It's a curse!
Jan. 5th, 2004 04:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutI realized at lunch today that my last three -- um, whatever you want to call them, more-than-tricks? -- have been Ohio State fans, to a greater or lesser extent.
Big deal, except that when I was but a wee thing, I was drilled as to the Worst Three Teams In College Sports. The teams it was mandatory to root against. I can't tell you how many times I was exhorted to recite the list -- once a week during football and basketball season, at least. In order from least bad to worst, they were:
1. The University of Michigan.
2. Ohio State.
3. Notre Dame.
Now, the U of M fell off the list when my Dad went there for graduate school. (And I have never stopped teasing him about it.) Notre Dame turned into friendly joshing when my grandmother remarried, because her husband Bob, being Irish, was a big fan, and Bob's such a nice guy that it's entirely impossible to hold his fandom against him.
Which left only Ohio State. In fact, adopting Michigan as a secondary team to root for only intensified the anti-OSU feeling around my house.
Well, I'm sure my father could handle it if he had to. Meanwhile I will revel in the feeling of naughtiness this knowledge engenders in my psyche. Some people's illicit pleasures are mighty obscure indeed.
Note to G.: Steven says he caught the game itself, and OSU won its bowl.
Big deal, except that when I was but a wee thing, I was drilled as to the Worst Three Teams In College Sports. The teams it was mandatory to root against. I can't tell you how many times I was exhorted to recite the list -- once a week during football and basketball season, at least. In order from least bad to worst, they were:
1. The University of Michigan.
2. Ohio State.
3. Notre Dame.
Now, the U of M fell off the list when my Dad went there for graduate school. (And I have never stopped teasing him about it.) Notre Dame turned into friendly joshing when my grandmother remarried, because her husband Bob, being Irish, was a big fan, and Bob's such a nice guy that it's entirely impossible to hold his fandom against him.
Which left only Ohio State. In fact, adopting Michigan as a secondary team to root for only intensified the anti-OSU feeling around my house.
Well, I'm sure my father could handle it if he had to. Meanwhile I will revel in the feeling of naughtiness this knowledge engenders in my psyche. Some people's illicit pleasures are mighty obscure indeed.
Note to G.: Steven says he caught the game itself, and OSU won its bowl.
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Date: 2004-01-06 03:42 am (UTC)One in particular shows a guy in an Ohio State sweatshirt necking with a young woman in a Michigan sweatshirt. They're billing and cooing and getting really googly-eyed with each other. The tag line is, "Without sports, this wouldn't be disgusting."
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Date: 2004-01-06 05:31 am (UTC)Timing just off...
Date: 2004-01-06 04:13 pm (UTC)Hmmm, a photo shoot idea comes to mind. Gotta go find a The Ohio State University shirt somewhere. You got any Meeshagan clothes? :)
I did finally look up the score of the Fiesta Bowl on Yahoo yesterday at work. Woo, hoo!
G (Buckeye by home state only, I'm really a Zip!!!)
Re: Timing just off...
Date: 2004-01-06 06:38 pm (UTC)I can only wear Michigan gear for twisted purposes like the above, though. It's still a cop-out to root for the U of M. Goddamn Ann Arborites are already too arrogant for their own good.
My parents gave me an MSU sweatshirt for Xmas, btw, because they figured if I might be heading off to graduate school, I should remember my roots.
Re: Timing just off...
Date: 2004-01-06 11:13 pm (UTC)Hm. Where'd that Arsenal jersey go....
(Or for even more perversion, I've got Celtic, anyone got Rangers? :))