Re: Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle.....

[Brett Pappas]

I just don't get the need by UC fans to play OSU in basketball.. How 
does this help UC?? Beating a team that is rarely ranked in the polls?

Seriously, the only interest would be the fact that they haven't played 
each other in so long. After a few home and home games, who would really 
care about this game?

Personally, I would rate Ohio State below a number of other local 
schools I would like to see:

1. Kentucky
2. Xavier
3. Indiana
4. Louisville
5. Notre Dame

I guess I would base my criteria on local fan support for these schools, 
success over the last 5-10 years and proximity. I can't say that I know 
of many OSU basketball fans around here.

--Brett

Keith Wedinger wrote:

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