RE: Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle.....

[Keith Wedinger]

Excellent points.  Trust me, there is no shortage of bad blood between
UC and OSU basketball fans.  It all started back when UC knocked off OSU
in '61 and '62 for back-2-back national championships.  It flared up
again when UC supposedly turned in OSU on recruiting violations
committed during the recruitment of Damon Flint who ended up at UC.
This is just another chapter in the story.

The one thing that bugs me is Ohio State's continued refusal to play UC
in basketball.  There is absolutely no reason why these two teams should
not play every year.  This would be a guaranteed sellout and probably a
guaranteed national TV game.  I know OSU likes to refer to itself as
"The" Ohio State University so maybe, OSU does not want to take a chance
on playing 2nd fiddle to the 2nd biggest state university in Ohio.

J. Keith Wedinger
Bearcatnews.com
Sciotofootball.com


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Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:02 PM
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Subject: [UC Basketball] Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle.....

When UC fans bash Ohio State because of what a recruit said about their
school aren't you doing the same thing?  We can bad mouth OSU all we
want over the Clarrett ordeal, but I think we should be carefull what we
say first.  
Cincinnat players are by no means "saints" and when an Athletic Director
goes on record as saying "misdemeanor means nothing to me anymore" that
speaks volumes about what a person has had to tolerate and deal with
since he has been there.  I am not bashing Cincinnati, but I don't think
this should give UC fans a chance to take shots at Ohio State.  Jamar
has said those things not Jim O'brien or Jim Tressel.  If your upset
because OSU continued to recruit the kid after said he was coming to UC
fine, but like Mike Ryan said it isn't official until they sign in
November.  Jamar should not have committed that early anyway, but I can
understand why you are bitter believe me.  The same thing just happened
to us in February with two recruits in football and it's not a good 
feeling.-joey