Beat the Buckeyes!
The Day Woody Hayes came to Ann Arbor by Bob Ufer
That was Saturday, November 22, 1969,
the day Ohio came to bury Michigan.
All wrapped in Maize and Blue,
The words were said,
the prayers were read,
and everybody cried,
but when they closed the coffin,
there was someone else inside.
Oh the Buckeyes came to bury the Wolverines,
but Michigan wasn't dead,
and when the game was over,
it was someone else instead.
22 Michigan Wolverines put on the gloves of Gray,
and as Revelli played the Victors,
they laid Woody Hayes away!
There has been some friendly trash talk with my Buckeye friend here in CT this week. I sent out the poem above as well as a recap of the 1969 game referenced by the poem on Monday, and he followed up today with a picture of Bo Schembechler when he was on the OSU coaching staff (in OSU gear). I'll send out friendly reminders of the OSU choke jobs in 1995-97 later this week. It's on now! GO BLUE!
That was Saturday, November 22, 1969,
the day Ohio came to bury Michigan.
All wrapped in Maize and Blue,
The words were said,
the prayers were read,
and everybody cried,
but when they closed the coffin,
there was someone else inside.
Oh the Buckeyes came to bury the Wolverines,
but Michigan wasn't dead,
and when the game was over,
it was someone else instead.
22 Michigan Wolverines put on the gloves of Gray,
and as Revelli played the Victors,
they laid Woody Hayes away!
There has been some friendly trash talk with my Buckeye friend here in CT this week. I sent out the poem above as well as a recap of the 1969 game referenced by the poem on Monday, and he followed up today with a picture of Bo Schembechler when he was on the OSU coaching staff (in OSU gear). I'll send out friendly reminders of the OSU choke jobs in 1995-97 later this week. It's on now! GO BLUE!
posted by GaryGinew at 7:24 PM
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I LOVE OSU jokes, even though they're mostly generic "insert-team-you-hate" here jokes. I just heard a new one this week:
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Three football fans were on their way to a game when one noticed a foot sticking out of the bushes by the side of the road. They stopped and discovered a nude female dead drunk.
Out of respect and propriety, the Michigan fan took off his cap and placed it over her right breast. The Penn State fan took off his cap and placed it over her left breast. Following their lead, the Ohio State fan took off his cap and placed it over her crotch.
The police were called and when the officer arrived, he conducted his inspection. First, he lifted up the Michigan cap, replaced it, and wrote down some notes. Next, he lifted the Penn State cap, replaced it, and wrote down some more notes. The officer then lifted the Ohio State cap, replaced it, then lifted it again, replaced it, lifted it a third time, and replaced it one last time.
The Ohio State fan was getting upset and finally asked, "What are you, a pervert or something?" "Why do you keep lifting and looking, lifting and looking?"
Well," said the officer. "I am simply surprised; normally when I look under a Ohio State hat, I find an asshole!"
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One more specific to OSU-Michigan:
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Coach Carr and Coach Cooper were walking on the beach and they find a lamp. They pick it up, and, as a joke, they rub it. A genie appears, and says, "since there's two of them, I'll give you each one wish." Coach Cooper goes first. "Man, I'm so tired of the Wolverines coming in to Ohio Stadium and beating us. It cost me my job. What I wish for is a giant wall, 20 feet high, all around Columbus, and let no Michigan fan or student be able to enter." "granted", says the Genie. "And your wish, Coach Carr?"
"Fill it with water."
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My all time fave:
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A highly recruited high school football player...
was visiting schools to try and find the best college to attend. His first stop was at Florida State.
When he got there, Bobby Bowden immediately picked up a golden telephone. After talking several minutes, he said, "Thank you, God" and hung up. This shocked the young man. He asked the coach what was so special about the golden phone.
"Well, this phone is a direct line to God. And God tells us whether or not new recruits would be stars at our university. And we think you could be one of our stars!" The athlete asked if he could use the phone to ask God what college he should pick. "Sure, you can! But it's going to cost you $1,250. Calling Heaven isn't cheap." The fellow didn't have that kind of money, so he moved along. Who would want to live in Florida anyway?
His next stop was Ohio State. Upon entering John Cooper's office, Coach Cooper immediately picked up a golden telephone. After talking several minutes, he said, "Thank you, God. We'll let him know." and hung up. The boy said, "Hey, I've seen that phone before. Can I use yours to call God and ask what college I should pick?" Cooper said, "Sure, but it's going to cost you $150. Calling Heaven isn't cheap." Again, not having that kind of money, the lad left. He didn't want to live in Ohio either.
His last stop was in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Upon arrival at the office, Coach Carr picked up a golden telephone, talked to God. After a few minutes he said, "Thanks," and hung up. The boy just had to use that phone, so he said, "Coach, I really need to use that golden telephone so I can call God and ask him which college I should choose. From Florida it was going to cost me $1,250. From Ohio they wanted $150. So how much will it cost me to call Heaven from here at Michigan?"
The coach smiled and said, "Nothing, son. It's a local call."
wooo-hooo!
GO BLUE!
... AND WHITE! BEAT THE SPARTANS!
Gary, who is anonymous? I need to know so I can make fun of him/her when Sparty takes the tag team from us and completes the final step toward ruining PSU's season this weekend.
Mitten shaped love goes out to everyone.
Anonymous is my friend RoopDogg. He proudly points out that Bucknell has more NCAA basketball tournament wins than Michigan this decade. He also roots for Penn State since he is a frontrunner! :)
Unless "RoopDogg" is ridiculously hot, tell him he'd better go into hiding this spring if I come visit you. because I will beat his ass down for inadvertently rooting against Michigan.
I could do it, too. I've been lifting weights (see superawesome blog for proof).
Lucky for me, I am ridiculously hot.
And hey, I'm rooting for you over Ohio State. That has to count for something, right?
As for the frontrunner comment... I've seen Gary run. EVERYONE is a frontrunner compared to him.
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