and 60s. Now you could consider people that live outside of Columbus and never went to the school frontrunners, and that's OK to each their own.
BTW, I don't root for OSU's Basketball with anywhere near the same intensity.
Then why do people in Florida not all root for Florida? There are a lot of Flordia State and Miami fans out there.
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I guess if anyone can root for OSU then why not OU? They have Ohio in the name? People from Ohio play for them? They are named after your state? why not trade in red jerseys for green?
"Your state?" If you go to Akron, Ohio is your state too.
And, FYI, if and when Ohio U. is in some kind of a big game, I do root for them. I believe just earlier this year they made some noise in the NCAA tournament, didn't they. Beat Georgetown if I recall.
I may not "root" for them if they are playing a MAC game against Akron or KSU, but vs. an outside team, absolutely I am in their corner. And sure, it would be fine if Ohio U. got a little more run, but OSU just has a much higher profile.
"Your state?" If you go to Akron, Ohio is your state too.
And, FYI, if and when Ohio U. is in some kind of a big game, I do root for them. I believe just earlier this year they made some noise in the NCAA tournament, didn't they. Beat Georgetown if I recall.
I may not "root" for them if they are playing a MAC game against Akron or KSU, but vs. an outside team, absolutely I am in their corner. And sure, it would be fine if Ohio U. got a little more run, but OSU just has a much higher profile
.No I'm from PA, so Ohio is not my state...
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People root for Ohio State because they're the regional PRO college football team. Compared to the other Ohio colleges, they're the 600 pound gorilla of football competing on the highest level, you're never going to see a MAC school competing for the national championship. Ohio State on the college level (especially since Tressel took over) is what the Browns used to be on the pro level back in the 50s and 60s. Now you could consider people that live outside of Columbus and never went to the school frontrunners, and that's OK to each their own.
BTW, I don't root for OSU's Basketball with anywhere near the same intensity.
Then why do people in Florida not all root for Florida? There are a lot of Flordia State and Miami fans out there.
Then why do people in Florida not all root for Florida? There are a lot of Flordia State and Miami fans out there.
Florida State and Miami are elite football schools that play at a high level. Hows the following for Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International probably not very good. We have but one elite college football div.1 program in Ohio and thats why everyone follows the Buckeyes.
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Then why do people in Florida not all root for Florida? There are a lot of Flordia State and Miami fans out there.
Florida State and Miami are elite football schools that play at a high level. Hows the following for Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International probably not very good. We have but one elite college football div.1 program in Ohio and thats why everyone follows the Buckeyes.
nmills said:
Florida State and Miami are elite football schools that play at a high level. Hows the following for Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International probably not very good. We have but one elite college football div.1 program in Ohio and thats why everyone follows the Buckeyes.So you are admitting to being a bandwagonner? Cool.
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nmills said:
Florida State and Miami are elite football schools that play at a high level. Hows the following for Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International probably not very good. We have but one elite college football div.1 program in Ohio and thats why everyone follows the Buckeyes.So you are admitting to being a bandwagonner? Cool.
So you are admitting to being a bandwagonner? Cool.
You are saying things like this just to be a dick aren't you?
If you’ve followed them your whole life, you are not a bandwaggoner.
The reason most Ohioans who follow college football, follow the Buckeyes for their life, is because the Buckeyes are the premier college program in Ohio. Its what is on TV every Saturday.
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nmills said:
Florida State and Miami are elite football schools that play at a high level. Hows the following for Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International probably not very good. We have but one elite college football div.1 program in Ohio and thats why everyone follows the Buckeyes.So you are admitting to being a bandwagonner? Cool.
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Let's face it also. The Big Ten is a much higher profile conference than the MAC. The MAC does not get an automatic BCS berth, the Big Ten does. Plus, overall, the size of the schools in the Big Ten are generally bigger than the MAC (but not as much larger as I originally believed before I did the following research:
Big Ten Student populations:
Illinois: 31,000
Indiana: 31,000
Iowa: 21,000
Michigan: 26,000
Mich. St.: 36,000
Minnesota: 38,000
Northwestern: 8200
Ohio St.: 40,000
Penn St.: 38,000
Purdue: 31,000
Wisconsin: 29,000
Nebraska: 18,000
MAC Student populations:
Akron: 28,000
Bowling Green: 19,000
Buffalo: 28,000
Kent State: 25,500
Miami: 20,000 (though when my son applied there they said there were only 14K...so who knows about these numbers)
Ohio U: 20,500
Ball St: 20,000
Cent. Mich: 27,000
East. Mich: 23,000
West. Mich: 25,000
No. Ill. : 25,000
Toledo: 21,500
The oddity here is Northwestern. A smaller private school with a much higher academic profile in amongst the larger state schools. It seems to me that NW would be better off in a conference that would be made up of similar schools. Private with high academic profiles including the likes of Notre Dame, Duke, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Rice, Wake Forest, and maybe Georgetown and Stanford. Call it the "Big Brain" Conference.
Let's face it also. The Big Ten is a much higher profile conference than the MAC. The MAC does not get an automatic BCS berth, the Big Ten does. Plus, overall, the size of the schools in the Big Ten are generally bigger than the MAC (but not as much larger as I originally believed before I did the following research:
Big Ten Student populations:
Illinois: 31,000
Indiana: 31,000
Iowa: 21,000
Michigan: 26,000
Mich. St.: 36,000
Minnesota: 38,000
Northwestern: 8200
Ohio St.: 40,000
Penn St.: 38,000
Purdue: 31,000
Wisconsin: 29,000
Nebraska: 18,000
MAC Student populations:
Akron: 28,000
Bowling Green: 19,000
Buffalo: 28,000
Kent State: 25,500
Miami: 20,000 (though when my son applied there they said there were only 14K...so who knows about these numbers)
Ohio U: 20,500
Ball St: 20,000
Cent. Mich: 27,000
East. Mich: 23,000
West. Mich: 25,000
No. Ill. : 25,000
Toledo: 21,500
The oddity here is Northwestern. A smaller private school with a much higher academic profile in amongst the larger state schools. It seems to me that NW would be better off in a conference that would be made up of similar schools. Private with high academic profiles including the likes of Notre Dame, Duke, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Rice, Wake Forest, and maybe Georgetown and Stanford. Call it the "Big Brain" Conference.
I am suprised at the student population of Nebraska.........always perceived Big Red as one of the largest
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"Your state?" If you go to Akron, Ohio is your state too.
And, FYI, if and when Ohio U. is in some kind of a big game, I do root for them. I believe just earlier this year they made some noise in the NCAA tournament, didn't they. Beat Georgetown if I recall.
I may not "root" for them if they are playing a MAC game against Akron or KSU, but vs. an outside team, absolutely I am in their corner. And sure, it would be fine if Ohio U. got a little more run, but OSU just has a much higher profile
.No I'm from PA, so Ohio is not my state...
No I'm from PA, so Ohio is not my state...
You go to Akron U now. The stench of PA is gradually being melted away.
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Let's face it also. The Big Ten is a much higher profile conference than the MAC. The MAC does not get an automatic BCS berth, the Big Ten does. Plus, overall, the size of the schools in the Big Ten are generally bigger than the MAC (but not as much larger as I originally believed before I did the following research:
Big Ten Student populations:
Illinois: 31,000
Indiana: 31,000
Iowa: 21,000
Michigan: 26,000
Mich. St.: 36,000
Minnesota: 38,000
Northwestern: 8200
Ohio St.: 40,000
Penn St.: 38,000
Purdue: 31,000
Wisconsin: 29,000
Nebraska: 18,000
MAC Student populations:
Akron: 28,000
Bowling Green: 19,000
Buffalo: 28,000
Kent State: 25,500
Miami: 20,000 (though when my son applied there they said there were only 14K...so who knows about these numbers)
Ohio U: 20,500
Ball St: 20,000
Cent. Mich: 27,000
East. Mich: 23,000
West. Mich: 25,000
No. Ill. : 25,000
Toledo: 21,500
The oddity here is Northwestern. A smaller private school with a much higher academic profile in amongst the larger state schools. It seems to me that NW would be better off in a conference that would be made up of similar schools. Private with high academic profiles including the likes of Notre Dame, Duke, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Rice, Wake Forest, and maybe Georgetown and Stanford. Call it the "Big Brain" Conference.
I am suprised at the student population of Nebraska.........always perceived Big Red as one of the largest
[/color] I am suprised at the student population of Nebraska.........always perceived Big Red as one of the largest
Yea, I thought so too, but now giving it some thought, Nebraska really is fairly sparsely populated, unlike most of the rest of the Big Ten State. Iowa is a little smaller than I thought as well. Also a less sparsely populated state.
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So you are admitting to being a bandwagonner? Cool.
You are saying things like this just to be a dick aren't you?
If you’ve followed them your whole life, you are not a bandwaggoner.
The reason most Ohioans who follow college football, follow the Buckeyes for their life, is because the Buckeyes are the premier college program in Ohio. Its what is on TV every Saturday.
You are saying things like this just to be a dick aren't you?
If you’ve followed them your whole life, you are not a bandwaggoner.
The reason most Ohioans who follow college football, follow the Buckeyes for their life, is because the Buckeyes are the premier college program in Ohio. Its what is on TV every Saturday.
fyi i grew up in ohio and never watched a buckeye game until i was in college.
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