Harbaugh "rooting for Ohio State" in National Championship game
Eisen asks Harbaugh if he should root for B1G/Ohio State on Monday: "I'm going to be rooting for Ohio State," Harbaugh says
Harbaugh says for Big Ten football, midwest football, "I think it's just fabulous a team in our conference is playing in that game."
https://twitter.com/nickbaumgardner/status/553245636301037568
January 8th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
Guess I'm the odd man out, but I'm with Harbaugh on this one.
As a life-long Michigan fan, I want Ohio State to be the best ever--so that when Harbaugh's Michigan beats them, the schadenfreude is all the sweeter.
I confess it'd be fun to beat up on old rivals in any case. But I'd prefer to do it when old rivals have excellent teams, and hope to play for a national championship--and then we crush their hopes Biakabutuka style. (And unlike '95, we then go to the CFP in plalce of OSU and win it all.)
I want our rivals to suck in comparison to us, for sure. But I'd prefer them to be dominant otherwise--because that only increases the joy I'll take in beating them.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
My ideal world, given the new structure of the B1G, is for MSU to be 10-2, OSU to be 11-1 and Michigan to be 12-0 at the end of the regular season, with MSU's two losses coming to Michigan and OSU, and OSU's lone loss coming at the hands of Michigan. I want to be the baddest dude on the baddest block in the country, so to speak.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
Yes this. I still can't completey type go O.....F*** this is difficult.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
But I'm still not rooting for OSU under any circumstances.
When Michigan is in the title game in 2017 are they going to be rooting for us? Not a chance in hell.
January 8th, 2015 at 4:23 PM ^
Some of us share your savior's, er coach's, view that it is good for the conference to have a Conference team in the championsip game. If you are a quality recuriter you can try and spin that to your favor. We need YOU, consensus 5 star, to get us there.
Yes, there are a fair number of Ohio State fans that would root for ISIS over Michigan. Even if Michigan losing hurts us (think Dantonio rooting against Michigan even though OSU losing would help the Spartan's.) That is some high quality hate, but it is stupid. However, that is a bit of apples and oranges on my part.
I can see an argument, because of recruiting, etc. why a rival winning a NAMMNC (not as mythical MNC) would be bad and I can understand rooting against OSU. I think it is a little easier for me because of the success OSU has had over the last 15 years. Maybe I am just more mature in my 40s that my 20s but I have my doubts I would feel the same right after the Cooper years. And those were actually pretty good excpet for one or two games a year, I can only imagine after going through 6 of the last 7 seasons you had.
January 8th, 2015 at 4:39 PM ^
mid 30's. When I was a kid it was unusual for Michigan to not be playing in the Rose Bowl. And we were beating you guys more often than not.
Michigan fans have losing to OSU PTSD at the moment. It's going to take several victories before that wears off.
January 8th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^
I'm a Buckeye, and I do root for Michigan when they're not playing Ohio State. Honestly.
A rivalry is a precious thing. Lots of teams and lots of fans will never have one. Entering a game with an 80% chance of winning isn't a rivalry game, it's just kicking a puppy. I want Michigan to be a strong program, to not have any off the field issues, and yes, to win their fair share of games against Ohio State. In any individual game, of course I'll be heartbroken when OSU loses, but over a decade-long view, we can't win the champtionship every year (or even most years), and losing a great game to a hated rival is what makes the years you do win so special.
I don't think people that want their traditional rivals to lose every game actually appreciate what a blessing it is to have a rival in the first place. If OSU and MSU were wiped out by dual meteor strikes tomorrow, you might win a lot of conference championships, but I'm pretty sure your overall experience as a fan would be lessened.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
I would like: Michigan 12-0, OSU 11-1, MSU 6-6
I want OSU to be undefeated defending national champions ranked 1st in the polls riding a 20 something game winning streak when they lose to us in Ann Arbor next year.
I would like Michigan to hand MSU the first loss in a dong-punching losing streak.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
^^This^^
January 8th, 2015 at 8:31 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
State needs to lose. bad.
I can't take those fuckers. I want a return to us beating them and badly. I want their souls. I want to destroy the notion that they belong on a field with us.
Fuck state.
jdon
January 8th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Nothing cracks me up more than when Michigan fans say they want Ohio State to be the best ever so it will be sweeter to beat them, even as they're 10-1 against us in the last 11 years. So ridiculous. Me? I'd like to see Urbz suddenly retire, and Ficket to become HC again, and for Ohio State to suddenly be about as good as Purdue. That's what I'd like to see.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
A good portion of that OSU 10-1 record against Michigan was against a team that was very Purdue-like.
January 8th, 2015 at 7:14 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
You're not alone.
Yet, if OSU loses but looks good in the process, that's OK by me, too.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
question his sincerity on this one. Think Pete Carrol. I think he has some alterior motives here, pricky ones, more along the lines of, "That's right, win the NC and enjoy it while it lasts, because next year after we kick your asses I'll be asking YOU what YOUR deal is at mid-field in the BIG HOUSE." I like the sound of that...
January 8th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
question his sincerity on this one. Think Pete Carrol. I think he has some alterior motives here, pricky ones, more along the lines of, "That's right, win the NC and enjoy it while it lasts, because next year after we kick your asses I'll be asking YOU what YOUR deal is at mid-field in the BIG HOUSE." I like the sound of that...
January 8th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
iphone!!! sorry...
January 8th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
Can't you just fix it with your White Wizard wizardry?
January 8th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Sorry. Still can't do it. If OSU played ISIS, then and only then, would I root for them.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
I'd probably still root for ISIS.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Downvotes indicate that you may have crossed "the line."
January 8th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
hes dead even between upvotes and downvotes so clearly, the correct answer is the same ine fore when OSU and MSU play... I want both teams to lose
January 8th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
He's back in the positive! He's near the line, but the crowd reeeeally hates Ohio State! We'll continue to cover this breaking story as new developments arise. TRSaunders, back to you.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
If OSU was playing against a team with Hitler at QB, Stalin at RB, Osama bin Laden at slot, Genghis Khan at outside WR, etc., I would still NOT root for OSU...
January 8th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
I think Osama was too tall for the slot.
January 8th, 2015 at 8:09 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
Now he would be a TERRIBLE slot. Field vision is vital for a slot, and he took a .223 through the eye socket! What, too soon???
January 8th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
Definitely not too soon.
January 8th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^
Most likely a 5.56 NATO, but close enough.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
about ohio v. isis on this blog.
can i get a witness!
January 8th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Did not know that was yours. I used to says Nazis, but I updated my schtick.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
no worries. and i'm sorry we don't live close enough to AA to have had a beer with you the other day. great offer, would've been fun, and i would've chipped in a hondo for the group to drink on.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
But $100 more worth of beer would have been even more painful the next day. All that I ate that day was a bowl of Pho. Not much in the alcohol absorbing is soup. Rough H-Day +1.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
I just going to posbang you every post because of the free beer. Hell of a guy.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
We know the fans have sports kayfabe "hate" for each other, but do the coaches? For example, if the positions were reversed, would Urban Meyer be rooting for Michigan? Obviously their fans would be posting diatrabes about how they want to see "scUM" lose. It would be interesting to see if their coaches have more class than their fans.
Maybe we'll find out in the next year or two.
January 8th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
Or at least he would say the same things Harbaugh is saying. Word is he used the Badger and Spartan's wins in their bowl games to help drive home the message we belonged on the same field as Alabama.
He's made other comments about how the rest of the conference needs to step up. He was, in public, very positive about Harbaugh coming to Michigan. Hard to say what is in his heart. Now, Dantonio, I'd have my doubts he would root for Michigan. I'm sure you recall him rooting against Michigan when OSU losing would be good for them.
January 8th, 2015 at 7:22 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
I remember that show when I was a kid. I was so in love with that girl....so hot!
January 8th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^
Well it depends... Does ISIS play school?
January 8th, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^