The Ohio State Marching Band practicing formations when they see the half time score.

For the second time in two years, Ohio State will play for the national championship. Unlike last year, this they got completely lucky to be in the position they’re in & they realize that. Also, unlike last year, this year they know good & well that they aren’t liked by anyone, including people in Ohio. Story

“In all likelihood we will be the underdog because pretty much everyone on earth hates us,” offensive tackle Kirk Barton said Sunday night.

“That’s cool. We’re going to be playing in Louisiana against LSU and SEC Nation. So, it’s just one of those things we’ll probably end up being the underdog, but that’s fine with us. We’ve played in hostile games before. It’ll be a lot of fun.”

Son, you haven’t seen hostile yet. Imagine some of the fans there want to come down from the stands, rip your head off & skull fuck you, and those aren’t the fans that smell like corn dogs (LSU) either. The LSU fans want to do a lot worse than that. Now, that’s hostile.

“We understand that people are going to question (us) about last year and people are going to remember that,” linebacker James Laurinaitis said. “People are really going to question how legit we are as a team going into this game. That’s something that’s just a real issue, a real fact. We can’t change that. We just have to prepare the best that we can and go down there and play the best we can.”

People question you because you’re 0-8 verses SEC teams in bowl games. They question the conference you’re in, after all there’s 11 teams and yet you still call yourselves the Big 10. Mostly they question how a team who played such a “powerhouse” schedule, with teams like Youngstown State, Akron & Kent State can even make in the title game to begin with. The local high school here played Kent State and won by 40 for God’s sake.
“Nothing surprises me in football,” Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. “Would I have predicted exactly what happened yesterday? Probably not. But you might not have predicted what happened the whole season.”

I remember everyone and their mother predicting an Ohio State victory before Florida bitch slapped you back to Columbus. Of course you didn’t learn your lesson, so they bitched slapped you again in basketball.

“It was crazy. To see those teams go down like that unexpectedly, it was a great feeling,” quarterback Todd Boeckman said. “(It required) a little bit of everything, I guess. A little bit of praying, a little bit of hoping. We just felt we had an opportunity. It’s surprising both of them lost, but it’s a good deal for us.”

More like a good deal for the SEC, because they will yet another national championship off the blood, sweat & tears of another overrated Ohio State team.

“There’s definitely a stigma around Ohio State because of last year,” cornerback Malcolm Jenkins said. “But that’s something we can’t control. All we can do is try to win this game.”

The highest ranked opponent you guys played all was 20th ranked Purdue, who was yet another over ranked & over hyped team. Personally I’m glad you guys made it in. I haven’t laughed so much at a football game since the great Florida-Ohio State game of last year. But I don’t hate you, I only truly hate one team and it’s not you. But I pity your fans who will be crying again this year. This time I hope they’re at least a little quieter about it.

So I profess on this day 12/03/07

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