By any standard, 2007 has been eventful. Barry Bonds broke one of sports' most cherished records and followed it up by being indicted for perjury (mainly because there's no specific law against being a big cheating jagoff) The New England Patriots cheated their way to a perfect season and somehow managed to find someone disrespecting them among the throngs of people in sports media lining up to tongue-bathe them on a week-to-week basis. The Miami Dolphins managed to win their only game against the team that had come closest to beating the aforementioned Pats. The Colorado Rockies came from 4 1/2 games out of the playoffs with a week to go in the season and somehow made it to the World Series. Most importantly, Jim Tressel took a rebuilding team that lost a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and two first-round draft pick wide receivers and converted it to a national championship contender, much to the chagrin of Mark May and the humble folks at The Worldwide Leader in Sports.
It's been a strange year for fans of the Fightin' Buckeyes of the Olentangy, representing The Ohio State University (est. 1870 in accordance with the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862.) By any objective standard, it's been an embarrassment of riches. Finishing second out of 119 Division I football teams is pretty good. Doing that AND finishing second out of the countless Division I basketball teams is ridiculous. And let's not forget the men's soccer team finishing second in the country as well, just in case anyone actually cares. Yet it's been a season of disappointment in many ways.
Hopefully with the new year we'll get some perspective and, perhaps, some first-place finishes. Scarlet and Grey bridesmaids' dresses are SO last year.
Also, Michigan sucks, Ann Arbor is a whore, and Chad Henne is a bitch.
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Are you an Ohio State fan? I couldn't tell?
-=DLH=-
It's definitely a possibility. However, I fear I've already said too much.
LSU made sure that AN Ohio State University was, once again, a bridesmaid this year. The Bucks were honorable in defeat. Buck fans shouldn't despair though -- they weren't supposed to be this good this year. Next year, they return most of their team. Look out in '08.
Geaux Tigers!
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