Keys to THE GAME
Riffing off kyle.aaronson -
seeing if link to one of my other sites will get this up.
Need more words:
Devastate Ohio State
and humble Woody Hayes
they breed a lot of cattle in Columbus
send them out to graze.
Knock them off their ivory towers
send them crawling back to the showers.
Down with
Ohio State
It's a know nothing
party school!
Bust your gut
for Woody-
Move your butt
for Woody-
In Columbus
you're way ahead
with straight As
in physical ed!
December 1st, 2022 at 9:47 PM ^
EDIT: I missed the link on the first go around and have been sufficiently shamed by a Koala. It's an interesting read and thanks for providing the link. 1969 was a great year to start with! Go Blue!
December 2nd, 2022 at 4:48 AM ^
Agree that going to the link was worth it.
John C Riley is a national treasure. Incidentally this is the same expression Jim Knowles had for the majority of the 2nd half.
December 2nd, 2022 at 7:51 AM ^
It is a really fun read.
December 1st, 2022 at 9:49 PM ^
I’ll take “Quit drinking and go to bed” for 200.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:03 PM ^
The sad part is that they are drinking Shirley Temple’s.
December 1st, 2022 at 9:53 PM ^
Does your therapist work late ? Call !
December 1st, 2022 at 9:58 PM ^
How do these people know how to login to their personal device?
December 1st, 2022 at 10:05 PM ^
What is happening to this website
December 1st, 2022 at 10:20 PM ^
Completely unhinged since the OSU game.
December 2nd, 2022 at 1:15 AM ^
Maybe the mods need to think about raising the point limit for posting privileges. Some of the stuff that’s been posted lately is… something
December 1st, 2022 at 10:11 PM ^
What is everyone's favorite win over Indiana? Other than the Anthony Carter one, of course.
I really like the one in 2010. Denard had a big run and then at the end completed a long pass to Junior Hemingway that set up his game winning TD run at the end. In Bloomington, too.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:21 PM ^
Overtime win in Bloomington in 05. Chaos day everywhere and Michigan survives.
December 2nd, 2022 at 7:06 AM ^
Yes. Whoops.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:36 PM ^
Snow game (2016?). It was fun seeing the players do the snow angels at the end.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:12 PM ^
You know, if this made you happy, good for you. This is a fun time to be a fan. Don't let the click get you down.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:12 PM ^
You left your keys at the game? Dam that sucks, if I was you I’d call lost and found! Key fob replacements are expensive… I think the worst would be knowing someone out there probably has your keys and is trying to find your car!
December 1st, 2022 at 10:15 PM ^
when do you put up your Christmas tree (if you have one) and when do you take it down?
big question. take your time.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:22 PM ^
Friday after Thanksgiving and New Years Day.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:25 PM ^
Leave it up all year
December 1st, 2022 at 10:35 PM ^
1st day of Advent and January 6th (Feast of the Epiphany).
- A lapsed Catholic
December 1st, 2022 at 10:41 PM ^
When I get around to buying one and when I feel it’s time to take it down.
December 1st, 2022 at 11:05 PM ^
December 2nd, 2022 at 5:48 AM ^
you would fit in this house very well. i think last year the tree got taken down the hen house (the chickens will eat the needles and like the tree for cover) at the end of january. Christmas lights? ah, sometimes for 4-6 months.
December 2nd, 2022 at 9:19 AM ^
Since my parents became empty nesters, they've taken to moving the decorated tree (artificial, of course) into an empty bedroom because they didn't like the hassle of putting up and taking down lights and ornaments every year. So, it never comes down. If you need a dose of Christmas in June or August or whenever, you got it.
December 2nd, 2022 at 7:43 AM ^
Ours is staying up until Michigan football finishes its season, Jan. 9, 2023...with a win.
December 2nd, 2022 at 8:29 AM ^
This weekend.... we always say we will the weekend after thanksgiving... but it never happens.
It comes down Jan 6th, once the wise guys make their appearance.
Fun fact.... We name our Christmas tree Amy Winehouse..... because it always leaves needles laying around everywhere.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:21 PM ^
Is there some kind of competition to see who can start the worst thread?
December 1st, 2022 at 10:22 PM ^
I’m watching Pitch Perfect right now
December 1st, 2022 at 10:29 PM ^
Intentionally?
December 1st, 2022 at 10:33 PM ^
You should start a thread about it
December 1st, 2022 at 10:30 PM ^
This shit has to get cleaned up.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:38 PM ^
Put down the keyboard and step away from the computer and no one will get hurt.
December 1st, 2022 at 11:11 PM ^
Did anyone read the post at the link? If not... take a look and enjoy it. And stop downvoting what is clearly an insanely legit fan, probably more than most of us.
December 2nd, 2022 at 12:54 AM ^
Congratulations to 'pz'----32 folks here (including replies) above your post failed to click the OP's link and read his fine narrative about Michigan vs ohio state games he has attended. Thank you for being the one who took the time to enjoy what he had to say AND then comment on it.
And thank you, 'k.o.k. Law', for posting a link to your blog. What a fascinating read!
December 2nd, 2022 at 9:19 AM ^
False narrative.
I did click the link. It was tl;dr but that’s irrelevant. I was still unable to decipher what this post on mgo is.
Riffing off kyle.aaronson -
Need more words:
I don’t know what any of that means. Using english to provide context for a link would help.
I did not downvote fwiw.
December 2nd, 2022 at 11:35 AM ^
This post about what is actually excellent and entertaining reading is one of the most confusing and poorly-constructed introductions to personal content that I've ever seen here. Since the poster is an attorney, he surely knows that the opening statement in a trial is a critically important step in making an argument to a judge and jury.
Riffing off kyle.aaronson -
Who the hell is "kyle.aaronson" and why should we care? Is that the real name of the guy behind "k.o.k.Law"? With this opening phrase, he's already confused a good portion of his audience.
What the hell does this mean? "Get this up?" If it's his blog or website, why not just say, "Here's my blog"?
Need more words:
What needs more words? Why are more words needed? And what is the origin of these words?
As others have noted downthread, the first part of this is an old song from 1969 or very early 1970s that the vast majority of MGoReaders have never heard before because they're not old coots like the poster and I am. But because there's no information about it and how it relates to the content over on the blog, it comes across as a random insertion of the OP's own creation.
It might have helped to inform the MGoReaders that it's supposed to be sung to the tune of OSU's traditional fight song "Across the Field."
Devastate Ohio State
and humble Woody Hayes
they breed a lot of cattle in Columbus
send them out to graze.
Knock them off their ivory towers
send them crawling back to the showers.
Down with
Ohio State
It's a know nothing
party school!
FWIW the version I was familiar with from back then didn't have any reference to cattle that I can recall, but these kinds of things tend to have multiple versions anyhow.
Bust your gut
for Woody-
Move your butt
for Woody-
In Columbus
you're way ahead
with straight As
in physical ed!
This is the first time I've ever seen this and I was a UM student during the 10-Year War between Woody and Bo. Is it supposed to be chanted to a particular tune?
.....................................
The OP didn't need to be anything more complicated than something like the following:
Hi everybody,
I'm a very longtime Michigan fan who first attended the Michigan-OSU game in 1969. Since then I've gone to Columbus for many games with Ohio State, with the most recent one being our epic beating of the Buckeyes last Saturday.
It was a very interesting experience, and I've written about it on my blog, and yes, keys did play a role for me:
https://politiciansnotvoters.com/2022/12/02/keys-to-the-game/
My Michigan fandom was shaped significantly by the contests between Bo and Woody in the early 1970s, and we used to sing this corny old ditty to the tune of OSU's fight song to demonstrate our hatred of Woody and the Buckeyes back then:
"Devastate Ohio State
and humble Woody Hayes
they breed a lot of cattle in Columbus
send them out to graze.
Knock them off their ivory towers
send them crawling back to the showers.
Down with
Ohio State
It's a know nothing
party school!"
Go Blue!
December 2nd, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Are you assuming he's a lawyer because of his username? That would actually explain a lot, if you recall David Diamond's press release. Apparently a lot of lawyers are very bad at writing.
But I hear that the blog post koklaw linked to was good.
One last nit to pick in the OP:
"seeing if link to one of my other sites will get this up."
One of his other sites? OTHER sites? That implies MGoBlog is his site.
December 2nd, 2022 at 12:44 PM ^
kyle.aaronson writes the weekly betting diaries. He has been having trouble getting them to post, so this week he posted a link to a PDF of his post in the diary.
To get it to post as a diary, he had to get to 200 words so he typed some random other info about what he ate for Thanksgiving.
OP here was probably confused that the extra words weren't needed for a board post. I agree your suggested post makes more sense, but also no need to ridicule.
December 2nd, 2022 at 1:10 PM ^
Disagree. Downvotes and GIFs were earned. The OP made no sense. None of this is done with malice. OP has earned much praise for the post on his own blog here as well.
Bravo to you for piecing it together, no doubt because of your familiarity with Kyle Aaronson's diary post. And thank you for explaining it so now I can finally understand it.
December 1st, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
Nice flow Carlton.