#3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship (12)

Jan 9, 2021 10:16 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
galrads
galradsgalradsDublin, Ohio USA2,264 Threads 279 Polls 36,283 Posts
1/11/2021 @ 8pm EST

Go Buckeyes O-H-I-O !

Hang on Sloopy

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Jan 11, 2021 4:59 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
CossackCat
CossackCatCossackCatSomewhere, Maryland USA492 Threads 45 Polls 9,137 Posts
I think most Americans have given up on sports, especially American football.

I can't imagine why? ... wink B L M

The G L O B A L I S T S are pushing hard for soccer here.. to accommodate our replacements

popcorn
Jan 11, 2021 5:15 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
Lugor
LugorLugorMijas, Andalusia Spain52 Posts
CossackCat: I think most Americans have given up on sports, especially American football.

I can't imagine why? ... B L M

The G L O B A L I S T S are pushing hard for soccer here.. to accommodate our replacements
sleep sleep sleep sleep sleep
Jan 11, 2021 5:35 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
galrads
galradsgalradsDublin, Ohio USA2,264 Threads 279 Polls 36,283 Posts
CossackCat: I think most Americans have given up on sports, especially American football.

I can't imagine why? ... B L M

The G L O B A L I S T S are pushing hard for soccer here.. to accommodate our replacements
You may be right but football programs bring a lot of money into colleges. I think football revenue in 2020 brought in 125 million for michigan and 118 million for O-H-I-O
Jan 11, 2021 6:18 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
CossackCat
CossackCatCossackCatSomewhere, Maryland USA492 Threads 45 Polls 9,137 Posts
galrads: You may be right but football programs bring a lot of money into colleges. I think football revenue in 2020 brought in 125 million for michigan and 118 million for O-H-I-O
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Jan 11, 2021 6:39 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
reb56
reb56reb56carthage, Missouri USA55 Polls 8,629 Posts
CossackCat: True
roll tide.
Jan 11, 2021 6:40 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
reb56
reb56reb56carthage, Missouri USA55 Polls 8,629 Posts
reb56: roll tide.
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Jan 11, 2021 10:01 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
galrads
galradsgalradsDublin, Ohio USA2,264 Threads 279 Polls 36,283 Posts
reb56: /sec.
Bama ran away with the game. Osu did have a defensive line tonight because of covid. It showed! crying
Jan 12, 2021 8:20 AM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
TTom50
TTom50TTom50Orlando, Florida USA21 Threads 10 Polls 1,301 Posts
The night prior to my first college game as a player. I am sicker than a dog...tossing and heavying. It was a away game. We were traveling light...only 35.

So I do get out of bed and make it to the buses early in the morning. There stands my coach....checking players into them.

I say to him Coach, I was sicker that a dancing dog last night. Do you want me to go?

He gives me one look and says get on the bus....we are short players now. I crawl into the bus and then into a seat. I fall asleep until the bus stops for lunch.....at the worst place possible....a Swedish smorgasbord buffet...all you can eat.

I go down the food lines.....wanting to deposit on them ....instead take from them. But I don't have anything left in my stomache to accomplish the task.

Two more hours of bus ride/sleeping....and we are where we are to play.

We get off the bus....there stands the coach again. I shake my head. I am weak as a kitten. If I go out there...I am going to get killed.

We have a great game.....35-7 with a few minutes to go. We could not do anything wrong and they could not do anything right. By now, I have figured it out....it just might safe to get a couple of plays in.

So the coach comes up to me and asks.....I want to play every body in this. Do you want some game time? I say sure....I get in for the last couple of plays....and even got an assist on tackle.

On the way back....it was the same Swedish buffet as lunch...only now I could put some food down.
Amazing what a little football can do for you. It pops the warrior spirit back into you real fast sometimes.

The buses end at our campus....as I am getting off and the coach comes up to me...and says....I really appreciate you telling me. A lot of guys on their first game would not.

I have the feeling that during this COVID-19 pandemic effected season....there have been a number of similar stories to mine. Go Big Blue
Jan 12, 2021 8:30 AM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
TTom50
TTom50TTom50Orlando, Florida USA21 Threads 10 Polls 1,301 Posts
By the way Garlan....the dream of everyone in Ann Arbor,Michigan and the Big House...is to have the tuba player that dots the I.....to slip and fall when he turns.peace
Jan 12, 2021 10:01 AM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
galrads
galradsgalradsDublin, Ohio USA2,264 Threads 279 Polls 36,283 Posts
TTom50: By the way Garlan....the dream of everyone in Ann Arbor,Michigan and the Big House...is to have the tuba player that dots the I.....to slip and fall when he turns.
interesting story. Where did you play college football? I completed my undergrad work in ELec Eng in Ann Arbor and Flint. Had my clique’s tat on my calf retouched maybe ten years ago and it still looks decent today.

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Jan 12, 2021 1:13 PM CST #3 Ohio State University plays #1 Alabama State for the National Collegiate Football Championship
TTom50
TTom50TTom50Orlando, Florida USA21 Threads 10 Polls 1,301 Posts
Western Michigan University.....Broncos

It was 1969......we started the season with 127 trying out for the Freshman team.9 weeks later when the season ends for freshmen....we had 19.

If you lost your college deferment by losing your college scholarship....you were wearing US Army green usually in about 6 weeks.

Every day the frosh went against the Varsity No 1 and No 2 teams in a scrimmage. Occasionally it got easy, they would put us against the practice squad that was running the plays for the varsity game.

A lot of the guys that were on Varsity....were Vets from Nam there on GI bill. They were the toughest. It was like running into a brick wall and have the wall fall on you. After Nam...football was all fun to them...inflicting pain was the fun.

We were 8-1 against other MAC freshmen teams though. The only lose? Was to the QB from Toledo Chuck Ealey 35-0 in four years. Ealey never lost a game in his college 4 year career. 10-7. He beat us in the last 2 minutes.

Yes I was one of the 19 left. As my dad would often say....it was a learning experience.

It was the best team, I ever played for.....the surviving 19 were tight.....
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