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O-H-......Oh no!! If you’re a Buckeye hater (which I’m not, but I know they have many), you have to be thinking, “Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in...

Justin's Weekly Brain Seepage: Week Eight

by Justin Goar (Senior Writer)

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Opinion

October 22, 2008


O-H-......Oh no!!

If you’re a Buckeye hater (which I’m not, but I know they have many), you have to be thinking, “Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in.”

You want Ohio State football to drop off the map and the title picture—and it totally could’ve happened had they lost in East Lansing. But they quietly destroyed the Spartans, and now they get a home game against the Fighting Joe Pa’s that, if they win, puts them right back in the title hunt. They have a healthy Beanie Wells and seem to have found their quarterback.

If Tressel and company get this win, give them some credit. They’ll have to go to Northwestern the following week and then play a revenge game against the Illini on the road before coming home to host a hapless Michigan team. None of these are gimmes, but the toughest test ahead for the Bucks is this Saturday at the Horseshoe.

Pass it, and things are looking up in Columbus.

 

Wasn’t that guy Bubba on “1st and Ten”?

My favorite commercial this past weekend was the Miller High Life Commercial. You know the series of ones where the delivery guy comes in and confiscates beer from snooty people not living by the “guidelines of the High Life.”

Well, in this one the delivery guy stops by a corporate skybox at a baseball game and no one is watching the game, so he takes the beer—I would guess in order to give it to the homeless or something.

Which brings up the question...what kind of corporation has Miller High Life as their beer of choice in their skybox???

Is the economy really THAT bad?!?!

I’m pretty sure that Miller’s skybox doesn’t have Miller High Life in it.

 

“We're gonna be getting rid of these people here... First, Mr. Samir Naga... Naga... Naga... Not gonna work here anymore, anyway.”

Mark me down as severely intrigued when it comes to the head coaching vacancy at Clemson after they 86’ed Tommy Bowden. With two potential candidates at SEC schools now (Vandy’s Bobby Johnson and Auburn’s Tommy Tuberville), as well as speculation that former Nick Saban, Tuberville, and now Texas DC Will Muschamp is also in the mix, I think this could make for some good rumor fodder for a long time.

 

Buffalo Wild Wings referees strike again...

Two of the better plays in the South Carolina/LSU game were made by the umpire. I think he had some flashbacks to his Polk High days. Actually, he played linebacker at Kentucky.

Check this out.

Some Carolina fans argued that this changed the game, but actually a few plays later, Spur-Dog and his boys scored on a fourth and goal play right before the half where it seemed the ball never broke the plane.

I’d take six points over an open field tackle any day.

Add that to the same umpire running a pick on an LSU linebacker on Carolina’s only other TD, and this guy should get the “player of the game” award.

Someone get me a helmet, quickly!

Les Miles joked in his Monday press conference that the umpire wasn’t following proper technique. Miles joked, “We teach our guys to wrap up.”

 

Best sign I saw on ESPN GameDay...

“Chase Daniel has a fupa.”

I chuckle every time I think of it.

 

You know what really grinds my gears...

Am I jaded? Can I not appreciate the fact that college football is more popular than ever? And that people with varying knowledge levels watch the game together sometimes?

My wife lovingly puts up with my college football addiction, and she tolerates football but doesn’t really like it, so to speak. When she doesn’t know something, she asks questions, and these questions are taken by me as an interest by her wanting to know more about my hobby. I think it’s sweet and answer her question, no matter how basic it is.

But there is nothing worse than watching football with someone who thinks they know what they are talking about but in actuality have no clue.

These people are usually the loudest in the room or in your section if you’re at the game.

It always pains me to hear someone calling out a WR on a drop when the QB puts it two feet behind him. Or a tailback who gets blasted in the backfield because someone missed a block but Lombardi over here is calling out the running back. This also happens to a QB when he gets .5 seconds to throw before getting mauled, and then you hear...

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  • Yes, something needs to be done.
  • No, I'm too shy.
  • I'm one of those fans you're talking about you #@*%!
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  • Yes, something needs to be done.

    83.3%

  • No, I'm too shy.

    11.1%

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    5.6%
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  1. Edmon 8 months ago

    That's what the name of the song is. It should be shipped back overseas and left on a pitch. I'd rather listen to Chris Berman's Jock Jam Remix than that. "He...could...go...all...the...way!" Too bad he didn't have his "whoop" back when it came out.

    The High Life? I didn't even know they still made that stuff. I'd rather drink Southpaw with my right hand than drink Miller High Life.

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  2. Michael Oleszek 8 months ago

    "The majority of LSU fans know their football, but it never fails when at the game, I sit in front of the loudest guy in the stadium who fills the air with his football ignorance. I usually say nothing."

    This could not be any more true. Last week at the Florida-LSU game, I was invited to tailgate with a bunch of LSU fans, who were equally knowledgable and hospitable. They were the most intelligent fans I've encountered all season.

    When I got to my seat, in the LSU section, there was a guy behind me who thought he was Brent Musburger. The entire 1st half he yapped about how lucky Florida was, and how the score should be closer; until I reminded him that if Florida had scored touchdowns instead of kicking two field goals, it would have been 28-7 at the half.

    The look on his face was priceless. It looked like he'd been caught lying. He didn't do much during the second half, until I told him to drive home safely and he me flipped the bird.

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      i'm sure his steady diet of grandpa's cough medicine wasn't helping with his comments either. but who am i to judge?

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  3. Isaac Luber 8 months ago

    At the PSU vs. Michigan game, Clark threw a bad pass that was low, and everyone in my section shouted "What the f*ck are you doing, Norwood? You gotta catch that ball you idiot!" I said, "Actually, the ball was behind him by 3 yards and it was at his feet." Another thing happened where it was Norwood's fault and they began to blame Clark, and I had to correct them, again. That is the first and last time I'll sit in the second deck with the dumb fans.

    I don't understand what you are talking about with the music. Which song is that one? Most of the songs are to pump the fans up and we make cheers off of the songs. We don't have a pro environment, so I have no clue what you are talking about. We have the best, craziest student section, and same with fans. We are nothing like pro sports, we are bigger, better, louder, and more dedicated. I HATE PRO FOOTBALL!!! Just explain the song and the "pro environment" to me, please.

    Also, did you and David come up with the Creature vs. Creature idea, or was it just you?

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      hey isaac, you can be the CFBF's vice president.

      i don't know how to tell you how the song goes other than it uses a lot of "Oh's" and is very soccer chanty. i'll find a youtube and post it. reason i used PSU is because i found some examples online where PSU fans were chanting it at their tailgates before the game. as well as found two youtube's where they show the crowd chanting it at PSU.

      C vs C is my baby, but david was the first person i asked to collaborate with and he did a great job as usual.

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    • Isaac Luber 8 months ago

      I think I know which song it is, but that's just for when a big play happens like an interception or a fumble recovery or a sack...sometimes. It makes our fans jump around and get excited, and adding "We Are Penn State!" makes it our own.

      Still make sure to post it, but I think its the one that goes like, oh oh oh oh oh...oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, WE-ARE-PENN-STATE!!! Not that you can here the tune from my words. :)

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      that's exactly what it is.

      i remember them adding "we are penn st" to it now.

      it doesn't bother me as much when y'all do it. it's the countless copycats.

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    • Andrew Perkins 8 months ago

      They played that song during BYU basketball games last season...

      It's everywhere.

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    • TigerInGatorLand 8 months ago

      I think what Justin meant by the "pro" atmosphere has a lot to do with playing songs like this in the stadium during the game, where there is almost no such thing at LSU home games. Last time I checked they have two songs they always play before the beginning of the game and.... thats pretty much it.

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    • Isaac Luber 8 months ago

      The band plays many of our songs, as well. Also, you need some music that isn't from the band because its hard to hear over 110,000 screaming fans. They also do it to get all the fans in the game. LSU has like 90,000 people, right? I think that our stadium is structured in a way in which it is hard to hear the band play in some places, and you sort of feel left out. With the music, everyone can hear and cheer.

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      funny you mention that isaac, LSU actually moved their band starting with this season in a place where they thought more beneficial to everyone trying to hear the band.

      my original comment wasn't necessarily trying to be an insult, i think college venues in general should amp up the band. speaking of, why not just mic up the band and pipe it through?? they're are smart AV people out there that could do this i'm sure. but maybe it's some kind of ncaa violation or something who knows??

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  4. Tim Pollock 8 months ago

    After Stephen Garcia took the first of his six sacks against LSU, dude behind me yelled, and I quote:

    "Smelley, you retard!"

    I never say anything to those people. They simply cannot deal with reason.

    I think an Office Space quote should be part of every Brain Seepage. Just sayin.

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      c'mon dude, if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.

      are you telling me i'm fighting a losing battle??

      nothing's over till we say it's over!!!!

      was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor??!!!

      man, i started this comment trying to find my way to an office space quote and i ended up in animal house. sorry.

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  5. Ray Bogusz 8 months ago

    Hey....I like high life...

    Muzzling is a great suggestion though. I can think of a lot of Buckeye fans who will need it come January. ;)

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  6. GeorgiaDawg 8 months ago

    Justin... enjoyed the article.

    I am lucky enough to have "that guy" sitting behind me week after week at High School football games. His wife asked the questions and then he supplies the answer...

    Imagine....

    Honey, what is he doing back there.....

    Why dear, that is called a "punt kick"....

    Week after week... and he thinks he knows the game. My wife has to restrain me at times....

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      thanks dawg,

      it gets even worse when they are full of anger and want to drop their football knowledge on everyone in ear shot.

      it's one thing when the blind leads the blind, it's another when he starts yelling down to the field in sheer disbelief that he can't believe the coach didn't go for it on 4th and 23 in the 1st quarter.

      i'm telling ya, it's time to rise up. set him straight. when you hold all of that in, i think it could lead to health problems and no one wants that.

      i think i'm calling it a punt kick from now on just for the heck of it.

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  7. shelby lundin 8 months ago

    I for one am not a fan of piped in music but even worse we had to sit (in what gator fans call) the sunshine seats at the LSU/Gator game a couple of weeks ago. I can tell you I know exactly where the speakers are to pipe in that canned music, behind the wall in that endzone. So not only did I have to get through the game but had to listen to the loudest music I have ever heard in my life the whole time.

    Between the hangover, the game, and the music I left the stadium with a HELL of a headache! But the tailgating was a blast! :D

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  8. Ryan Stubbs 8 months ago

    I've got the same type of gripe. I can't stand announcers that don't know what in the world is going on. I'm telling them what just happened because they're in the booth talking to the basketball coach or about the latest dish they just tried at the local diner.

    Like when I flag gets thrown and they're like "Oh, there seems to be a flag thrown, I wonder what that's for?" When everyone in the stadium saw the ball-carrier get ripped down by his facemask.

    Or this gem from the UNC/Miami game earlier this season when Rodney Peete said something to the effect of "North Carolina is down to their final chance, they have to go for it here. They don't have a choice." Now UNC was trailing in the game, and there was only maybe 3:00 left in the fourth quarter, but his partner chimed in perfectly after a slight pause.
    "Uh...it's only third down."

    If I had a better saying I'd use it, but that really grinds my gears.

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  9. Tony Bishop 8 months ago

    I'd like to first say that this is the best college football article I've read since the ones I write. ***** and POTD.

    Now, on to the coalition: I'm a Notre Dame fan. I've lived in South Bend for 26 years and went to school there. Now I work at Saint Mary's College across the street. Needless to say, I attend a football game (or six) a year. Notre Dame fans are the most intelligent idiots on the planet. See.. not only are most ND fans blinded the same way any fan is of any other school, but we're blinded also by the expectation that we should go 18-0 in a 12 game season. Are there t-shirts for this? I want a t-shirt.

    Down with the Ignorance!

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    • Trey Jones 8 months ago

      I want a t-shirt too, Tony!!!

      Speaking of t-shirts... I was at the Florida vs Kentucky game at the Swamp two years ago... The shirts I saw the kids wearing ALMOST made me blush. I was so offended that I had to purchase 4 of them!

      The very best t-shirt I ever saw was when my SMU Ponies were playing Arkansas in 1983. We were on probation (no surprise there...) and this end of season match up was our "bowl" game.

      The shirt said, "1983 Polyester Bowl... The Next Best Thing To Cotton!"

      Priceless - I still have it!

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  10. Toby Parker 8 months ago

    I meant to tell you guys about the extent of the bad music during the game, but my cell phone battery wouldn't cooperate. I thought I was at a bad frat party in the late '90s. But to each their own...

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  11. Michael Cline 8 months ago

    367 reads, but only 12 votes in the author poll. Why don't people vote?

    Anyhoo, great once again Justin. 5*, POTD. I heard about the umpire's tackle, but never got around to seeing it on youtube, thanks for implementing it into the article. Hilarious!

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  12. Ryan 8 months ago

    Great article! I am a deployed soldier so I haven't had the chance to see the Miller commercial but I do however follow my Buckeyes and i appreciate that you are seeing what we are all seiing, a team with a shot. We have a very tough game against a great Penn State team but if we win or lose you have to look at Ohio State for the Rose Bowl and next year is looking better by the minute. I think the key to the whole thing is we need to attack, attack, attack. We used to be headhunters on D now sometimes we look as though we want to give them a kiss. Anyways, thanks for the love I don't see why everyone hates the Bucks so much we have good fans as you LSU fans do and I know you know how well we travel. Go Bucks and Geaux Tigers. Good Luck Penn State but I still want to rip your heads off!!

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      ryan,
      thank you so much for your comment but more importantly your service to our country.

      i had a fantastic time with buckeye fans before the NC game last year they were all class acts.

      sometimes when teams lose early they are written off, i just wanted to remind everyone what could happen this weekend in columbus.

      of the one loss teams other than possibly oklahoma, OSU has the "best loss" meaning to the best team. that might mean something if there are a bunch of teams with only one blemish trying to get into miami at the end of the season.

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  13. TigerInGatorLand 8 months ago

    No mention of the sequel to one of the greatest games ever played in tiger stadium? I know, it snuck up on me too.

    Btw, it says "The Champagne of Beers" on the label for a reason.

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      i actually couldn't get a ticket to that one. i watched it at the tailgate spot.

      i'm doing the same for this one. i don't make it to many day games though anyway.

      day games are a travesty to me, but it's the price you pay for having a good program.

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    • TigerInGatorLand 8 months ago

      I lucked out and had student tickets that year..... and friends who didnt mind if i showed up late and still sat with them in the front rows.

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      awesome, it's one of the few games i remember alot from watching at the tailgate spot. our tv was delayed so we heard the skyler green TD a couple seconds before it happened.

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  14. Trey Jones 8 months ago

    My wife will tell anybody who listens the story about how Miller, the Champagne of Beers, was regulated to the lower shelf years ago... It brings tears to her eyes... But, despite the tears she's a hottie and I love it when she dresses up in her "Girl in the Moon" outfit!

    Me, well, I'm a 46 year old that actually drinks PBR...

    We spend way too much time talking about who will front the new Schlitz comeback ads...

    I think we both need some help...

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    • Justin Goar 8 months ago

      trey if you need help, then i'll gladly join your support group.

      miller high life is my dad's favorite beer. i'm not really a beer snob, i just saw the opportunity for a joke.

      back in my college days we used to hit the milwaukee's best light pretty hard to stretch the funds. other's prefered natty light.

      we don't really have PBR down here believe it or not. it's hard to find. my domestic macro brew of choice is miller lite.

      of course the old schoolers down here have dixie beer and the older schoolers had Jax beer (no longer around).

      while we're on the subject of beer, demand your local beer distributor to pick up abita beer which is brewed about 10 minutes away from my mom's house. just like i'm trying to get mine to carry st arnold's. love that stuff.

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  15. BlockONation.com -- HD Handshoe 8 months ago

    The Best sign I've ever seen on ESPN GameDay...

    PHIL FULMER ATE MY OTHER SIGN

    That's just priceless!

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  1. Tony Bishop 8 months ago

    I forgot to mention one more thing.. its what makes me proud to be a Notre Dame fan...

    NO CANNED MUSIC!

    We have the world's greatest band for that.

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