Like a freshman girl’s – boyfriend or not – attraction to Ohio State male athletes, some things do not change throughout the annals of time.
In the last 31 days, I hope no one got too anal with their feelings regarding the OSU football team. Up one week, down the next.
Up and down is also a common motion in the ocean of Buckeye faithful on Saturday’s in the ‘Shoe. This vertical show of enthusiasm is commonly known as “The Wave.”
Unlike the waves ficticious-former OSU quarterback Johnny Utah rode on his surfboard in “Point Break,” “The Wave,” has seen its better days and is now a tired act.
My level of disdain for “The Wave,” reached its crest (in the non-toothpaste manner) in the fourth quarter of the San Diego State game, when an Aztec player laid on the field awaiting a stretcher. Showing no class, the OSU crowd began to do the wave.
It’ll be a happy day when I visit the cemetery and see a tombstone with “R.I.P. The Wave.” carved into it.
Equally as sophomoric as a freshman’s attraction to an athlete is “The Wave’s” junior brethren, the “overrated” chant.
With 2:58 to go in the Purdue game, OSU fans began chanting “overrated” in an apparent reference to Purdue.
Unranked Purdue, with their last place offense and a freshman starting quarterback, coming off a 25-point home loss deserved an “overrated” chant?
Outside of the praise impeached former-President Bill Clinton received for his affect on the economy, the only thing overrated in the world is the “overrated” chant.
In college, wins, losses, and dirty kitchen counters will always be mainstays. Given my mouthpiece as the sports editor of The Lantern, I urge my fellow Buckeyes to resist the wave of 60,000 others and not do “The Wave,” or chant “overrated.”
Dave O’Neil is the internationally renowned Lantern sports editor. After this weekend, he refuses to eat from his kitchen counter. E-mail him at [email protected].
