USC and L.A.’s Weak Stab at REAL Football Fans
April 27, 2009 by justin
On the dispatch blog today, they pointed to an article on the Los Angeles Times taking a cheap shot at Ohio State fans in an article entitled “In L.A., there’s more to life than spring football“ Maybe the L.A. Times is hard up for page views so their putting garabage like this out, but either way their weak jabs at Ohio State fans have 0 merit and really make them look pitiful. In a city that in 2007 had a estimated population of 9,878,554 was only able to bring in 22,565 people is extremely weak in comparison to Columbus which in 2007 had 747,755 residents and 95,722 fans at the Scarlet & Gray game. Here’s an excerpt from the Times:
“Ohio State doesn’t have a beach!” he said. “I don’t blame our fans. It gets loud in here in the fall.”
Are you kidding me, thats your excuse? If anything the weather in Columbus saturday made people feel like having cookouts, going to Buckeye Lake, or a variety of things, but our fans showed their loyalty by sitting in a crowded stadium cheering on their team. Sorry USC but thats what real fans are all about.
Another excerpt says:
“In Los Angeles, we say there’s football and a thing called a life. So, in relatively obscurity, our two teams tinkered in their workshops.”
Well…. You keep tinkering USC because come Sept 12th our Scarlet & Gray is gonna be ready for you when you come to the shoe and maybe you’ll wish you took your spring game a little more seriously!
Update: See our latest response to the L.A. Times – Let L.A. Float Away
This is exactly how I feel about L.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLHsWu7lT8
WoW!!!Do not Hate because we lucky enough to be born in OHIO or have soooo much LOVE for our team Have more heart than anyone will EVER have!!!xoxo Tonya Rodriguez::: Pandora OHIO
WEll just to bad they can’t fill that hole in the ground. We will see who is still talking after they come here on September 12th we will be waiting!!!! I would make some other comments but it is not appropriate for this site GO BUCKS!!!!
If you’re going to rip me, which is fine, at least get your facts straight…something they teach in journalism schools.
It wasn’t me who said “Ohio State doesn’t have a beach!”
It was USC quarterback Aaron Corp after I asked him how come USC drew only 22,000 to its spring game and ohio state drew 95,000…
That’s a BIG difference…
thanks again….now fire AWAY
chris dufresne
Ahhh Chris I’m glad you saw this story. In my post above I simply pointed out an excerpt from YOUR story and then responded back to USC fans in general. I used statements like “their weak jabs” and “sorry USC” This article was directed to all haters including yourself. Don’t worry after our game with you all on Sept. 12 I’m sure we’ll have some words for this guy – http://www.aaroncorp.org/images/aaron-corp-pic.jpg
Hey Chris,
You write this stuff and when you quote someone in the article, you own it. I believe that is something they teach in journalism school.
Why so defensive? Maybe you should have checked with Carson Palmer first for some advice on what happens when you piss off Buckeye fans.
“It was USC quarterback Aaron Corp after I asked him how come USC drew only 22,000 to its spring game and ohio state drew 95,000…”
Why did you have to ask this question in the first place? You already knew the answer: They are too cool
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