OSU players with ridiculous claims: Where have we heard this before?

by BSM PSU 93 on Nov 4, 2009 1:51 PM EST Comment 10 comments

A few years ago, in 2007, when I first started visiting this wonderful blog, I E-mailed Mike to let him know that Malcolm Jenkins was lying to the media about his experience at Beaver Stadium. Here's a link (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/21443422/). He said the following, referring to OSU's trip to Beaver Stadium in 2005: "That’s probably the first time — the only time — that’s ever happened. ... People cursing you and spitting at you, and things like that.". Perhaps he was just embellishing things a bit to make sure his comments made it to print, but it came at the expense of our fans and I simply can't put up with that.

Well, fellow Penn Staters, flash forward to this year and check this out (http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=204827225). Apparently, some kind of creepy urban legend is starting to catch hold. Here's a little excerpt from the linked article:

Sometimes, the Nittany Lions faithful might carry that [passion] to the extreme. That becomes evident when visiting teams almost have to run a gauntlet down a walkway underneath the stadium to get to the field.

''It's something. They're throwing stuff at you, spitting on you, yelling everything you can think of at you,'' Spitler said, smiling. ''But it doesn't bring you down, it really fires you up and gets you going. I think it's a positive in a way for us.''

What in the world is going on here??? I'm a Penn Stater living in Columbus and I have to tell you... the trash talk about our fans, stadium, and gameday environment is getting a bit outlandish. Frankly, I'm starting to get pissed off about it. What's the freakin' deal with this crap?

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Got it wrong

Funny thing is I think they are talking about their own fans. When I went there in 2004, I was spit on and had nacho cheese dumped on me. When I move back to the Northeast I plan on getting the license plate FU OSU

by cjj127 on Nov 4, 2009 2:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Shouldn't that be FU tOSU?

Or maybe FU jaOss (just another Ohio state school)

Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany

by Elihu on Nov 4, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i used to have Buckeyes thrown at me

when i lived in columbus. yeah. they are completely blameless

"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"

by amandakt on Nov 4, 2009 3:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed, they've got it all wrong...Here's my story from 2000

I went with my in-laws to the 2000 game at that glorified community college they call a university. We got to park the car RIGHT next to the stadium, since my girlfriend’s grandfather had a handicapped sticker (also an AVID tOSU fan). My girlfriend and I didn’t have tickets, so we decided to walk from the stadium (near the time of kick off) to their junky version of our College Ave. called High St, and maybe catch the game in a bar. Couldn’t have been more than a mile, but I can’t TELL YOU how many times we were accosted, and told to go “fuck ourselves”. I counted…17 times in less than a mile, several of which nearly resulted in fights. And these weren’t just students – older, 40-somethings getting in on the action. Ultimately, we decided to skip the bar altogether (a SMART MOVE), and hang out at a friend’s place.

I had never seen such hostility and utter classlessness of any fan base…ever. We reached High St, and I instantly went to a clothing shop to change out of my PSU attire (standard, varsity lettering…nothing truthful, like “Columbus is a shithole”) because I knew that if I had kept wearing my PSU shirt, I might not leave Columbus unscathed.

I will always, ALWAYS remember the trashy, classless behavior of Ohio State, and will NEVER respect their program, alumni, or fan base.

by NoLimitLion1 on Nov 4, 2009 3:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Is this even possible?

“That becomes evident when visiting teams almost have to run a gauntlet down a walkway underneath the stadium to get to the field.” Does anyone know the path from the visitor’s locker room to the field?

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Nov 4, 2009 3:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

We see them all the time going to our seats

It’s between sections WJ and NA

"Every player we have, someone—maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone—poured their life and soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world." - Joe Paterno

by Horse N Buggy on Nov 4, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

There are huge fences up now

They used to walk right past the fans with just a rope barrief but not anymore. This is nonsense.

We are not normal. We are legends.

by NittanyAlum02 on Nov 4, 2009 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

For the record

I’ve been to every Ohio State home game in the last 10 years except for 2005 (I know, I picked one to miss didn’t i?)

We used to make a habit of going down to the field entrance for the opposing team during half-time, especially the Ohio State games. I’ve never seen anyone throw stuff or spit or do anything out of line to Ohio State players. There’s some boo’ing, there’s some name-calling, but that’s it.

I said “used to” because now they have a tarp they put over the fence that closes off the public walk-way so you can’t so much as see the opposing team anymore. That started last year when this crap came out.

The truth is, I was definately there in 2007 when Jenkins says this stuff happened, and I remember it clearly: no one threw anything. The only thing of note that happened that night was when the team came back from the field some guy yelled “f you Buckeyes!” or some crap and the guy’s friend yelled “those guys will fold you up like a cheap suit!” and everyone laughed.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Nov 4, 2009 3:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I was there in 2005...

and that stuff didn’t happen then either.

"Is that right?" Joe answered. "That’s not a problem. But you’ve got a problem. You don’t relate to me. And that’s a big problem."

by dmoney350z on Nov 4, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

One time

In the 80s, my dad and I were standing by the visiting locker room after we laid a mid-80s style beat-down on Boston College. As the dejected Eagles were trudging from the field to the locker room, they were voicing their opinions on everything – the refs, the field, the stadium, the team, the fans, the town – in a manner that Andrew Dice Clay would appreciate. Upon hearing this and wanting to protect my innocent 8 year-old ears from such vulgarities, my father yells something to the effect of “Nice class Jack, nice class!” as head coach Jack Bicknell disappeared into the locker room. Bicknell does an about face, come back out yelling “Who the ****’s harassing me?!” He locks eyes with my dad, walks up and grabs him by the shirt and manages to out-curse his team, covering my dad in spittle before being pulled off and whisked into the locker room by assistant coaches. I remember being absolutely terrified and proud of my dad for not responding in kind, but not running away either.

I don’t think it’s possible to get within physical contact range with the visitors any more, but you can definitely get close enough to have high-volume conversations.

by jtw126 on Nov 5, 2009 11:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs