C'mon People

You'd think that they really did discover that Dan Brown had the whole Holy Grail story correct for all the hub-bub in C-bus over opening the football season in 2010 on a Thursday! Sacreligious! Sacre' bleu! OMG!

Seriously, a guy called into the local sports radio station today and complained that a Thursday game would cut into his party schedule because if he did his usual tailgate pre-game, he'd be too hung over for work the following day, a Friday. Another called in and thought for sure that the traditional TBDBITL quad-script would be ruined because the alumni band could not possibly get off work to march on a Thursday. The radio host rightly suggested that giving notice in January to an employer might ensure someone could get a random Thursday in September off work, and maybe even the following Friday.

So it's a Thursday night game. It is not unprecedented. The game will be a night game on a summer evening. It will be warm, but probably not as hot as those early season afternoon games where we roast in the heat of the day. The students will be off campus (the game is the week after summer quarter ends), so parking will be relatively ample. The game will be among maybe a handful of games so it will be a highlight game and likely picked up by major media.

C'mon People!

Have you not figured it out?

It's all about the bucks ($) Bucks!

Putting an Ohio State football game on a Thursday night is sure to attract the ESPN crew to C-bus to broadcast, particularly as the Bucks will be coming off of a big Rose Bowl win. And, yes, Marshall is not exactly like playing USC, but Marshall does bring tradition and a new coach and plenty of banter for the likes of the ESPN crew! Frankly, the risk is to the Buckeyes - if they lay an "egg" or play below expectations, they do so before a national audience!

So Buckeye Nation, accept the inevitable. The game will go on ... and you best get prepared now. Request the day off if you need to (and the day after). Prepare your best scarlet attire for the lights of Ohio Stadium. And prepare to bring home an opening game victory.

GO BUCKS from JennyBucks!

'Nuf Said

Remember Buckeye fans, when you are talking about college football coaches and Tressel, since coming to OSU in 2001, we've had eight straight years in the top 20, seven of those years in the top 10, with six of those years finishing in the TOP 5! WOW